Cold Chain Summit

Cold Chain Summit: Challenges in pharmaceutical logistics

Pharmaceutical logistics had to adapt quickly to distribute vaccines at cold temperatures.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Cold chain challenges in the pharmaceutical industry.

DETAILS: The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on the cold chain’s role in the pharmaceutical industry. Alex Guite, with the drug distributor World Courier, explains how the cold chain took on that challenge and what drug distributors have learned about the cold chain from the pandemic.

SPEAKER: Guite is the vice president of services and alliances...

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CKE Restaurants manager talks COVID, breakaway success of Beyond Meat (with video)

John Brewer, director of distribution and logistics for CKE Restaurants, has been in the food distribution business for close to two and a half decades, a span that included 9/11 among other natural and human-caused disasters. But the impact of COVID-19 on the supply chain was an entirely new experience for him, as refrigerated capacity tightened and reefer tender rejection rates shot to new heights.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my entire career,” said Brewer, who participated in a...

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Don’t fear the reefer – WHAT THE TRUCK?!? (with video)

Dooner and The Dude are live from FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit, where they’re learning about the clinical supply chain, COVID vaccines, the power of partnerships, jackalopes and more.

With them are special guests Luiz da Costa, director of global import-export and trade compliance for Takeda Pharmaceuticals International; Josh Asbury, vice president of HubTran; Norman Highnam, transport refrigeration consultant and cold chain expert; Travis Ross, customer success manager for Coretex; and Niko...

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