News / Shippers called on to contribute more to India's booming pharma supply chains

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Shippers concerned about the integrity of the pharmaceutical supply chain must stop cutting costs and take more responsibility, delegates heard at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s pharma shipper forum in Mumbai.

In a discussion with some 30 pharma shippers, participants from across the supply chain learned of India’s growing role in the sector: it is the world’s third-largest supplier of pharmaceuticals by volume, with nearly 10,000 life science manufacturing plants. One in three of the world’s children receive vaccines made in India.

But shippers ...