World Courier launches cold chain logistics network in China

Temperature-controlled shipments can now be handled directly between 36 cities in China....Henning Voss, director of North Asia, World Courier

In its most aggressive regional expansion initiative to date, World Courier (www.worldcourier.com) 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 Henning Voss, World Courier's director for North Asia. "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."

World Courier is one of the leading worldwide time-sensitive couriers with a dedicated global network providing one-on-one and customised solutions in the biomedical, automotive and high tech industries. Most of World Courier's customers require more than just time definite solutions but specialised handling techniques and environments.

Voss says that China presents many infrastructure challenges for temperature-controlled and clinical trial shipments. "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.
World Courier is an american company, incorporated in 1969, with its headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.

World Courier maintains a network of more than 140 company-owned ISO 9001-certified offices operating in 50 countries worldwide. World Courier provides transport services for clinical samples, investigational drugs and clinical trials for the pharmaceutical industry. In China, it operates wholly foreign-owned offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.