Packaging & Supply Chain

AWS announces strategic collaboration with Novartis to accelerate digital transformation of its business operations

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Novartis to reimagine this leading pharmaceutical company’s core pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain, and delivery operations using AWS’s portfolio of cloud services.

Nallian to launch global pharma tracker for temperature-controlled shipments

Data sharing specialist Nallian said that it will launch the Global Pharma Tracker, the world's first data sharing platform for end-to-end tracking and monitoring of temperature-controlled pharma shipments, at the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Singapore.

PCI Pharma announces bottling line expansion at Rockford site

PCI Pharma Services (PCI), a full-service provider of specialist outsourced drug manufacturing, clinical trial services, and commercial packaging to the global biopharmaceutical industry, has announced the expansion of its bottling line capacity at its Commercial Packaging site in Rockford, IL.

PCI announces further investment in infrastructure for packaging of controlled substances

PCI Pharma Services (PCI) has announced further investment in its expansive infrastructure for packaging of controlled substances, complementing its capacity for blister packaging, a key tenet of recent calls for dispensing opioid prescriptions in limited quantity unit dose packaging as a tactic to combat substance misuse.

Novartis selects Kinaxis RapidResponse platform as new supply chain planning system

Swiss drugmaker Novartis has selected Kinaxis’ RapidResponse platform as its new supply chain planning system to accelerate technical operation transformation.

Schott to invest €300m in pharmaceutical packaging buisness

Schott, a Germany-based manufacturer of glass and glass-ceramics, has announced an investment of €300m in the coming three years in its pharmaceutical packaging business.

PCI to invest $20m in biologic medicines and advanced injectable delivery forms

PCI Pharma Services (PCI) will invest over $20m to expand its biotech technologies, including advanced injectable delivery forms, at multiple locations across the world, to meet demand for biotech packaging.

Kuehne + Nagel opens pharma and healthcare warehouse in Slovenia

Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new pharma and healthcare warehouse to expand its standardised GxP compliant offering for the pharma and healthcare industry.

PCI expands cold chain storage capabilities at UK site

PCI Pharma Services (PCI) has announced an expansion of its onsite cold chain storage capabilities at its Hay-on-Wye facility in the UK.