UPS expands healthcare offering again, swooping on clinical trials logistics specialist Marken

UPS continues its expansion-by-acquisition strategy healthcare by extending its reach in clinical trial logistics with the purchase of Marken.

North Carolina-based Marken supplies transport and storage for clinical trial materials and becomes UPS’s fifth life sciences takeover in as many years.

Mark Edwards, managing director of consultancy Modalis, warned that there would be challenges integrating Marken into UPS, but it would produce major cross-selling opportunities.

“The other players in this area will need to take note, as Marken can now take advantage of the UPS infrastructure to leverage ...