Category Archives: Supply Chain

What Happens When the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Goes Global?

By Jennifer Ringler | Published: December 6, 2010
A report by PwC on managing the global supply chain—based on a survey of industry  executives around the globe—provides a road map for achieving real-time control over the supply chain, as well as a call to action for better collaboration with suppliers, distributors, shippers and regulators. Global pharmaceutical outsourcing has become increasingly prevalent, but is creating [...]
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Report Reveals Global Supply Chain Fears

By Jennifer Ringler | Published: November 1, 2010
A new report published by Axendia is calling for better collaboration with suppliers, distributors, shippers, and regulators. Global pharmaceutical outsourcing has become increasingly prevalent, but is creating a complex and risky supply chain environment that has pharmaceutical and life sciences executives on high alert, according to a new study co-sponsored by PwC and published last [...]
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Brazil Profile: Latin America's Giant Repositions for Pharma Growth

By William Looney | Published: October 27, 2010
Brazil claims a bright future as a drug research and clinical trials site — but IP issues continue to raise concerns among the multinational investor community. Health and regulatory officials of Brazil are making the rounds with a message for pharmaceutical companies and clinical research sponsors about what a great place it is to do [...]
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Times’ Drug-Supply Snoops Bag a Pulitzer

By Walter Armstrong | Published: April 9, 2008
The New York Times likes to give the drug industry a hard time with its (unbranded) scandal of the week series—off-label promoting, suppressing data, that sort of thing. But when the 2008 Pulitzer Prizes were handed out on Monday, the winner for best investigative reporting was a series by the Times that even its harshest [...]
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e-Pedigree: Delay, Delay, Delay

By George Koroneos | Published: March 28, 2008
Looks like pharma companies and wholesalers will have two more years to get the kinks worked out of their electronic pedigree system. The California State Board of Pharmacy just announced that it would delay its e-pedigree law that would require all drugs that pass through the state to be electronically tracked. The date has been pushed [...]
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