Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Airbus Shows Off Its New Automated Delivery Drone Service in Singapore

February 13, 2018

Airbus is enthusiastically pushing into the drone segment — the company showed off its Alpha One drone taxi earlier this month — and now it has for the first time demonstrated drone-based package deliveries.

Historic Flu Season Drives Sales Across the Health-Care Industry

February 13, 2018

Bloomberg

A historically bad flu season has sent Americans to the doctor in droves -- and given a boost to companies across the health-care business.

Avoid Strategic Drift in Your 3PL Relationship with a Sound Governance Structure

February 12, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

Even the seemingly most aligned and value-enhancing 3PL relationships can falter badly if the parties fail to “keep up” with each other over the course of their agreement. I call this problem “strategic drift.” It’s a question of good governance, which includes regular communication and meeting cadences throughout the involved organizations. -Kate Vitasek, faculty member, University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business Administration; author of six books on the Vested business model

Amazon Wants to Disrupt Healthcare in America. In China, Tech Giants Already Have.

February 8, 2018

The New York Times

Amazon and two other American titans are trying to shake up healthcare by experimenting with their own employees’ coverage. By Chinese standards, they’re behind the curve.

Funding Questions Abound Over Trump’s Infrastructure Plan

February 8, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

The lack of funding details for President Donald Trump’s plan to spend at least $1.5tr in infrastructure spending leaves uncertain the effort to build and expand roads and bridges nationwide, freight and logistics groups said Wednesday.

Australia Aims to Break Into Top 10 of Global Defense Exporters

January 30, 2018

Bloomberg

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his nation is aiming to break into the Top 10 of global defense exporters and is creating a A$3.8bn ($3.1bn) fund to help boost shipments.

A 21-ft Cactus, Flirty Tweets and Hyperloop: 10 Amazon HQ2 Bids That Didn’t Work

January 24, 2018

Fortune

Amazon has culled its list of potential sites for its second headquarters from 238 bids across North America to just 20.

Will Millennials Kill Costco?

January 23, 2018

The Washington Post

There’s a Costco to one side of Gwendolyn Hammer’s house and a Sam’s Club to the other. But when the 28-year-old needs 12-packs of paper towels, or 36 rolls of toilet paper, she heads online instead.

Opinion: Healthcare Systems Are Planning to Make Their Own Drugs, and Pharma Should Look Out

January 23, 2018

John Nosta, NOSTALAB founder, Forbes contributor

The pharmaceutical industry is looking over its shoulder.

Healthcare SCM Market Will Be Worth $2.31Bn by 2022, Research Shows

January 22, 2018

Supply Management

The global healthcare supply chain management (SCM) market will be worth $2.31bn by 2022, according to research.

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.