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Medical device logistics

Medical device logistics ensure that essential medical equipment is delivered swiftly and securely. World Courier optimizes your global supply chain for medical devices, providing reliable transport solutions for critical medical devices and medical equipment logistics for clinical trials and other healthcare settings. With our expertise in 3PL for medical devices and medical supply logistics, we offer comprehensive support to meet the unique challenges of the healthcare industry.
World Courier Medical Device Logistics

Our medical device logistics solutions

Enhanced inventory visibility

Enhanced inventory visibility

Enhanced inventory visibility
Gain real-time visibility into your shipments with our advanced tracking technology and medical device warehousing solutions. Our state-of-the-art medical device warehousing facilities ensure secure and efficient storage, enabling you to manage and transport critical medical devices with confidence.
Enhanced inventory visibility
Streamlined international and domestic shipping

Streamlined international and domestic shipping

Streamlined international and domestic shipping
Navigate complex international shipping processes with ease. Our expertise in customs regulations and global network ensures seamless delivery globally. Our medical equipment logistics services make international expansion simpler and more efficient.

We provide compliant storage and transportation solutions for various medical devices, ensuring they meet all regulatory requirements. Whether shipping to/from depots, clinical sites, or direct-to-patient, our logistics solutions are designed to handle the unique challenges of medical supply logistics.
Streamlined international and domestic shipping
Comprehensive storage and 3PL services

Comprehensive storage and medical device 3PL services

Comprehensive storage and 3PL services

We store a wide range of equipment and medical devices associated with clinical trial sites. Our medical device 3PL services include inventory management, warehousing, and distribution. We offer on-site storage at our depots, ensuring that your medical devices are readily available and managed efficiently.

From small items like syringe pumps to personal protective equipment (PPE) and clinical-grade cold storage machinery, we provide total support for all your clinical trial materials. Learn more about our 3PL outsourced logistics and distribution capabilities.

Comprehensive storage and 3PL services
Total support for clinical trial materials

Total support for clinical trial materials

Total support for clinical trial materials

Protect your valuable medical devices with our specialized handling and packaging solutions. Our expertise in medical device logistics ensures that your equipment is securely packaged and handled with the utmost care, reducing the risk of damage during transit.

We offer comprehensive support for all clinical trial materials, ensuring that your medical devices and equipment are delivered safely and efficiently to their destinations.

Total support for clinical trial materials
World Courier medical device warehousing specialization

Our medical device warehousing specialization

World Courier medical device warehousing specialization

With over 55 years of expertise in medical logistics and clinical trial support, World Courier takes a holistic approach to trials by providing not only transportation but also specialized medical device warehousing for trial auxiliaries such as home testing kits or glucose monitors.

Our state-of-the-art facilities and tailored solutions ensure secure storage, seamless inventory management, and efficient distribution of critical medical devices. This comprehensive support enables us to meet the unique challenges of clinical trials, ensuring every element — from investigational drug kits to auxiliary medical devices — is handled with precision and care.

World Courier medical device warehousing specialization

Our processes for medical equipment logistics and medical device logistics

The process for medical device logistics and medical equipment logistics involves several critical steps to ensure that these vital products reach their destinations safely and efficiently:
Comprehensive planning and management

Comprehensive planning and management

The journey begins with thorough planning and management for the medical device supply chain. This step involves customizing the logistics approach to meet the specific needs of the medical equipment being transported. Effective planning means the correct devices in the correct volume arrive as and when needed, keeping trial timelines on track. This includes end-to-end management; from collection to delivery.
World Courier's secure and compliant storage solutions

Secure and compliant storage solutions

Next, secure storage solutions play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of medical devices and equipment. State-of-the-art storage facilities provide a safe and climate-controlled environment, ensuring that products are kept in optimal condition until they are ready for transport. In addition, World Courier offers comprehensive medical device 3PL services, including inventory management, warehousing, and tailored storage to meet your unique distribution needs. Our can-do approach ensures that we are flexible and responsive to your specific requirements.
Global reach and customs brockerage

Global reach and customs brokerage

As the logistics process progresses, the global reach and expertise in customs brokerage come into play. Just like therapies, medical devices are subject strict import and export regulations. Navigating international shipping requires a deep understanding of customs regulations to ensure smooth transit across borders. This expertise helps streamline medical supply logistics, making the process more efficient and reliable and doesn’t keep patients waiting.
Distribution of medical devices

Distribution

Finally, carefully planned delivery ensures medical device logistics solutions reach their intended recipients accurately and on time. This step is particularly important for critical medical supplies that need to be delivered to a healthcare setting, or direct-to-patient or direct-from-patient in their homes. World Courier supports all aspects of clinical trial equipment and trial consumables, ensuring that every element of your medical device logistics process is handled with precision and care.

