The MoU was signed at BSMA’s 15th Annual Conference in Foster City, California, and the intention is to combine Pharma.Aero’s network with BSMA’s supply chain.
They will review and recommend relevant standards, processes and guidelines for handling, and collaborate and foster projects for innovation.
The signatories were Devendra Mishra, Executive Director of BSMA, Franck Toussaint, Managing Director of BSMA Europe, Frank Van Gelder, Secretary General of Pharma.Aero, and Trevor Caswell, Chairman of Pharma.Aero.
Mishra says, “The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of the global supply chain where airfreight logistics was significantly constrained because of systemic and external factors of decimated cargo capacity. Combining the supply chain management dimension of BSMA with the global network of Pharma.Aero augurs well for the industry committed to saving human lives.”
Van Gelder adds, “The collaboration between BSMA and Pharma.Aero increases the shared insights and experiences to optimise, design and develop the future health care supply chain. The members of both organisations will benefit through joined initiatives and projects with the aim to improve the entire supply chain.”