COVID-19 vaccine logistics

US will share vaccines and raw materials with other countries

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This is an excerpt from the April 27, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

The plan: The U.S. plans to release 60 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which hasn’t been approved in the U.S., to other countries.

  • A White House spokesperson didn’t specify which countries would receive the vaccine.

In addition, the U.S. will share raw materials for vaccine manufacturing, therapeutics, rapid test kits, ventilators and personal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-will-share-vaccines-and-raw-materials-with-other-countries

Kuehne + Nagel lands global logistics deal for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

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Kuehne + Nagel will provide global warehousing and distribution for Moderna Inc.’s (NASDAQ: MRNA) new COVID-19 vaccine, the Swiss third-party logistics powerhouse said Thursday.

The news follows Wednesday’s approval by the European Commission for the drug to be administered on a conditional basis. The EU has ordered 160 million doses from Moderna and the first deliveries to European countries from Moderna’s dedicated non-U.S. supply chain are expected to begin next week, according to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kuehne-nagel-lands-global-logistics-deal-for-moderna-covid-19-vaccine

Airlines, logistics companies ramp up global vaccine deliveries

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The race to distribute the first COVID-19 vaccines is picking up pace around the world as the massive shipping campaign continues for a third day in the U.S.

Express carriers FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) are making deliveries of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine to 425 medical centers and other drop locations Tuesday following Friday’s emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. 

On Tuesday, United Airlines officially confirmed widespread reports that it was the first commercial...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/airlines-logistics-companies-ramp-up-global-vaccine-deliveries

FedEx, UPS activate delivery networks after FDA approves Pfizer vaccine

FedEx and UPS delivery vans.

Updated Dec. 12, 2020 6:05 P.M. ET

FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) trucks are expected to roll out of Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) pharmaceutical facilities Saturday, carrying the first 2.9 million-dose batch of COVID-19 vaccines to designated drop facilities in each state and to airports for longer trips.

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday night gave the go-ahead for the drug’s emergency public use.

The first vaccines could be injected in peoples’ arms by Monday. Frontline medical workers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-ups-activate-delivery-networks-after-fda-approves-pfizer-vaccine

FedEx, partner win $70M Canada COVID-19 vaccine logistics contract

A COVID-19 vaccine vial next to a FedEx aircraft. FedEx has won a Canadian government logistics contract to distribute COVID-19 vaccines.

FedEx Canada and partner Innomar Strategies have won a CA$90.4 million ($70.5 million) logistics contract from the Canadian government to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. 

The government posted the award notice on Tuesday. FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and Innomar, the Canadian subsidiary of U.S. drug distributor AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC), competed with Kuehne + Nagel, McKesson Canada and UPS Healthcare for the contract. 

It came as Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the first doses of which could...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-partner-win-70m-canada-covid-19-vaccine-logistics-contract

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