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Biopharma logistics solutions

Secure your specialty pharma supply chain with our bio pharma logistics and shipping solutions.
Discover World Courier’s tailored bio pharma logistics solutions.

Logistics solutions for bio pharma and biotechs

World Courier offers comprehensive biopharma logistics solutions tailored to meet the unique demands of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. With decades of experience, we understand the complexities of transporting sensitive materials and provide end-to-end support, including bio pharma shipping solutions and biopharma cold chain expertise. Excellence is delivered at every step with our proven approach to streamlining your biopharma supply chain.

How our bio pharma logistics solutions work

Biopharmaceutical storage

Our biopharmaceutical storage solutions optimize your supply chain with seamless inventory and transport management. Our global network ensures consistent quality through an electronic quality management system (eQMS). Meanwhile, our integrated storage and logistics solutions champion a full chain of custody — allowing us to deliver precision, transparency, and peace of mind for your critical pharma products.

  • 22 depots to fulfil clinical and commercial needs
  • 20+ years of depot experience with over 1,400 trials managed to date across the network
  • Operation excellence underscored by exemplary pass rate on our internal and external audits (clients, certification bodies, and respective local authorities) with zero critical findings

Biopharma packaging solutions

We deliver industry-leading bio pharma packaging solutions, validated to protect sensitive materials during transit over extended periods.

Our unmatched expertise in the biopharma cold chain and temperature-controlled packaging ensures product integrity at every step.

  • We deliver 99.6%* of shipments on time and within range
  • Designed-in-house pallet-sized transport solution with over a decade’s worth of proven performance
  • Solutions to cover all temperature ranges, from cryogenic to controlled ambient

Regulatory compliance

We strictly adhere to global standards, safeguarding quality and compliance across the biopharma supply chain. Partner with us to maintain integrity and streamline your biopharma supply chain management processes.

  • GDP-certified by three major regulatory bodies: the European Medical Agency (EMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the World Health Organization (WHO)
  • ISO 9001, 14001, and 27001 certified
  • Globally standardized standard operating procedures (SOPs) across our entire network, ensuring exceptionally-high standards wherever you are in the world

Mitigating risk in the biopharma supply chain

Minimizing risk in the biopharma supply chain is critical to protecting both your products and patients. Temperature deviations and product spoilage can lead to significant financial losses and delays in delivering life-saving therapies. World Courier offers strategic logistics solutions that de-risk your temperature-controlled shipments and support products in arriving in pristine condition. As your trusted strategic partner, we safeguard your supply chain to maximize shipment success and mitigate costly failures.

Case study

Safeguarding vital bio samples amidst customs challenges and underserved regions

When a leading contract research organization (CRO) needed to transport critical biological samples from remote regions like Zambia, Kenya, and India to the U.S., they turned to us. Using advanced biopharma cold chain solutions, we ensured temperature control throughout the journey. Our expertise in navigating customs regulations and addressing infrastructure challenges safeguarded these vital samples, enabling life-changing medical research to continue without delays.
Two female scientists working in a laboratory wearing protective gear

Personalizing your biopharma logistics

Seamlessly delivering cell and gene therapy innovation

World Courier supports the complex supply chains of patient-specific treatments, such as personalized cancer vaccines, with precision and care. Our end-to-end supply chain management ensures the safe delivery of cell and gene therapies (CGT) at every stage, from clinical trials to commercialization. With advanced biopharma logistics solutions, we help accelerate innovation and ensure life-saving treatments reach patients on time.
the pharmaceutical industry is about to enter a new era in cancer treatment.

Reliable cryogenic transportation services

World Courier provides trusted cryogenic transportation services, ensuring the safe and reliable delivery of temperature-sensitive materials, including delicate biological samples and cell and gene therapies (CGTs).

With expertise in biopharma logistics, we leverage advanced cryogenic solutions to maintain ultra-low temperatures throughout transit.

With expertise in biopharma logistics, we leverage advanced cryogenic solutions to maintain ultra-low temperatures throughout transit

Biopharma logistics insights

Insight

The future of early detection: Optimizing logistics for liquid biopsies

Stewart Black
World Courier
May 2025

Insight

Pharma’s cold calling: Cell and gene therapy space at a critical crossroads

Andrea Zobel
World Courier
October 2024

Insight

Maintaining excellence: The cost and value of quality in pharma supply chains


World Courier
December 2024

Contact us for customized biopharma logistics solutions

Contact us for customized biopharma logistics solutions

Biopharma logistics FAQs

World Courier optimizes your supply chain by being a strategic partner, rather than just a logistics provider. We help you build resiliency to unpredictable external conditions, ensuring your operations remain stable even in the face of disruptions. By focusing on optimizing for lower total cost of ownership (TCO), we reduce inefficiencies without compromising quality or compliance. Additionally, we implement cutting-edge technological innovations to streamline processes, enhance visibility, and deliver smarter logistics solutions tailored to your needs.

World Courier offers trusted solutions to mitigate risks in biopharma logistics, ensuring the safe and reliable delivery of critical products. Our approach includes:

Proactively plan for potential disruptions, creating alternative strategies to maintain shipment integrity and on-time delivery.

Aligning customs documentation and regulatory compliance prior to shipping, we minimize delays and ensure smooth border crossings.

Use only qualified packaging systems, such as thermal and cryogenic containers, to safeguard products during transit.

Advanced tracking solutions provide real-time shipment visibility, allowing us to respond immediately to any unforeseen challenges when possible.

The biopharma industry encompasses a wide range of critical products that require precise handling and logistics solutions. These include clinical and commercial therapies, clinical trial auxiliaries, comparator drugs, biological samples and specimens, live animals, human cells, investigational drugs, vaccines, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and more.
*World Courier’s performance rate of 99.6% calculated as the number of external CAPAs, excluding CAPAs caused by shipper/consignee or force majeure, per payload shipment in 2024.