Supply Chain

UPS expands its special commodities program to more countries.

The pharmaceutical supply chain continues to be a challenge for the industry despite advances in QbD and PAT.

Recipharm has completed a serialization project for China on behalf of one of its customers.

A global framework of standards enabling collaboration among industry stakeholders is needed to battle the increasing threat of counterfeit medicines.

CDMO Vetter announced the addition of a new flexible serialization service, introduced in response to stricter packaging regulations calling for drugs to be serialized as a means to fight counterfeits.

Dual sourcing is one of many possible solutions to securing the supply chain.

Enterprise quality management systems can help shift the quality emphasis from corrective to preventive actions.

Supply chain security and quality group Rx-360 driven by patient safety.

Packaging machines, coding equipment, inspection and data capture systems, material handling, controls, and software must work together in a serialization system.

InnoPack, which runs alongside CPhI Worldwide in Paris Nord Villepinte, France, is specially focused on pharmaceutical packaging. This is the place where companies gather to showcase their latest innovations and technologies in packaging. In this article, Martin Dallas from Essentra explains the role of innovative packaging technologies.

Meeting increasing expectations and escalating regulatory requirements to protect patients.

Regulations, product protection, and cost management are top concerns of supply chain decision makers.

The EdgeTRAC software Print, Apply, and Verify module from ROC IT Solutions can be used to implement serialization in manual packing operations.

Biopharma manufacturers must reduce risk in their complex supply chains and establish effective monitoring and control systems.

Biopharma are looking to reduce risk, increase performance, and optimize productivity in raw material development.

An expert discusses how companies should be preparing to meet the requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, which requires phase-in of requirements to prevent counterfeiting.

PharmaChk, a portable device being developed to detect substandard medicines, receives $2-million grant.

Biopharma manufacturers must reduce the risk in their complex supply chains

FDA's Secure Supply Chain Pilot Program, RX-360, and other industry efforts advance actions to secure the drug supply chain.

The EXCiPACT Certification Scheme ensures patient safety through supplier quality while minimising the audit burden and overall costs for assessing the excipient supply chain.

Regulators and industry leaders take on the task of securing the drug supply chain.

Aesica Pharmaceuticals S.r.I. collaborates with QAD to meet China&s Food and Drug Administration's shortened serialization deadline.

Equipment solutions for printing and verifying codes and combining serialization with aggregation and checkweighing were shown at Interpack 2014.

The Flexi-Cap features a first-opening indication as an anticounterfeiting solution.

New identifiers and tracking requirements aim to block illegitimate products.

EDQM has launched a database, Know-X, which collates reports on counterfeit/falsified medical products that have been detected in Council of Europe member states.

New identifiers and tracking requirements aim to block illegitimate products.

Vetter launches new serialization process to support track-and-trace efforts.

In order to ensure a safe drug supply chain, governments have implemented both legislated and voluntary programs designed to address problem areas.

Thirteen companies are accepted for participation in the supply chain program.