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CPhI report highlights potential risks in biologics supply chain outsourcing
15 October 2015 | By Victoria White
CPhI highlights these risks in the fourth and final section of its 2015 annual report, The Outsourcing perspective...
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Drugs shortages are finally being addressed
Maintaining the security of the supply chain for drug products is a significant responsibility to ensure the sustained availability of safe medicines...
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Healthcare firms need to move away from a one-size-fits-all mindset when it comes to supply chains, says Crimson & Co
11 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Healthcare firms have to be prepared to break with tradition and move away from employing a one-size-fits-all approach with existing suppliers...
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Drug pricing reforms: the Danish experience
20 April 2015 | By Ulrich Kaiser, University of Zurich / Susan Mendez, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research / Thomas Rønde, Copenhagen Business School / Hannes Ullrich, DIW Berlin and University of Zurich
Reference price systems for prescription drugs have found widespread use as cost containment tools. Under such regulatory regimes, patients co-pay a fraction of the difference between pharmacy retail price of the drug and a reference price. Reference prices are either externally (based on drug prices in other countries) or internally…
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Why streamlining pharma supply chain is essential
17 May 2011 | By GDS International
For most pharmaceuticals executives, the prospect of the patent cliff is looming large in their thoughts...
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A new challenge in the pharmaceutical supply chain
27 March 2007 | By Montanari R. and Rizzi A., Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Parma
Current trends show that the Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) technology and Electronic Product Code (EPC) are experiencing increasing diffusion. Several business applications adopting RFID are currently expected to grow strongly. Bar codes and RFID will coexist for many years, although the former is likely to progressively replace the latter in some…
