E-Quips Newsletter: 2014 IQPC Cold Chain And Benefit Of The EU GDP (2013/C 68/01)

We just returned from a cold chain packaging show in Luxembourg where the major topics in conversations and presentations included regulatory updates with emphasis on the recent European guidance and its impact on CRT shipments as well as opportunities to identify lower cost transportation options
such as sea freight and greener packaging options. The synergism around these topics continues to be the need for performance. 

After a six-month implementation period, the latest version of the European Union Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use (2013/C 68/01) came fully into force. What the new Guidelines have done is strengthen the process of control and responsibility that needs to be in place for effective and safe distribution.