Packaging Qualification With Integrated Cold Chain Logistics Design

A biopharmaceutical manufacturer contacted LifeConEx to help them with the launch of their new chemotherapy product. The medicine was scheduled to be shipped to India for packaging into finished doses. The manufacturer had limited logistics and quality resources, and was positioned in a geographically remote location in Canada. Reverse logistics processes would also need to be implemented as some product would need to be returned from India back to the manufacturer in Canada. Past shipments from YYG (Charlottetown) to BOM (Mumbai) and BOM to YYG were executed with mixed results.

Based on the initial shipments’ lack of cold chain control, the Canadian manufacturer saw an urgent need to further qualify the trade lane. With limited internal resources, the manufacturer sought a partner they could trust in performing packaging qualification and shipping tests in a 12 to 15 week timeframe.