Pharmaceutical companies should use digital technologies to immunize their supply chain networks against threats like the coronavirus pandemic while they are still brewing on the horizon, much as a certain species of bird native to a hurricane-prone region of the US somehow knows to take off long before the high winds arrive, a leading supply chain expert recently suggested.
The Golden Winged Warbler And Creating Pharma Supply Chain Immunity
Supply chain expert outlines to In Vivo how pharma can create resilient and secure supply chains and some benefits of localization.

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