Drug companies have many tactics as their disposal to minimize supply chain disruptions for critical healthcare products, but should they shoulder all of the costs of doing so?
Pharmaceuticals
Will we be able to Amazon prime prescription drugs soon?
Amazon is rumored to have taken measures to enter the pharmacy supply chain market. Can it be successful in pulling off yet another disruption?
Pharma Supply Chain: Source or Savior of the Opioid Crisis in America?
A digitized supply chain in pharma has unfortunately failed to mitigate the growing opioid crisis in America. Can it and will it?
“Making every pill exactly right”
Pharmaceutical companies are transitioning to continuous flow manufacturing, using digital technologies to deliver consistent quality at lower costs
Climate change in your medicine cabinet: How the FDA is working to secure the pharmaceutical supply chain.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) takes steps to protect against threats to the pharmaceutical supply chain posed by extreme weather events.
Digitalizing Drug Development
Pfizer is using digitalization to increase visibility and efficiency across its supply chain. But can the pharmaceutical giant capitalize on these benefits quickly enough?
Scan that drug!
With 91 Americans dying every day from opioid overdose and a fragmented pharmaceutical supply chain, a new company is leveraging technology to trace drugs from manufacturer to patient.
Pill Popping Made Easy
Startup PillPack shows us how drug-dispensing robots and textable pharmacists can provide peace of mind at no extra cost to customers.
Evaluating New Drugs with Wearable Technology
Can wearables and electronic data capture (EDC) technologies improve clinical trials and accelerate new drug approval?
Harnessing Informatics to Fight Disease
How the drug discovery process is keeping up with technology that outpaces Moore’s Law