The average life sciences and healthcare supply chain involves some 25 different parties – companies separately responsible for preparing, moving, holding, or checking the integrity of a shipment. Now imagine that the transiting pharmaceutical products or medical devices must be maintained within a temperature range of 2 to 8°C (36 to 46°F). Understandably, this requires robust systems and meticulous choreography. Demand is increasing for the unbroken cold chain – an uninterrupted … [Read more...] about Life Sciences & Healthcare Supply Chain
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Pharma Gateway Amsterdam
The Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA) community has gone from strength to strength, welcoming new members and launching new initiatives, since it was formed just under two years ago. PGA aims to provide a transparent and qualified pharma handling process, which can be monitored and includes 14 members, representing forwarders, ground handlers, hauliers, and airlines, who benefit from cooperative and competitive knowledge sharing. In June 2017, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) … [Read more...] about Pharma Gateway Amsterdam
Cold Chain – the ‘HOT’ idea
Modernizing Air Cargo A blunt Alexandre de Juniac, the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Director General and CEO told air cargo stakeholders it was high time to push modernisation and focus on delivering high quality service. Indeed, after several years of virtually no growth, air cargo demand has begun to rise and “listening to the customer has never been more important”, he said while speaking at the recent World Cargo Symposium in Abu Dhabi. While “complicated and … [Read more...] about Cold Chain – the ‘HOT’ idea
A community approach in maintaining Pharma Shipments
In recent years, the demand for reliable end-to-end transport for pharmaceutical cargo has seen a tremendous rise, bringing to light the lack of reliability and data sharing, that affects the entire supply chain. As with every growing industry, the need for improvements and quality checks becomes ever more apparent with the growing demand. The solution: Pharma.Aero. Pharma.Aero is an independent membership driven association comprised of members from airport communities, … [Read more...] about A community approach in maintaining Pharma Shipments
Brussels Airport: Belgium’s economic power house
Brussels airport, one of the largest airports in Europe, has grown into a multimodal transport hub. Considered as an economic power house, the airport industry is considered to play a key role in the Belgian Economy. With an annual 495,000 tonnes of cargo, Brucargo, the air cargo hub of Brussels Airport, plays an important role in international logistics and in the success of specific industries, such as the pharmaceutical industry for example. The first half of the … [Read more...] about Brussels Airport: Belgium’s economic power house
Taking a walk down memory lane – the story of FAPAA
On a mission to find out more about other air cargo associations in Asia, the Air Cargo Association of Korea (ACAK), with the support of their government, went on an expedition to Singapore to meet with the Singapore Air-cargo Agents Association (SAAA). It was April 1985 when this happened. During the meeting, both sides exchanged ideas and discovered that they were facing the same types of issues. One was that the relationship between the airlines and air cargo agents … [Read more...] about Taking a walk down memory lane – the story of FAPAA
