Category : Pharmaceutical Cold Chain

Australian Manufacturer Ready to Aid the Distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine

“Sophisticated eskies” have been in the news both in Australia and overseas. On TV it’s made out to sound like something newly invented. But to anyone in the industry we all know what happens every day of the week – just on a larger scale. So what really happens in delivering pharmaceuticals?

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Heat transfer and Temperature Packaging Systems

Maintaining temperatures for pharmaceutical logistics is all about temperature. Temperature is heat & cold-but what do they actually mean? Learn about “heat transfer” and how it accects Temperature Packing Systems for pharmaceutical cold chain logistics.

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WHO’s Annex 9 Supplement 7: Qualification of Temperature Controlled Storage Areas.

This document provides a brief overview of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guide on “Qualification of Temperature Controlled Storage Areas,” which serves as a benchmark for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) storage areas. For further information, readers are encouraged to review the primary document.

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Temperature Testing ISTA Standards

The International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) is a nonprofit organization that researches and tests various packaging formats. It develops also standards for the packaging transport industry.  The ISTA is the industry leader in package performance testing and is at the forefront of Responsible Transport Packaging. With extensive research and testing behind the ISTA standards, many companies […]

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WHO Annex 9 Supplement 13 Qualification of Shipping Containers

In our latest “Standards & Regulations Review”, CoolPacs Packing Engineer, Alex, looks at The WHO’s Annex 9; Supplement 13: “Qualification of Shipping Containers”. Is it worth your reading? Spend 4 minutes reading our summary to decide if its relevant to you.

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Ewan McGregor’s Cold Chain Mission

Ewan McGregor Cold Chain Mission was aired on the BBC seven years ago. Ewan is an ambassordor for UNICEF, and in the two part documentry it shows some of the difficulties in delivering medicines to remote communities. It is an interesting journy for anyone involved in Pharmaceutical Distribution or cold chain; it makes our complexities of last mile quite simple.

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What Is Pharmaceutical Temperature Mapping?

Pharmaceutical temperature mapping is vital for every company that distributes or stores pharmaceutical medicines. When storing and distributing medicines it is vital to ensure the effectiveness of temperature controlled storage systems, such as cool rooms, fridges and warehouses. Pharmaceutical temperature mapping locates the points of greatest temperature fluctuation and difference then analyses the causes of […]

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WHO Annex 9: Temperature Mapping of Storage Areas

A bit size summary of the WHO’s annex 9 on temperature mapping of storage areas for pharmaceuticals.

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CoolPac Starts Lean Manufacturing

“I thought we moulded containers and put them into cardboard boxes, but we do so much more”!

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CoolPac’s Cold Chain Packaging Advantage

In terms of supply chain logistics, think for a moment the amount of effort that is normally involved with shipping items that need temperature-controlled packaging. Using a standard courier is off the table, as you have no real way to guarantee that they’ll have the ability to offer what you’re looking for – not that […]

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