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Tamal Das, head – business consumables, and finished goods for
development & marketing, said, a Fortune 500 healthcare company
“CriticaLog has been moving clinical to the oncology department of the
trials of vaccines and finished products leading chain of hospitals. CriticaLog
of various vaccines for several years ensured appropriate packaging of
through multi-modal transportation. radioactive cargo and movement as
Storage and distribution of Covid-19 per IATA regulations.
vaccines would be another success
story in its portfolio.” CriticaLog partnered extensively
“CriticaLog has its own hubs and with Covid-19 vaccine, related
offices in over 60 locations in India medical equipment, and kit
covering closer to 17,000 pin codes. manufacturers in India and globally.
Most of these locations are equipped Key initiatives over last year:
with temperature-controlled storage y It has been moving Sputnik V vaccines
and access to multi-modal domestic CriticaLog is ready for licensed healthcare organisations in
and international transportation. It to store and distribute India from Moscow to various metro cities
partners exclusively with the largest in India and to the end customer.
airline in India and partners with over Covid-19 vaccines y It moved clinical trial samples of
120 airlines globally,” he added. with 24X7, 365 days Covid-19 vaccines to All India Institute of
CriticaLog is an ISO 9001, ISO 27001, visibility through smart Medical Sciences (AIIMS) from Covid-19
GDP, and TAPA certified company. technology solutions. vaccine manufacturers in India.
CriticaLog is one of the pioneers y It has been instrumental in moving
in handling temperature-controlled Tamal K. Das over 25 million Covid-19 test kits to
logistics across temperature ranges CriticaLog various state governments in India
(i.e 2 to 8, −20, −80 and −196 degree over the last year, in partnership with
Celsius) and has partnered with ensures smooth customs clearance the ministry of health and rapid test
healthcare organisations in providing but delivers medicines ahead of kit manufacturers.
packaging solutions, storage, and schedule, resulting in improving the y It partnered with the ministry of
multimodal distribution solutions. It lives of thousands of children. external affairs in moving thousands of
partners with global medical equipment y A world leader in ophthalmic Covid-19 test kits in bulk, as humanitarian
manufacturers in providing forward and optics requires same-day delivery of aid to neighbouring countries.
reverse logistics for time-critical raw its corrective lenses, by being safe, y It has been instrumental in moving
materials and finished goods to hospital secure and through a reliable pan- complete ventilator units and spare
chains in India and international India distribution. As a long-term parts to various hospital chains in
markets. It is one of the very few logistics partner, CriticaLog, through its metros and remote parts of India.
logistics service providers that move connections to over 125 airports in India, Finished goods and raw materials of
radioactive cargo for global healthcare allows its factories to complete production ventilators moved in from Europe and
organisations to ensure uptime of through late cut-offs and early morning Far Eastern countries.
critical medical equipment in various pick-ups. This not only results in quick With the largest vaccination drive
tertiary and quaternary care hospitals. retrieval of shipments from destination underway in India, Covid-19 vaccine
airports but also ensures same-day distribution will require a robust
Success stories with Fortune 500 delivery between cities. logistics chain and a temp-controlled
healthcare organisations y A global medical equipment environment that supports the life of the
y CriticaLog has been moving organisation delivers critical spares for vaccine effectively to reach the remotest
life-saving temperature- CT Scan machines to a leading chain corners of the country.
controlled medicines for a leading of super speciality care hospitals. The Das said, “CriticaLog is ready to
pharmaceutical organisation to organisation faced a major challenge store and distribute Covid-19 vaccines
war-torn Middle East countries with the on-time availability of spares in India, with its strong operational
by consistently maintaining a for their service engineers. Through network and technology solutions with
temperature of 2-8 degree Celsius extensive use of smart technology, continued visibility, 24X7 control tower
through the peak of summer. The CriticaLog ensures the required monitoring, 365 days of the year.”
destination being a difficult country, customization of android and iOS- Guha added, “CriticaLog was always
customs clearance, and international based applications to reduce downtime ready to take on the pandemic or any
distribution is an area that major and increase patient delight. black swan events, as it closely engages
international logistics service y CriticaLog through its cohesive with the customer in understanding its
providers mostly refuse to undertake. engagement with affiliates of the pain points and provides technology-
CriticaLog through its extensive ministry of science & technology enabled customized solutions with
network of overseas partners not only moved radioactive spare parts, surgical precision.”

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