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According to John Taylor, a representative of the Quality Systems Division of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), around one quarter of all significant failures to comply with GDP are due to inadequate control and/or monitoring of the storage and transportation temperatures. While temperature-controlled distribution has always been important to the health care industry, the current biotechnological revolution has further increased the need for protection of thermally unstable products. At the same time, the health care supply chain is becoming more complex, with smaller and more frequent shipments, further increasing the demand on solutions.
Temperature-Sensitive Products are Growing in Importance
Although some observers believe that the rate of growth for the global health care industry will slow down considerably over the next few years, at the same time they agree that some segments will sustain or increase growth rates. One such segment, which is growing faster than the industry in general, is the biotechnology segment. Of the more than 130 biotechnology drugs and vaccines approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 70 per cent were approved in the last six years according to the Biotechnology Industry Organisation, 2002. At the same time there are more than 350 biotech drug products and vaccines currently in clinical trials targeting more than 200 diseases according to the Biotechnology Industry Organisation, 2002. Many of these biotechnology drugs are temperature-sensitive. It is estimated that the temperature-sensitive segment is growing at a rate of about 15 per cent per year.
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