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Cover Story
Temp-Controlled
Pharma Logistics

Building agile

and scalable

pharma cold chain

Indian pharma cold chain players are extremely positive about the growth of their
industry due to innovations in pharma manufacturing and the degree of demand
this brings to the table. However, they are also agnostic about the shortcomings and
challenges in the present temp-controlled supply chain.

Libin Chacko Kurian

timulated by the Covid-19 However, the Covid-19 pandemic downstream came into the limelight.
pandemic, Indian temperature- has also shown the shortcomings in Meanwhile, logistics players have
controlled logistics is going the Indian cold chain more clearly, reasons to celebrate as innovations in
Sthrough a generational particularly due to the need to move the pharmaceutical industry necessitate
change. Moving away from the Covid vaccines to the length and breadth the need for controlled temperature
traditional fragmented cold storages, of the country. throughout the supply chain.
India is well-positioned to achieve Logistics costs, technology,
much more organised, integrated inflexibility to provide customised Cold chain business
modern cold chain facilities across its solutions, last-mile complications Pharmaceutical products moving in
geography. and unavailability of cold storages and out of the country that require a

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