Pharmaceuticals
The services provided by DHL Supply Chain are designed and implemented to meet the needs of our customers, whose businesses include Ethical, Over The Counter and Generic Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology Products, Vaccines and Animal Health.
These services have been built by intimately understanding our customer’s quality requirements along with their business models.
- Replenishment order
- Manufacture
- Inbound Transport
- Recieve and sort goods
- Storage of goods at dedicated warehouse
- Order preperation
- Despatch
Service Level Excellence
- Improved operational efficiencies through building on DHL logistics expertise
- Improved competitive advantage through faster geographical market entry and expansion
- Improved flexibility through access to on-site value-added services
- Reduced operational impact of implementing regulatory changes through DHL expertise
- Reduced costs through continuous improvement programmes and sharing best practice
- Reduced product obscelence and waste through up-to-date and accurate management information
Specifics
DHL has pharma grade cGxP specialist facilities to meet specific quality and validation requirements of life sciences and healthcare products.
Facilities typically have:
- Refrigerated (+2 to +8°C) and controlled ambient areas (+15 to +25°C)
- Specialist storage zones (-20°C, -80°C, -150°C)
- Controlled drugs vaults
- 24 hr security and environmental monitoring
- clean areas for assembly, kit building and labelling activities
- contingency and disaster recovery plans
Benefits of working with DHL
DHL’s Pharmaceutical Industry Solutions stand out through highly specified temperature and humidity controlled warehouses, accurate cold chain management, a broad product & service range and a close relationship with key health authorities such as the NHS. By being a “pure play” logistics company not affiliated to any wholesalers or parallel importers, DHL provides secure and efficient supply chain solutions that benefits from cross-sector expertise and unrivalled integrated global transport capabilities.
Consulting, Transport Management Services, LLP
UK Licenses and Standards
- MHRA Wholesalers Dealer License
- MHRA Manufacturer’s/Importers License
- GAMP 4 Systems Validation
- MHRA IMP License
- MHRA Manufacturer’s “Specials” License
- ISO 9001: 2000 Certified
- Clinical trials audited to GMP Annexe 13 standards
- FDA audited