Kirchner: Our robust monitoring solutions and tracking platform can deliver real-time metrics at every stage of a shipment’s journey. HCP: How does World Courier track and record the temperature/humidity conditions of shipments to meet global compliance regulations? For example, our portfolio includes the shipping of APIs and temperature-controlled specialty drugs, like biosimilars, orphan and cytostatic drugs. We specialize in the transport of high-value, low-volume shipments with strict temperature control requirements-particularly liquid formulations and drugs with short shelf lives. Are these shipped primarily in pallet-load quantities? Are your customers primarily manufacturers of biologics, pharmaceuticals, etc.?įleischer: We transport everything from high-value commercial products to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). HCP: Describe the range of products you transport. The fleet of vehicles are capable of holding six Euro-pallets, ensures that biopharmaceutical shipments arrive on time and without excursions.įor WC shipments between August 2017 and July 2018, 64.5% were transported by air, 35.5% by land and 0.001% by sea. For example, our World Courier Ground Fleet provides a cost-effective, secure alternative to air transport. We deliver shipments via air or ground to meet our customers’ unique needs no matter where they are. We strategically positioned our network of 14 depots in emerging markets, ranging from Australia and Israel to Russia and Brazil, to provide customers across the world with access to vital services for both commercial and clinical supply chain storage and inventory management. Kirchner: We deliver time- and temperature-sensitive shipments to markets across the world, with an international network of 140-plus company-owned offices that span more than 50 countries. HCP: Does World Courier ship to all continents worldwide? By air, land and sea? It explains why even products that do not require any form of refrigeration or cooling during transport would still have to be shipped out under controlled conditions. In other words, if the label says, “Do not store above +25☌,” this requirement must be fulfilled during transportation, too.įor shipments being sent out under uncontrolled conditions, manufacturer’s information or extended stability data must be available to support this. It is now an accepted requirement that pharmaceutical product has to be shipped under conditions that are in accordance with the storage requirements indicated on the label of the medication. In recent years, both USP 1079 and EU GDP have stepped up their “ship as stored” requirements. Composed of honeycomb vacuum-insulated panels, Cocoon reduces transport costs and maintains temperature up to 40% longer than comparable products. The development of Cocoon stemmed from a conversation with one of our manufacturing clients, who needed a temperature-controlled container for a low frozen range with challenging specifications. In 2016, World Courier unveiled a new passive packaging solution called “Cocoon” that supports a variety of temperature ranges, including frozen, controlled ambient and refrigerated. Specialists at World Courier’s Climate Optimisation Research and Engineering (CORE) Labs continually evaluate packaging performance and drive solutions to help shippers make the most informed packaging decisions. These accommodate temperature ranges that include, but not limited to low frozen (-150☌ to -180☌), frozen (-15☌ to -25☌), refrigerated (+2☌ to +8☌) and controlled ambient (+15☌ to +25☌). Kirchner: We offer a range of active and passive containers to dry shippers that support cryogenic shipments. HCP: What products does World Courier offer, and for what different temperature ranges for shipping pharmaceuticals and biologics products? Healthcare Packaging (HCP) discussed how packaging and both internal and external global standards and guidelines help the specialty logistics firm store and transport vital biopharmaceuticals in this exclusive interview with Volker Kirchner, the company’s Director of Temperature Control Solutions, and Michael Fleischer, Global Director Quality, Transport Division at World Courier, Germany. The old Boy Scout Motto, “Be Prepared,” aptly describes how World Courier, an AmerisourceBergen Corp., approaches multiple global logistics challenges in the biopharmaceutical market.
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