COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out
Project Purpose
Pharma.Aero recognizes that staying ahead of new developments, maintaining open communication and industry collaboration is the key to the preparedness of the industry. The project aims to provide additional insights to heighten industry readiness as more COVID-19 vaccines are being manufactured and shipped worldwide, as well as for any new emergencies that might be ahead of us.
Project Objective(s)
As a continuation of Project Sunrays, this project seeks to collate insights from the air cargo industry within Pharma.Aero membership on the measures undertaken, their hands-on experience and lessons learned from the initial handling and transportation of the COVID-19 vaccines based on four key requirements: speed, reliability, security, and transparency, and from our Pharma Shippers on how air cargo has responded to the humanitarian task thus far.
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.
PROJECT
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COLLABORATION.
- Pharma.Aero Board liaison and project lead: Changi Airport Group
- Project members: 22 members respondents to the survey and 7 members interviewed