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Emergency Response to Natural Disasters: Blockchain to the Rescue

March 20, 2019

Effective emergency response to a natural disaster requires rapid, coordinated action among multiple parties. Suffice to say that such a level of efficiency has been sadly lacking in many prior relief efforts. Can blockchain make it happen?

Enter Now for the 2019 Supply Chain Innovation Award Competition

March 7, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has extended the deadline to participate in its annual Supply Chain Innovation Award, in partnership with SupplyChainBrain.

Drug Price Fix Seen in Supply of Generics, Rebates, Senator Says

March 7, 2019

Bloomberg

Streamlining the pharmaceutical supply chain and getting more generic drugs to market would help consumers who can’t afford prescriptions, the head of the U.S. Senate’s special committee on aging says.

This Drug-Cost Nonprofit to Flip Pharma Supply Chain for Sourcing

This Drug Nonprofit Wants to Flip Pharma Supply Chain for Sourcing

February 21, 2019

Bloomberg

A nonprofit founded to address a pressing U.S. health-care problem by manufacturing much-needed drugs that have fallen into short supply, or that are too expensive, will start out with a different approach: buying the drugs from pharmaceutical companies.

PHARM Connect 2019: The Perfect Blend of Science and Business Development

February 19, 2019

Life science and business are going to meet at PHARM Connect on the 12-13 of March 2019 in Budapest, Hungary to continue the tradition of providing high calibre, customised professional partnering opportunities for pharma and biotech professionals from Central & Eastern European and beyond and deliver the crucial information they need to excel in their work. The influential annual gathering brings together over 400 global and regional decision-makers, top scientists, industry executives and business development leaders for the ninth time to identify new business opportunities, technologies, state-of-the-art formulation development strategies and to foster exchange of ideas on the role of the sector.

McKesson Sent Pharmacies Tampered Opioids, FDA Warns

February 13, 2019

Bloomberg

McKesson Corp., one of the largest U.S. drug distributors, sent pharmacies prescription opioids that had been removed from their bottles and replaced with over-the-counter painkillers, the Food and Drug Administration says.

When Hospitals Become Distributors, There Are More Ways to Save

February 6, 2019

Daniel Johnson, SCB Contributor

A growing number of healthcare systems are moving to self-distribution — where they order products directly from manufacturers and handle their own storage and order fulfillment.

Pursuit of Value, Good Data Underlie Healthcare Supply-Chain Trends in 2019

January 31, 2019

Karen Conway, SCB Contributor

The continuing pursuit of value-based healthcare is at the crux of many of the trends that will impact the healthcare supply chain in 2019.

America’s Love for Cheap Drugs Has a Hidden Cost

An investigation into the generic-drug industry shows reason to doubt the data meant to prove safety and effectiveness

January 29, 2019

Bloomberg

Concerns about quality control and data integrity have focused on companies in India and China, where more and more ingredients used in medicine for the U.S. are being made. But those concerns aren’t limited to overseas factories, according to a year-long investigation into FDA’s regulation of the generic-drug industry.

The Great Brexit Stockpile: How Corporate Britain Is Bracing for No Deal

January 21, 2019

Bloomberg

Brexit is unlikely to feature in the annals of military history, but Britain is getting a taste of wartime stockpiling again.

Pharmaceutical/Biotech

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Learn how pharmaceutical and biotech companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.