World
Courier Opens Clinical Trial Supply Service Centre in China
BEIJING,
P.R.C., October 13, 2008—World Courier is pleased to announce the opening of its newest
purpose-built, ISO-certified, GMP-compliant investigational drug storage depot
in Beijing (China), offering a unique and proven one-stop logistical solution to
biopharmaceutical companies with demanding clinical trial materials storage and
distribution needs.
This
state-of-the-art temperature-controlled facility completes the company’s cold chain transportation network which now extends to
all 36 cities currently approved by the Chinese State Food and Drug
Administration to host clinical trials. It is World Courier’s ninth such
international facility designed to support global pharmaceutical research.
“While China is crucially important to the global
R&D strategy of most international pharmaceutical companies, the practicality
of managing clinical trial logistics continues to be a challenge,” says Allen
Yan, General Manager for World Courier China. “Given both the sheer size
of China
and its extreme temperature fluctuations, our climate-controlled facility will
assure the quality of investigational drugs while lowering transportation costs
for companies using our centralized depot.”
World
Courier’s new Beijing
depot provides comprehensive logistical solutions for investigational drugs and
trial-related materials in temperature-controlled settings ranging from +25oC
to -70oC. All-inclusive services include validated storage areas for
drugs, diagnostic kits and medical devices; 24-hour client access to
inventories via live password-protected Internet feed; transport of all
investigational drugs and supplies from country of origin to the depot; immediate
delivery of specified drugs kits from the depot to in-country locations; drug
return/destruction management; and complete logistics chain management. The facility
is staffed by full-time licensed pharmacists, with all documentation and
materials being fully traceable using the company’s proprietary
CFR21-11-compliant monitoring system.
Using its local
cold chain network, World Courier currently manages temperature-controlled
shipments between these Chinese cities: Beijing, Changchun, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian,
Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Kunming,
Lanzhou, Lhasa, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shantou,
Shenyang, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Taiyun, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi,
Xiamen, Xi’an, Zhengzhou and Zhuhai.
About World
Courier
Incorporated in 1969 and headquartered in Stamford,
Connecticut (USA) World Courier is the largest
and most experienced specialty courier service with a network of over 140
company-owned ISO 9001-certified offices operating in 50 countries worldwide.
World Courier has set the benchmark for worldwide time-sensitive transportation
and is the acknowledged leader in delivering customized solutions, cold chain
and value-added services in growth markets such as the bio-pharmaceutical,
automotive and high-tech industries. Through its company-owned offices and
agents World Courier provides door-to-door, customs-cleared service to more
than 220 countries and territories. World Courier has operated in China since 2000 and currently manages
company-owned offices in both Beijing and Shanghai.
In addition to its new investigational drug facility in China, World
Courier owns and operates temperature-controlled depots in Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Mexico, Peru, India and Russia. Further development is planned in other strategic and
developing countries.
For more information about World Courier please visit www.worldcourier.com.
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Contact
Allen Yan
General Manager
World Courier (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Rm. B708, Huixin Plaza
8 Beisihuan Zhonglu
Chaoyang District, Beijing
PR China 100101
Tel: 86 10 8497 1841
Fax: 86 10 8497 1842
Email: allenyan@worldcourier.com.cn