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Supply Chain Management in Pharmaceutical Industry by Pearson
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Supply Chain Management in Pharmaceutical Industry by Pearson

by Avadhut C. Sukhtankar, Sanjiv M. Haldankar,, P. M. Wadekar,, Neel Sharma,, Rajeev P. Patil
April 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
998 pages
14h 52m
English
Pearson India
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CHAPTER 20

Transportation of Pharmaceutical Products

20.1 INTRODUCTION

The current pharmaceutical transportation scenario in India is extremely complex. One of the main reasons for this complex supply chain environment is the presence of more than 8 to 8.5 lakh retail pharmacies which are spread across India.

In India, a large number of medicines must be transported to distant areas through poorly connected routes and poor road conditions. Due to poor transport facilities, the cost of transportation of drugs is much higher. About one-third of the revenue generated by pharmaceutical companies is spent on transportation.

The problem of poor transportation management becomes even more severe when temperature sensitive drugs such as polio vaccines, ...

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ISBN: 9789361597640