Pharmaceutical/Biotech

What Does COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Mean for the Future of Medical Supply Chains?

December 10, 2020

Johnathan Foster, SCB Contributor

Once vaccines are approved for distribution, what does this mean for medical supply chains?

How to Prepare the Cold Chain for COVID-19 Vaccine Demands

December 9, 2020

Jeff Clark, SCB Contributor

The supply-chain industry is being called on for its most important role yet: the global distribution of a vaccine.

How Digital Twins Can Help Boost Logistics Performance

December 8, 2020

William Bain, SCB Contributor

A powerful new streaming data software technique can provide the insights needed to answer critical questions for logistics providers.

Technology's Role in Delivering a Vaccine Across the Globe

December 3, 2020

Guy Bloch, SCB Contributor

Supply-chain technologies — including artificial intelligence — can help distribute a COVID-19 vaccine more quickly, and to more people.

In Trade’s 2020 Comeback, Globalization Is Alive and Kicking

December 3, 2020

Bloomberg

The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to put the final nail in the coffin of globalization and prompt a retreat into a new era of protectionism. Instead, some are now calling the crisis the Great Accelerator.

A doctor prepares a syringe for injection

EDITOR'S Q&A

How to Keep a Vaccine Cold Chain Flowing

December 1, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

With multiple variants of a vaccine for COVID-19 on the brink of approval and manufacturing, concerns are arising about the ability of supply chains to distribute hundreds of millions of doses quickly and safely to healthcare providers throughout the country.

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Watch: How We’ll Scale Distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine

December 1, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A look at the challenges and prospects for distributing millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months.

Airlines Face ‘Mission of the Century’ in Shipping Vaccines

November 30, 2020

Bloomberg

Laid low by a COVID-19 outbreak that’s decimated passenger demand, airlines will be the workhorses of the attempt to eradicate it.

COVID-19 Test Crunch Means Hours-Long Waits Before Thanksgiving

November 25, 2020

Bloomberg

Laboratories continue to grapple with shortages of critical testing supplies that have hampered their capacity since the pandemic’s early months.

DHL Expands San Juan Cold Chain Facility

November 23, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

DHL Global Forwarding, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, is expanding its Certified Life Science Station in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico by investing in additional cold storage space and technology for the life sciences and healthcare sector.

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.