Pharmaceuticals

November 9, 2021

There are over 26,000 drug store businesses and pharmacies in the US. The growth of these businesses has been 3% in 2021, and the states where the most pharmacies are present are California, New York, and Texas. Something that pharmacy business owners have to consider when storing their medications is temperature and humidity monitoring. The same goes

August 17, 2021

Achieving and maintaining proper temperature in a laboratory is not as simple as it seems. Remote temperature monitoring systems made headlines last year during the COVID-19 vaccine rollouts. The Pfizer vaccine requires a cold storage temperature of -70C. You must store the Moderna vaccine at -20C. There were many logistical concerns to work out when

June 15, 2021

Cold chain storage is an important segment of the pharmaceutical industry. It’s expected to grow to be worth $21 billion by 2024.  Medications are sensitive to even the slightest temperature changes. Many become useless when exposed to heat. This causes major losses for consumers and pharmaceutical manufacturers.  Medications need to be monitored from the moment they arrive

February 25, 2021

Vaccine temperature monitoring is crucial when it comes to storing any vaccine. Storing the vaccine properly protects its ultimate potency. Think about it this way, nobody wants a vaccine that doesn’t have full capability. COVID-19 is rampant in America. It is important now more than ever to make sure that all vaccines are in their

January 25, 2021

Drug manufacturers suffer billions of dollars in losses each year by failing to keep medicines and vaccines at correct temperatures. This does not even include costs for resupplying the drugs.  Temperatures can exceed recommended ranges anywhere along the supply chain. Proper pharmaceutical temperature mapping prevents these temperature fluctuations.  As a result, manufacturers save billions of dollars in ruined

January 12, 2021

Everyone who manufactures, stores, or transports pharmaceuticals must regulate temperatures. One survey looked at how often these companies experience variations. About 44.6 percent of survey participants reported many temperature changes each year.Monthly temperature changes occurred according to 16 percent of respondents. Two of every five or 41 percent of changes were more than four degrees. Another 21

October 28, 2020

The Biopharma industry loses about $35 billion annually due to temperature control failures. Does your business produce or handle pharmaceutical products? How confident do you feel in your refrigeration or freezer equipment? It’s important for all biopharma companies to do regular temperature mapping. This decreases lost revenue and the risk of selling harmful or ineffective drugs. Continue

September 26, 2020

Time and experience have taught most of us that monitoring the temperature helps keep our medications safe and effective. In fact, pharmaceutical temperature monitoring has become a mandatory measure that the Federal Drug Agency (FDA) and the International Council on Harmonisation (ICH) require. Both the FDA and ICH require medications to have a temperature monitoring

February 27, 2020

Even today, asking a layman about how chemists operate, particularly in the form of pharma-tech, conjures a particular image to mind. That is the image of a lone scientist working in a room laden with colorful bubbling liquids. A fizz and hiss of substances crackling with exothermic reactions as ‘science’ get made. To be fair

November 27, 2019

Recently, the USP-NF announced it was postponing some updates, including changes for USP 797. The updates were supposed to take effect on December 1, 2019. Many pharmacy personnel were wondering what changes they’d need to make. What do the current USP 797 guidelines say about compounding environments anyway? If you have questions, this guide has the