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Project Purpose
Covid Pandemic taught us that Time & Temperature Sensitive Pharmaceuticals (TTSP) need to be delivered worldwide in proper conditions, regardless of the local airport setup and in line with international and local regulations, all while not affecting the product integrity.
Although packaging is key to safeguard the product, it offers limited protection. Therefore, timing of operations from departure to destination warehouses are essential, so is efficient and timely coordination among the different stakeholders, taking in consideration international and local regulations.
It is clear that destination information on customs process and warehouse capabilities as well as operational processes at arrival warehouse should be collected in advance.
Project Objective(s)
Based on the existing standards in place (CEIV, GDP, other) and the expertise coming from the Pharma.Aero projects and members, we aim to create a rapid guideline to be used for shipping TTSP to remote airports and/or located in an emergency geopolitical region in order to guarantee the minimal basic approach and make air transportation successful.
The deliverables would be a pre-flight checklist (capabilities, process times) as input to route planning and an arrival checklist for each involved stakeholders at an airport.
Project Status And Key-takeaways
Project ongoing, following the steps:
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Work Package 1: Host and exclusive webinar for the members of both organisations (Pharma.Aero and HLA) on June 15, 2021, followed by a survey. The results of the survey and insights gathered amongst the presenters, the attendees and the project group were outlined in a White Paper. This first report examined the competitive positioning of UAV against other transportation modes, the regulatory framework for drone operations and applications of UAV in the Pharma and Humanitarian Air Cargo sector.
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Work Package 2: Create a 360° interactive video to showcase drone lab technologies, different types of drones and drone operations. This video is now available for Pharma.Aero members only.
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Work Package 3: Map the journey of the Covid-19 vaccines from the manufacture point in Europe to the arm of the patient in Malawi. Draft a list of recommendations on how to optimize the end-to-end transportation by shortening the supply chain and linking both traditional airfreight and drone worlds. Disseminate a theoretical proof of concept (technical report and white paper). See here the video of the Vaccines transportation from Belgium to Malawi.
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- Pharma.Aero Board liaison: Brussels Airport
- Project lead: Swissport
- Project members: Expeditors, Hong Kong Airport, Qatar Airways, Astral Aviation, Pharma Shippers members of Pharma.Aero
- Project external support: Martin Koehnke (external consultant)
- Project manager: Céline Crahay, 3CeL (external consultant)