Pharmaceutical/Biotech

FDA Announces Steps to Help Boost Baby-Formula Supply

May 17, 2022

Abbott Laboratories reached a pact with U.S. authorities that would allow it to begin making baby formula again at a troubled plant in Michigan, a move that could help ease a supply shortfall that has rattled many parents.

From Sneakers to Teslas, China Lockdowns Upend Global Supply Chains

May 16, 2022

Bloomberg

Here’s a breakdown of how the situation in China is intensifying global supply chain chaos.

Coronavirus: Supply-Chain Disruption Looks Like Natural Disasters

Tesla and Sony’s Problems Show Shanghai’s Big Restart is Faltering

May 12, 2022

Bloomberg

The official line coming out of Covid-hit Shanghai is that business is returning to usual despite the ongoing lockdown, yet hundreds of manufacturers in the city aren’t operating at anywhere near to full capacity, if they’re up and running again at all.

Five Cold-Chain Logistics Challenges, and How to Solve Them

May 2, 2022

Matthew Burgos, SupplyChainBrain Contributor and Ganes Kesari, SupplyChainBrain Contributor

There's an urgent need for systems that optimize temperature-controlled logistics and detect damaged goods.

A New Benefit Is Born to Help Companies Find and Keep Workers

April 29, 2022

Bloomberg

At a time when companies will do just about anything to recruit and retain workers, fertility benefits have gone from novelty to a must-have for many companies.

After Nickel, Lithium Is Next Concern for Battery Makers

April 28, 2022

Bloomberg

Batteries, and more precisely battery metals, are poised to replace chips as the new bottleneck for several industries.

U.S. Moves to Widen Use of Pfizer Covid Pill as Supply Grows

April 27, 2022

Bloomberg

The Biden administration will allow all pharmacies to order Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 therapy pill, as it looks to boost access to the promising drug as the supply increases.

World Moves From Shortages to Possible Glut of COVID-19 Vaccines

March 30, 2022

Bloomberg

After racing to build capacity and meet once seemingly insatiable orders for COVID-19 shots, the global vaccine industry is facing waning demand as many late-to-market producers fight over a slowing market.

Johnson & Johnson Halts Supply of Personal-Care Products in Russia

March 30, 2022

Bloomberg

Johnson & Johnson suspended the supply of its personal-care products in Russia due to the “increasing scale of the humanitarian crisis” caused by the war in Ukraine.

Five Critical Challenges Facing Pharma Supply Chains

March 30, 2022

Sponsored by Tive

There’s little room for error in most global supply chains, but none for the pharmaceutical cold chain. Failure is measured in lost revenue, reputation and potentially patient lives.

Pharmaceutical/Biotech

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Learn how pharmaceutical and biotech companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.