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interview

BUILDING FUTURE-READY

HEALTHCARE LOGISTICS

INFRASTRUCTURE

How does rapidly growing Abu Dhabi-headquartered cargo airline Etihad Cargo keep building
impressive temperature controlled cargo warehousing and distribution infrastructure for the future
responding to the complex logistic and supply chain demands of the modern and the fast evolving
life sciences industry? Fabrice Panza, Manager Global Cool Chain
Solutions, Commercial Division and GDP Pharma Manager at
Etihad Cargo, answers a few questions.

Tell us how significantly you Demonstrating our commit-
were able to strengthen your ment to rigorous quality systems,
PharmaLife product over the Etihad Cargo achieved Interna-
last two years and that it is tional Air Transport Association
ready to offer an enhanced (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independ-
customer satisfaction to your ent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification
customers in the short to for pharmaceutical and life science logis-
midterm? tics in conjunction with our hub at Abu
Etihad Cargo continuously reviews its Dhabi International Airport and Etihad
product offering with a view to enhanc- Airport Services in 2019. This certification
ing capabilities through the introduction proves our full compliance with specific
of new features. Our award-winning pharmaceutical regulations in terms of
PharmaLife product is dedicated to the Good Distribution Practices (GDP), a quality
safe transportation of pharmaceuticals system for warehouses and distribution
around the world. In 2022, we have centres dedicated to medicines.
continued to expand our pharmaceuti- To further enhance our pharmaceutical
cal capabilities and increased PharmaLife capabilities and accelerate the trans-
volume by 46 percent, and we have portation of medication globally, Etihad
tripled PharmaLife volumes in less than Cargo has entered partnerships that
two years. To meet the requirements for will benefit the global pharma
transporting dangerous goods in frozen supply chain. As a founding
and deep-frozen conditions, PharmaLife member of the HOPE
provides premium tailored solutions to Consortium, launched
handle temperature-controlled condi- in 2020 to provide
tions from -80 to 25 degrees Celsius via a complete supply
the carrier's portfolio of leased active and chain solution to
hybrid containers. We also increased our address vaccine
dry ice capabilities, with our full freighters transport, demand
carrying up to 13 tonnes of dry ice, five planning, training,
times more than previously and one of medical staff and
the largest amounts of dry ice that airlines digital technolo-
are permitted to carry. Etihad Cargo has gy infrastructure,
also launched improved thermal covers Etihad Cargo
that dramatically increase the protection has played a
of pharmaceutical cargo during aircraft significant role
loading and offloading. in transport-
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