Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Pentagon Sees Security Threat in China’s Drug-Supply Dominance

August 6, 2019

The Trump administration sees the increasing use of Chinese-made active ingredients in drugs taken by U.S. troops and civilians as a national security risk.

Solving Pricing Challenges in Healthcare

August 5, 2019

Susan LaFountain, SCB Contributor

Contract price misalignment is among the leading causes of pricing issues in the healthcare supply chain. Price discrepancies are costing healthcare providers more than $92m annually.

Health Agencies Set Stage for U.S. to Import Cheaper Drugs

August 1, 2019

Bloomberg

The Trump administration cracked open the door for the eventual importation of cheaper medicines from abroad, the latest salvo in a battle to bring down drug costs.

Can’t Cope With a Mass of Customer Complaints? AI to the Rescue

July 29, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The old days of the Quality movement seem quaint in retrospect: the banners, the slogans, the prizes and team-building events. Today, quality management is all about information — or, more to the point, how to keep from getting buried in it.

Digital Network Platforms: The Five-Stage Maturity Model

July 24, 2019

Roddy Martin, SCB Contributor

Breaking down the stages of the maturity model for achieving digital transformation of the supply chain.

Amazon's Push in Health-Care Supply Chain Has Faded

July 10, 2019

Bloomberg

Amazon’s push into distribution of health-care supplies and equipment has lost momentum, according to a survey by UBS Group AG.

Good Data Optimizes the Last Mile of Small Parcel Shipping

July 9, 2019

US Bank

Cocaine Is Back. Blame Supply Chain Technology.

July 2, 2019

Bloomberg

Entrepreneurship in the competitive cocaine market is evident from innovative distribution strategies that appear to reflect the type of disruption seen in other industries.

Standards Can’t Come Soon Enough for the Pot Sector

June 24, 2019

Bloomberg

A non-profit cannabis group has announced a set of standards for the industry — aiming to be proactive before a scandal sullies the sector.

Google and Drugmaker Sanofi Join Forces on Data Technologies

June 24, 2019

Bloomberg

Google will bring its artificial-intelligence and cloud-computing capabilities to a new partnership with the pharma giant.

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.