Why choose World Courier for your medical device logistics?

We deliver 99.6%* of shipments on time and within range, demonstrating our reliability and efficiency in handling your critical medical devices. We specialize in transporting a wide range of essential items — such as specimen collection kits, syringe pumps, PPE, and other clinical trial materials. By choosing World Courier, you entrust your medical device logistics to a partner committed to precision, reliability, and exceptional service.
Extensive global presence
Extensive global presence with                      
120+
strategically located facilities                   
Logistics expertise
Logistics expertise spanning back
50+
years
Dedicated teams globally
50+
countries with dedicated teams on the ground
World Courier team
4,000+
team members carefully getting your shipment to its destination
World Courier logistics role in the supply chain for medical devices

Our logistics role in the supply chain for medical devices

World Courier logistics role in the supply chain for medical devices

World Courier serves as a comprehensive logistics partner, providing unparalleled support across all aspects of the medical supply chain for clinical trials. Our extensive expertise and global network enable us to assist and add value at every stage of the logistics process, ensuring the smooth and efficient transport of critical medical devices and equipment.

  • We optimize logistics planning and management for seamless coordination
  • Our storage facilities ensure safe, climate-controlled environments for equipment
  • We facilitate smooth global shipping with customs expertise
  • Our technology ensures visibility of inventory, storage, and distribution
  • We ensure timely delivery to healthcare settings and patients' homes.
World Courier logistics role in the supply chain for medical devices

Speak to an expert about logistics for your medical devices

Get in touch with our experts today to craft a bespoke medical device supply chain solution, tailored to your unique needs.
Speak to an expert about logistics for your medical devices

Medical device logistics insights and case studies

Mastering global clinical trial logistics

Insight

Mastering global clinical trial logistics in challenging circumstances


World Courier
June 2023

Insight

White paper: Why quality matters when choosing a specialty logistics partner

Carina Plada
World Courier
August 2024

World-Courier Cold Chain solutions Global Thermal Containers

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Video: Logistics Leaders - How the biopharma industry impacts materials stored in depots

Paula Pulsoni
World Courier
July 2017

Medical device logistics frequently asked questions

Medical logistics refers to the specialized management of storing, handling, and transporting healthcare products including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, equipment, and supplies.

This critical function ensures that medical products move efficiently and safely through the supply chain—from manufacturers to healthcare facilities, pharmacies, and patients—while maintaining strict quality standards and regulatory compliance.

A medical device 3PL provider is an outsourced partner that specializes in managing the storage, handling, and distribution of medical equipment and devices. These providers handle the entire supply chain process, from warehousing medical inventory to ensuring compliant delivery to healthcare facilities, distributors, or end users.

Medical device 3PL providers offer specialized services tailored to healthcare industry demands:

Temperature-controlled storage for devices requiring specific environmental conditions

Regulatory compliance management including FDA, ISO, and GMP standards

Inventory management with serialization and lot tracking

Order fulfillment and distribution with specialized handling protocols

Reverse logistics for returns, recalls, and device refurbishment

Quality control and packaging that meets medical device regulations.

Benefits of partnering with a medical device 3PL provider:

Partnering with a specialized medical device 3PL delivers significant advantages. These providers bring expertise in navigating complex regulatory requirements, reducing compliance risks, and potential recalls. By outsourcing logistics, medical device companies can focus on core competencies like research and development rather than managing warehouses and transportation.

We adopt a consultative approach to understand and meet your specific requirements, ensuring we can handle a wide range of medical equipment logistics. From sensitive diagnostic devices to durable medical equipment, our can-do attitude allows us to manage the transportation of various types of medical equipment efficiently and safely.

Our expertise in medical device logistics solutions ensures that all equipment is delivered in optimal condition, tailored to your unique needs.

We can transport a wide range of medical products, including diagnostic devices, surgical instruments, and patient monitoring equipment. However, certain products face transportation restrictions. For example, Korea does not accept the import of needles, many countries reject medical devices containing batteries, and some countries require specific approval for equipment with Wi-Fi connectivity.

Our expertise in medical device logistics and medical supply logistics ensures that we navigate these challenges effectively to deliver your critical medical products safely and efficiently.

*World Courier’s performance rate of 99.6% was calculated as the number of external CAPAs, excluding CAPAs caused by shipper/consignee or force majeure, per payload shipment in 2024.