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When you need a reliable healthcare logistics provider, we have the expertise and network to deliver for them - from end to end.

Cold Chain Logistics at Work

Here is how we put our cold chain plan to work to deliver temperature-controlled shipments around the world

A UPS team member shovelling dry ice into a thermal package

1. Cold Chain Packaging

We developed a thermal packaging solution, surrounded with insulation and dry ice, specifically for temperature-controlled shipments.

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A clinician in personal protective equipment (PPE) holding the syringe and vaccine bottle from a vaccine kit.

2. Vaccine Kit Building

We have helped vaccine distributors create a kitting solution to make it easier for hospitals and clinicians awaiting vaccine supplies.

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UPS pilots giving the thumbs up as temperature-controlled COVID-19 vaccine shipments are loaded onto a plane for transportation.

3. Cold Transport Network

Products and specimens are shipped via temperature-controlled transport. Dry-ice packaging is replenished at our re-icing stations as needed.

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Woman at UPS Command Centre monitoring shipments

4. Monitoring and Visibility

With UPS^® Premier, our Command Centre monitors the real-time temperature and location of each box within 2 metres throughout the journey.

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UPS driver delivering an early morning package of vaccines to a hospital

5. Early Morning Delivery

We deliver cold chain shipments the next morning. Safe, viable arrival at -80°C means they are ready to be used to help save lives.

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Healthcare Supply Chain Solutions

Pharma

Optimise your pharma supply chain with innovative and cost-effective solutions that address regulatory requirements and other unique pharmaceutical logistics needs from end to end.

Biopharma

Protect fragile vaccines and other critical biologics with cold and frozen storage paired with a wide range of speciality solutions designed to meet your quality, time and temperature needs.

Lab Diagnostics

Whether it's building and distributing test kits or collecting samples from a hospital or home, we give you a competitive edge by providing transparency across the diagnostics supply chain.

Medical Devices

Outsourcing your loaner operations and inventory management can help you get medical devices to operating theatres and patients faster, while creating efficiencies that are good for your bottom line.

Healthcare Logistics

Managing critical healthcare goods, from receiving an order to billing your customer, requires extraordinary attention to detail. Our worldwide healthcare logistics network helps keep everything on track while opening the door to global expansion.

Home Health

Many areas of medical care are moving out of the doctor's surgery and into the home. Home Health Solutions that bring more flexibility and convenience to home-based therapies can deliver a better patient experience and help your business thrive.

Global Network

With robust global cold chain capabilities and 1MM+ sq. m. of cGDP/cGMP compliant warehouse space, we are uniquely positioned to meet the critical needs of healthcare and life sciences organisations worldwide.

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Articles

A Healthcare Logistics Guide to Dry Ice

A Healthcare Logistics Guide to Dry Ice

Learn the fascinating uses and safety tips for handling dry ice, a vital cooling agent in preserving medical samples and supplies.

A woman packs pharmaceuticals into cold chain packaging.

Right temperature. Right time. Right now.

Learn about the evolution of cold chain at UPS Healthcare.

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4 Best Practices in Cold Chain Management of Biologics

From cold chain packaging to last mile optimisaton.