BSMA Posts
How Has the Evolution of Supply Chains Advanced Nations and Economies?
The Forrester Moment: How System Dynamics Created Modern Supply Chain Management
Five Transformative Innovations That Changed the Trajectory of Supply Chain Management
The Next Five Years: Artificial Intelligence and the Re-engineering of Supply Chains (2026–2031)
Supply Chains: The Operating System of Nations
Supply Chain of Artificial Intelligence: From the Earth to the Mind!
Mitigating US Dependence On China For Biopharmaceutical APIs & Drugs
A widespread awakening from the current coronavirus epidemic is how vulnerable the bio-pharmaceutical supply chain of the US is on supply from China. As the spread of COVID-19 has witnessed shortages of PPE, masks and ventilators causing loss of human lives, the issue...
Molecular Diagnostics Supply Chain and Breakthrough Therapies In Development: An Update!
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms, some progress to pneumonia and multi-organ failure. As of March 28, 2020, the...
Are supply chains ready in the life sciences and pharmaceuticals for “Made in the USA” or “Made in Europe” and the Inherent Challenges to Making the Adjustment
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, I and many others have witnessed our reliance on China and Asian countries for basic medical supplies (such as gowns, masks, gloves, and ventilators), leave aside many pharmaceuticals and active ingredients are made in China. This...
OVERCOMING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: A SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IMPERATIVE!
The Coronavirus pandemic is the gravest “Black Swan” event experienced over a century. Nassim Nicholas Taleb described it in his pioneering book, The Black Swan(1), as a large scale unpredictable and irregular event of massive consequence with an infinitesimally low...
WAR ON CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 360°
What is most important for Healthcare professionals in this crisis? You see the images of these brave people on television, the Internet, and Online, and read about it daily. Protection of the healthcare professionals and first responders is of the greatest concern...
BSMA’s COMMITMENT TO COMMERCIALIZE CELL & GENE THERAPY
The innovative therapy of Cell and Gene Therapy has imposed Draconian demands on the supply chain of the embryonic industry in terms of production batch of one, sixteen day vein to vein lead time, cryogenic preservation and cold-chain logistics, chain of custody,...