The Cold Chain transportation experts at QProducts & Services present what leaders from the Pharma & Chemical industries have on their whiteboards as they prepare their cold chains for the next decade. Our annual gathering of industry leaders at the Cold Chain Council for the Pharma & Chemical industries took place October 1st, 2019 in Chicago, IL.

1. 2020-2030
COLD CHAIN
WHITEBOARD
PHARMA & CHEMICAL
Hosted By: QProducts & Services

2. Control digitization, don’t
let it control you.

3. BLOCKCHAIN1

4. 1 VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY
2 PREVENTING COUNTERFIT
PRODUCTS
3 COMPLIANCE
4 TRANSPARENCY/TRACEABILITY
5 IMPROVED QUALITY/RELIABILITY
SOURCE: MEDIUM:BLOCKCHAIN BISTRO
TOP 5
BLOCKCHAIN
USES FOR
PHARMA

5. DQSA WAS ENACTED IN 2013 AND GRANTS THE FDA MORE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE
AND MONITOR THE MANUFACTURING OF COMPOUNDED DRUGS.
TITLE II OF DQSA, THE
DRUG SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY ACT (DSCSA),
OUTLINES
STEPS
FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
TO BUILD
AN
ELECTRONIC, INTEROPERABLE SYSTEM
FOR
DRUG IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY.
MEDILEDGER.COM
Computerworld.com
FDA.GOV
DRUG QUALITY & SECURITY ACT (DQSA)

6. IN RESPONSE,
THE HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE
(HDA)
BEGAN
DEVELOPING
A
BLOCKCHAIN-BASED NETWORK
KNOWN AS THE
MEDILEDGER PROJECT.
MEDILEDGER.COM
Computerworld.com
FDA.GOV
DRUG SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY ACT
(DSCSA)

7. DRUG SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY ACT
(DSCSA)
UPCOMING DSCSA DEADLINES:
NOVEMBER 2019
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS
AUTHENTICATION & VERIFICATION
NOVEMBER 2020
DISPENSERS
AUTHENTICATION & VERIFICATION
FROM 2023
WHOLE PHARMA SUPPLY CHAIN
COMPLETE UNIT LEVEL TRACEABILITY INCLUDING AGGREGATION THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SUPPLY CHAIN.
Adents.com
Computerworld.com
FDA.GOV

8. AUGMENTED REALITY (AR)2

9. GLOBALIZATION
HAS CREATED A
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS GAP
FOR MANAGING
THE
COLD CHAIN.

10. AR
WILL HELP
NARROW
THE
KNOWLEDGE/
SKILLS GAP
AND
SIMPLIFY
TRAINING.

11. IoT3

12. IoT FACILITATES
SUPPLY CHAIN
MONITORING.
SMART SENSORS
DETECT TEMPERATURE EXCURSIONS AND SEND ALERTS
GPS-EMBEDDED VEHICLES
CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE LOCATION AND INSIGHT INTO VEHICLE
PERFORMANCE
SMART LABELS & RFID TAGS
SIMPLIFY AND VERIFY IDENTIFICATION
PHARMA-IQ.COM

13. NEW PLAYERS4

14. THE GOAL:
TACKLE RISING HEALTH-CARE COSTS.
HAVEN
IS A
JOINT VENTURE
BETWEEN:

15. NEW AND OLD PLAYERS ALIKE NEED TO
MAINTAIN GDPs.
LEVERAGING PASSIVE TEMPERATURE PROTECTION HELPS
MINIMIZE RISK AND MANTAIN FORMULA EFFICACY AS
PHARMACEUTICALS ARE BEING SHIPPED.
GOOD DISTRIBUTION PRACTICES (GDPs)

16. DRONES5

17. DRONES
WILL
DELIVER
MEDICINE
TO
REMOTE AREAS
AND
LOCATIONS
AFFECTED BY
NATURAL
DISASTERS.

18. HURDLES TO WIDESPREAD ADOPTION:
-REGULATORY ISSUES
-TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY
-PRIVACY CONCERNS
NYTIMES.COM

19. THANK YOU!
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