World Courier Launches Cold Chain Logistics
Network in China
HONG
KONG, S.A.R. (China), October 24, 2007
—In its most aggressive regional expansion initiative to date, World
Courier has extended its network within China to 36 major cities, now offering
cold chain transport services for biological specimens, investigational drugs
and supplies to every clinical trial location currently approved by the Chinese
State Food and Drug Administration.
“China
is poised to become the fourth largest pharmaceutical market by 2012,” says Korhan
Yalcinyuva,
Regional Director for World Courier, Asia Pacific. “With our new
operational network in place, we look forward to helping pharmaceutical companies,
central labs and clinical research organizations improve their supply chain
efficiencies in this vital, but complex country.”
“China presents
many infrastructure challenges for temperature-controlled and clinical trial
shipments,” says Mr. Yalcinyuva. ”In addition, domestic transport companies do
not yet fully understand the many international standards at play in handling
these types of shipments. As such, the real concerns and requirements of major
pharmaceutical clients in China
have not been adequately addressed until now.”
With the
establishment of World Courier’s new domestic network in China, pharmaceutical clients can
be assured that all temperature-sensitive and clinical trial shipments are
handled by trained personnel according to established SOPs and international
IATA transportation standards. Only validated packaging complete with
industry-accepted cold-pack mediums and temperature recording devices are used.
Temperature-controlled shipments can
now be handled directly between the following 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, World Courier has set the benchmark for worldwide time-sensitive
transportation. It remains the only specialist courier company with its own
global network dedicated to treating every shipment on an individual, priority
basis. Today, World Courier is the acknowledged leader in delivering customized
solutions and value-added services in growth markets such as the bio-medical,
automotive and high-tech industries. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut,
World Courier maintains a comprehensive network of more than 140 company-owned
ISO 9001-certified offices operating in 50 countries worldwide. World Courier is the global
leader in the transport of clinical samples, investigational drugs and clinical
trial supplies for the pharmaceutical industry, with proven experience in the
handling of time-critical and temperature-controlled consignments. In China, it operates wholly foreign-owned offices
in Beijing, Shanghai
and Hong Kong.
For more information about
World Courier please visit www.worldcourier.com.
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Contact
Henning
Voss
Director,
North Asia
World
Courier Hong Kong
Unit B, 24/F, Manulife Tower
169
Electric Road
North Point, Hong
Kong
Telephone: 852 2807 1880
Fax: 852 2834-5023
Email: henningvoss@worldcourier.com.hk
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