The pharmaceutical industry is among the biggest in America, generating hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue annually. A study by the Mayo Clinic found that approximately 70% of Americans take at least one prescription medication. To ensure treatments maintain their efficacy from manufacturer to pharmacy to end user, the industry relies on safe, secure, and dependable pharmaceutical storage facilities.
Significant efforts to keep medications in the best condition are required across the supply chain, including the following basic standards:
- Safety Regulation Compliance: Pharmaceutical storage facilities are subject to federal regulations. To ensure compliance, products must be carefully safeguarded in a secure facility. Materials should be stored on security shelving with compartmentalized storage space and locking doors.
- Environmental and Temperature Conditions: Many pharmaceutical products are vulnerable to temperature fluctuations. Temperature and storage requirements vary by product; be sure you know that the environment of the pharmaceutical storage facilities that your products are stored and transported in will keep them safe and effective. This includes preventing any cross-contamination between products by keeping different products isolated from each other. All items must be clearly labelled and storage areas maintained with visibility and no obstructions.
- Emergency Preparedness: In an emergency, fire, extreme weather, electrical problems, or power outages may significantly affect stability storage testing, and lead to damage to samples. Damage to stored samples could cause serious financial loss and slow the pace of development. Pharmaceutical storage facilities offer emergency preparedness and disaster recovery plans, such as generators that switch on automatically when the power source is cut off.
Outsource Pharmaceutical Storage
SciSafe provides a broad range of outsourced pharmaceutical storage, including:
- Clinical trial, clinical retains, and clinical sample storage
- Bulk pharmaceutical storage
- Active pharmaceutical ingredients storage
- ICH pharmaceutical stability storage (All standard and any custom condition)
- Vaccine storage
- Shipping lane studies
- Packaging/pallet testing
- Medical devices
Contact us to find out how SciSafe’s above range of outsourced pharmaceutical storage solutions can be customized based on your unique needs and irreplaceable materials.