CHINA TACKLES PHARMA LOGISTICS AS REGULATORY PUSH FORCES CONSOLIDATION

Beijing’s traffic-clogged streets have in the past year become used to the sight of white vans emblazoned with the words ‘China Cold Chain Pharma’ and the website www.pharma56.com. The fleet of vans is one visible product of the China Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Alliance (CPCCA), an industry alliance founded in 2011 with the official goal of “achieving effective integration” of the cold chain logistics across the country’s fast-growing but very fragmented pharmaceuticals sector. Members of the alliance include Beijing Double Crane Pharmaceutical Co and ...


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