When supply chain folks think about anti-counterfeiting in the pharmaceutical supply chain, we naturally think about bar codes and RFID. Those technologies have a role to play, but the requirements go far beyond the simple tracking that occurs in many other supply chains. My colleagues Janice Abel and John Blanchard have written an ARC Insight […]
Last month, antidepressants worth $75 million were stolen from an Eli Lilly warehouse in Enfield, Connecticut. According to an article in the Spokesman-Review, “the thieves cut a hole in the roof, lowered themselves into the building on ropes, disabled the alarm system and stole enough drugs to fill a tractor-trailer. The stolen pharmaceuticals included the […]
My ARC colleague Janice Abel told me a story recently that is making me question the safety and efficacy of prescription drugs purchased online. Janice was visiting her stepfather who had been away from home for a long weekend. When he returned and went out to the mailbox, on a hot summer day in the […]
Once upon a time there was a global, medical products company that was very unhappy with the way it was treating its customers in Asia. The company’s main customers are hospitals that use its products in emergency room surgeries. Not surprisingly, its customers wanted a high level of product availability. But this was a problem […]