Surrey, UK, 17th December 2009 - NextPharma, the leading European provider of product development, contract manufacturing and cold chain and logistics outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, is pleased to announce that it is to build a new ‘state of the art’ Cold Chain and Logistics (CLS) warehouse in Werne, Germany.
The new facility will be located only 3 km distance from the A1 motorway in western Germany, between Münster and Dortmund and will have 15,800m² of warehouse and 1,000m² of office space. The buildings, as well as meeting pharmaceutical service provider requirements, consists of 2 fire sections, 7 conventional docks, 1 jumbo dock and 1 insulated dock. The facility will have modern temperature monitoring (under floor heating, hot-air blowers and air conditioning.) The warehouse is scheduled to be operational by August 2010. It will have wholesaler authorization (§52a AMG) and a manufacturing license (§13 AMG) for manual re-packaging, bundling and labeling of secondary packaging.
Initially the warehouse which will employ more than 40 employees - from commencement will be able to house up to 19,000 euro-pallets and can be expanded further to house up to 26,000 euro-pallets. This expansion plan has already received approval by planning authorities.
Jost Bunse, Managing Director, NextPharma Technologies, CLS commented: “This is a fantastic new addition to the NextPharma CLS network, we look forward to it being operational.” Bill Wedlake, CEO NextPharma commented: “We are aware that more and more products in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industry require special handling and storage and we are excited at the prospect of being able to meet our customers’ requirements to an even higher standard through this state of the art facility.”
Werne Warehouse Picking and Dispatch
Picking areas with pick-by-light and scan technology
All processes are controlled via radio frequency and barcode scanning
Batch tracing supported and controlled by Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Modern and validated WMS
Critical life saving drugs can be accessed and dispatched 24/7
Experienced Werne CLS Team
As is the case across all NextPharma CLS sites, the Werne facility will be equipped to meet fully the most demanding requirements of our customers through the efforts of our highly qualified and dedicated team of professionals experienced in delivering a broad range of logistics services.
CLS across NextPharma
NextPharma CLS provides ‘one stop’ logistics solutions tailored to meet the needs of the international pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries under the rigid standards of cGSP/GDP regulations. It is supported by state-of-the-art technology with controlled room temperature storage from 15°C to 25°C down to minus 80°C. Its pick, pack and ship systems ensure the correct product reaches its destination according to the requirements of our customers.
This pre-wholesaling business delivers directly to pharmacies, hospitals, doctors, sales representatives and wholesalers. Customers also benefit from NextPharma’s economies of scale.
Logistics services include importation, receipt of goods, storage, order administration, processing of returns, pick, pack, ship/dispatch, accounting, invoicing and debt collection. NextPharma uses sophisticated Information Technology (IT) systems to provide customers seamless communication with its sites.
NextPharma also provides services that cover the total ‘order-to-cash’ cycle for our customers, e.g. order taking, administration and cash collection. Value added services such as manual re-packaging, returns handling and worldwide export processing are part of our service portfolio.
NextPharma Logistics’ main place of trans-shipment is situated in Bielefeld in the eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia. This location, which is conveniently situated between two motorway intersections, enables the efficient execution of orders.
Quick order processing is extremely important for clients. We have met fully the most demanding requirements with the help of our highly qualified staff and with a storage and distribution zone of 7,900 m² at our disposal.
Services & Capabilities
Centre of Excellence for controlled temperature storage and distribution services
NextPharma develops, manufactures, packages, and distributes a broad range of products and formulations for its customers including solids, liquids and semi-solid dosage forms, antibiotics, hormones and controlled release medicines. It has an established leadership position in the high technology area of injectables manufacturing (lyophilized and liquid fill), with particular expertise in product development and manufacture of oncology medicines.
