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UPS Flight Forward Attains FAA’s First Full Approval For Drone Airline

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded UPS Flight Forward a Part 135 Standard certification on Friday. This first ever revenue-generating service demonstrated the business case for drone delivery of medical products and specimens. “UPS Flight Forward is benefitting from our knowledge as one of the world’s leading airlines. On The Horizon for UPS Flight ForwardUPS Flight Forward is forging paths to create innovative new services for customers. These include:Expansion of the UPS Fl

By UPS| 2019-09-30T17:00:00+00:00 September 30th, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

UPS® Healthcare Webinar Explores Innovations Impacting Hospital And Lab Logistics

Several industry experts will share insights on how innovations – think drone deliveries of medical samples across hospital campuses – are shaping up to be industry game-changers. “Technology is enabling healthcare to come directly into the home, and allowing earlier detection of chronic conditions,” says Chris Cassidy, UPS president of global healthcare logistics strategy. They will explore ways to meet growing, complex lab specimen logistics challenges, such as advances in cell and gene testin

By UPS| 2019-08-04T17:00:00+00:00 August 4th, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

UPS Creates 575 New Jobs In Houston With New Package Delivery Operation

Now operating at full capacity, the new facility will significantly increase UPS’s delivery fleet serving Houston, the fourth most populated city in the United States. For parcels requiring strict temperature environments, from CRT to cryogenic, and those requiring around-the-clock monitoring, UPS has solutions such as UPS Temperature True™ and UPS Proactive Response™ services. Spanning 258,000 square feet, the new UPS Willowbrook package delivery operation includes a retail customer service cen

By UPS| 2019-01-16T16:00:00+00:00 January 16th, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

Press Release

The CARE Awards recognize the industry’s top transporters of temperature-sensitive life sciences products. The winners were distinguished at the 18th Life Science and Healthcare Conference held at Lake Maggiore, Italy on June 28, 2018. The CARE Awards recognize the industry’s top transporters of temperature-sensitive life sciences products. “These are life-saving products, and customers are increasingly demanding faster delivery with a higher level of transparency at the same time. The volume of products is also on the rise, thanks to the growing online pharmaceutical business. DHL provides forward-thinking, intelligent healthcare logistics through a broad, holistic range of patient-centric solutions. With focus on connecting,

By DHL| 2018-06-27T17:00:00+00:00 June 27th, 2018|companies, News|0 Comments

UPS Launches New Technology To Optimize Field Inventory For Critical Medical Devices

That’s why UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today new field inventory technology to help ensure that surgical kits and implantable medical devices arrive where they need to be, when they need to be there. The integrated solution – a collaboration with WebOps, a medical device logistics and analytics technology provider, and Baxter Planning, an inventory planning and optimization solutions provider – helps medical device manufacturers optimize their supply chain amid stricter standards for patient safet

By UPS| 2018-05-23T17:00:00+00:00 May 23rd, 2018|companies, News|0 Comments

Chris Cassidy To Lead UPS’s Global Healthcare Logistics Strategy

US 05/01/18Atlanta, GAA former executive with GlaxoSmithKline, Cassidy will be responsible for deepening UPS’s supply chain footprint in top-tier priority segmentUPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced Chris Cassidy as vice president of global healthcare logistics strategy. He is charged with leading and advancing UPS’s commitment to the healthcare supply chain, which remains a top company priority. Cassidy has extensive supply chain logistics and packaging (i.e., temperature-control solutions) experien

By UPS| 2018-04-30T17:00:00+00:00 April 30th, 2018|companies, News|0 Comments

UPS Expands Special Commodities Program To More Countries

US 02/06/18Atlanta, GAService for shipping biological samples, specimens and dangerous goods in excepted quantities now available in more than 100 nationsUPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced a major expansion to its International Special Commodities (ISC) program. This brings the total number of countries served by UPS’s dangerous goods service to more than 100. A full list of approved countries and categories accepted by UPS can be found here. UPS delivers value to healthcare companies through a bro

By UPS| 2018-02-05T23:53:00+00:00 February 5th, 2018|companies|0 Comments

DHL CARE Awards: Three major air carriers named winners at the Life Sciences Healthcare Conference in Singapore

Inaugurated in 2016, the DHL CARE Awards acknowledge air freight providers whose services set the industry standard for the transport of temperature-sensitive life sciences products. Inaugurated in 2016, the DHL CARE Awards acknowledge air freight providers whose services set the industry standard for the transport of temperature-sensitive life sciences products. The DHL CARE Awards were presented at the 17th DHL Global Life Sciences and Healthcare Conference in Singapore this week, where close to 400 life sciences and healthcare leaders met to discuss major supply chain trends affecting the industry. "Today's consumers demand much faster and more flexible delivery of medica

By DHL| 2017-06-22T00:53:00+00:00 June 22nd, 2017|companies|0 Comments

Supply chains key to Life Sciences transformation, says DHL

The report âFuture of Life Sciences and Healthcare Logisticsâ highlights the urgency for the sector to transform in response to evolving patient needs and technology advancements. This helps better predict demand and can cut cost and improves efficiency in Life Sciences logistics and supply chain operations. (IoT) enabled technologies allow increased visibility and connectivity across the supply chain, with tighter control of product inventories across the supply chain, reducing loss and waste. The report predicts Life sciences manufacturers will also go further downstream into hospitals to enable on-demand delivery of devices from medical parts to surgery kits.To meet in

By DHL| 2017-06-21T00:53:00+00:00 June 21st, 2017|companies|0 Comments

DHL strengthens Latin America Life Science and Healthcare capabilities by acquiring control of Polar Transportes

The transport service provider for the Life Sciences and Healthcare industry with 400 full-time employees is specialized in temperature-controlled transportation requirements and has a strong reputation in terms of technology, quality and regulatory compliance.... DHL strengthens Latin America Life Science and Healthcare capabilities by acquiring control of Polar TransportesDHL Supply Chain fosters with the aqcuisition of Polar Transportes the main pillar on the latin american market. “Acquiring control of our longstanding service provider Polar Transportes is a great opportunity for us in offering an integrated end-to-end solution for the pharma industry in Brazil. We are taking one more step to further foster our strong position in a key emerging market

By DHL| 2017-04-18T00:53:00+00:00 April 18th, 2017|shippers|0 Comments