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Clinical Trials in South America will continue to grow — <br><img alt="83110_30049_0.jpg" src="@@content.attachment/729237931" style="width: 140px; height: 96px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 3px;" align="left">Latin America is going through a new era of growth and the global air cargo carriers are first hand witnesses of the regional economic expansion. Even despite the recent recession, the transportation industry has been noticing an increase in airfreight volumes, including pharmaceuticals, transported to the continent. As IATA reported, airfreight-related growth in Latin America for the first half of 2010 was 60.2%, while the worldwide growth showed only half that amount.<br><br>It is no secret that the Latin American market has been a target of the pharma companies for quite a while now. The region has been very popular among sponsors due to various reasons:

09/01/10

How to avoid the lengthy FDA holds — <br><img alt="83110_102709_0.jpg" src="@@content.attachment/729237905" style="padding-right: 15px; width: 140px; height: 100px;" align="LEFT">When importing pharmaceutical materials and compounds into the USA, we all (carriers and importers alike) have experienced the frustration of unexpected and sometimes lengthy FDA holds. While it's impossible to avoid the inspection process, there are things that an importer and shipper can do to reduce the risk of significant delay. <br><br>This article will give you some pointers on how to avoid lengthy FDA holds by giving you some tips for completing documentation and choosing your service partners and packaging materials.

08/31/10

5 Tips for Successful Cold Chain Logistics — Cold chain shipments often have to be transported to the obscure parts of the world under strictly controlled temperature conditions. Here are some tips on how to make the shipping logistics process reliable and successful:

04/15/10

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Teaming up for the green cause! — I have been following the news about green and sustainable living with great interest for years. It has always pleased me to see the environmentally friendly initiatives gain more and more followers. Just like many of you, I have been trying to be the apostle of the green cause and spread the word about using less plastic bags, changing the light bulbs or buying organic and locally grown produce, just to name a few.

05/13/10

Delivering Breast Milk - A Case for Cold Chain Logistics — In the midst of our vigorous efforts to deliver blood to the Haiti survivors, came a call from the International Breast Milk Project: the USNS Comfort’s Medical Treatment Center stationed by the coast of Haiti needed donor breast milk for the premature, sick and orphaned infants aboard the ship. Once again, we joined forces with IBMP and rushed to implement cold chain logistics to safely deliver the 500 ounces of donor breast milk.

02/22/10

Blood for Haiti survivors delivered in just 12 hours — I'm happy to tell you that Quick delivered another shipment of blood to the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. This time, 10 boxes (462 lbs) of blood on wet ice arrived at the Port au Prince in just 12 hours, door-to-door. <br>

01/26/10

Racing Against the Clock - Delivering Blood to Haiti — Quick, with the help of CBS News team, successfully delivered an urgently needed supply of blood to Haiti in under 20 hours, despite the many logistical challenges.

01/26/10

Limited and Excepted Quantities of Dangerous Goods — Customers often ask us about shipping small amounts of hazardous materials by air. The fact is that IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations contains provisions for shipping limited quantities of Dangerous goods that can save you both time and money. These regulations can be confusing at times. Here is an explanation of excepted or limited quantities that may make things a bit clearer for you.

01/21/10