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Reports on the primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging used for temperature-sensitive drugs, biologics, and medical devices, including warehousing, logistics, and transporation.

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Prolacta Bioscience comes to relief of African babies

In a joint effort, Intl. Breast Milk Project, Prolacta and Quick Intl. Courier deliver bottled breast milk to orphaned infants in Cape Town and Durban, South Africa....

Pre-qualified extreme cold shipper

TimeSaverCN72™ Pre-Qualified Shipper maintains 2° to °8 C temperatures through shipment in extreme cold environments unique to Canadian distribution. For shipping temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, drugs, clinical trials, and biologicals, this shipper is pre-qualified against temperatures going down to -25°C for...

Heating and cooling shipping container

The AcuTemp SVS meets the need of pharmaceutical manufacturers to have a compact active compressor-driven shipper with the same temperature management and data-recording features of the RKN, but in a size that reduces the footprint of shipping less-than-full-pallet loads....

Beyond the cold chain: Tips for protecting CRT healthcare products

A supply chain topic high on the priority list of many healthcare manufacturers today is the fast-growing area of cold chain transportation. With the exponential growth of temperature-sensitive biologics and high-value vaccines, ensuring protection of cold chain products is...

Cold chain needs, Internet shopping help build protective packaging demand

A rebound in manufacturing output, Internet shopping growth, and life sciences cold chain requirements all predicted to advance U.S. protective packaging demand to $5.9 billion in 2016....

Prequalified 24-hr shipper

TimeSaver 24 CRT Mini room temperature prequalified shipper keeps product between 20°C to 24°C during distribution in hot or cold environments for up to 24 hr. For shipment of blood products, tissue samples, and pharmaceuticals that must remain in...

Portable chiller line expansion

A line of Iceman portable chillers has been expanded to deliver low-temperature process fluids as cold as -10°F (-23°C) on models up to 10 tons with both air and water-cooled condensing. Semi-hermetic discus compressor arrangement is robust and easy...

Labels with USB connection

Xpress PDF temperature-monitoring labels monitor time and temperature of perishable items including vaccines, pharmaceuticals, biologics, and foods during distribution and storage. Flat labels include an integrated USB connection point that can be plugged directly into a USB computer port...

Oxygen monitoring instruments

OxySense 5000 optical oxygen monitoring systems are available in high- and low-temperature versions to measure oxygen in packages and containers. OxySense L5000 measures temperatures as low as -25°C and up to 30°C. OxySense H5000 works at temperatures to as...

International Breast Milk Project donates bottled breast milk

IBMP, Prolacta and Quick Intl. join to help AIDS-stricken babies in South Africa; organization calls on U.S. mothers to donate milk for next shipment...

Defect analysis helps contract packager save money

Pharmaceutical contract packager determines source of bottle discoloration, avoids payment on a defective bottle shipment....

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Merck sets ambitious goal at PMMI meeting

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Cold chain courier services for healthcare manufacturers

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Bristol-Myers prevails over cold chain challenges

A thermal management system helps the global biopharma company reduce its cold chain distribution costs and reap multiple benefits....

Cold chain pharmaceutical container

Cold Chain Forum takes global, holistic perspective

Among the event’s highlights is a new U.S. Pharmacopeia 1083 guidance chapter aimed at pharmaceutical counterfeiting in the supply chain....

Securing inbound cargo a tall task

Department of Homeland Security discusses complex challenges of securing international shipments....

Shipper protects protein attached to a radioisotope

Clear Vascular reports no failures for expensive temperature-sensitive protein used in clinical trials in Chile, thanks to its new shipper....

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