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Pharma
Logistics

PHARMA LOGISTICS

PRIORITISING,

PROTECTING

PRODUCT

INTEGRITY

Protecting the integrity of pharmaceutical
products should be the priority for any
logistics or supply chain. However,
there is no shortage of challenges. From
regulatory compliance issues to untrained
staff and from improper infrastructure to
lack of transparency.

Libin Chacko Kurian

aintaining product
integrity is the
biggest challenge in
Mpharmaceutical logistics”
This is how Dimple Parikh, Head
of Inbound Logistics of the Indian
multinational pharmaceutical company
Lupin started explaining his challenges.
In fact, every single problem in the
pharma supply chain boils down to this
very issue of product integrity because
they are life-saving commodities and it
is people's lives that are at stake.
As he puts it, “Pharmaceutical
products are made in controlled
environments. Pharma
manufacturers and producers
know how to handle them and
we have the visibility of how
the material is moving at
what temperature. However,
as soon as it goes out from
our premises to a third-party
company or a logistics partner
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