Pharma shippers call for higher and better-aligned global standards

Logistics professionals in the pharmaceutical sector need to push for “better alignment on handling and transport standards”.

At yesterday’s Temperature Controlled Logistics conference in London, Amelia Binci, director of external quality assurance for distribution and logistics at pharma manufacturer MSD, said alignment was her main challenge when selecting suppliers.

“Particularly in terms of standardised requirements,” she added.

“In the guidelines [Good Distribution Practice, 2013], there are generalisations that are there on purpose so the experts, those moving the goods, can set the appropriate ...