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Managing pharmaceutical & healthcare transport and logistics involves addressing several challenges, including sustainability, business continuity, product and data security, specialized handling of high-value and temperature sensitive items whilst adhering to stringent quality standards.

We can help you make a difference.

Our services, facilities and transport networks comply with all relevant healthcare quality standards and regulations. Furthermore, we offer a number of warehousing and GDP compliant transport for healthcare as well as cold chain services.

  • Pharma and diagnostics cold chains

    Do you need temperature monitoring in your warehousing and distribution supply chains to ensure the integrity of your product all the way to the user? We offer a variety of different temperature zones for your cold chains and can tailor solutions to your unique handling and transportation requirements.
  • GDP-certified warehousing

    Our warehousing solutions offer you a secure and compliant way to manage your goods that meets all relevant standards. Whether you require an end-to-end order to cash service or making use of our GDP compliant temperature-controlled facilities, our warehouse team can help you. We customize our solutions for specialised sectors like pharmaceuticals (innovator and generics), medical devices and diagnostics, consumer health/OTC, and animal health.
  • A global transport forwarding network

    Whatever mode of transport you need, we make sure it takes place safely and in full compliance with all applicable regulations. Our team has decades of experience with healthcare transport, including active and passive packaging solutions, documentation, customs clearance and administrative procedures. With this healthcare know-how, we can design the secure transport solutions you need.

Specialist and customised healthcare solutions

Innovator and generic medicines

Our innovative supply chain and transport solutions support your business to get your products where they need to be.

Our warehouse and distribution services adhere to GDP compliant warehousing at world-class standards, maintaining rigorous quality, security and governance criteria.  Our specialised services encompass FEFO management, sampling and quarantine management, handling emergency orders, retention sampling and managing S21 orders.

Our delivery services effectively remove expenses and inefficiencies, primarily offering next day delivery in controlled environments to serve both the public and private healthcare sectors.  Our expertise include innovator and generic medicines, biologicals, high risk/high value products, over the counter (OTC) items and vaccines.

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Medical devices and diagnostics

We have been providing tailored supply chain solutions and healthcare logistics services to the medical devices and diagnostics market for more than 20 years. 

We provide a range of services such as specialised warehousing for diagnostics, instruments, parts and medical devices.  Our offerings extend to loaner kit management, consignment stock management, kitting and daily deliveries to both laboratories and hospitals.

Consumer health/OTC

In our GDP compliant facility, we house consumer health/OTC products catering to both the healthcare sector and general retailers, including storage and central distribution centers.  We've designed a customised set of standard operating procedures to meet the specific requirements of this market, while maintaining our high quality standards and commitment to services excellence.

Benefit from our extensive expertise in healthcare

  • Certified distribution centres and warehousing sites

    Compliant with GMP guidelines, Good Distribution Practice (GDP) guidelines, and third party audited management systems.

Can you deliver my products to diverse locations?
Yes, we can. Our fleet of GDP compliant distribution vehicles and 10 cross dock hubs provides flexibility and ensures we can handle ambient, refrigerated, frozen and hazardous goods with primarily a 24 to 48 hour delivery service level. Read more about our healthcare transport solutions.

Can you meet my environmental concerns without compromising the quality or efficiency of my healthcare logistics delivery?
Our services align with international environmental warehousing and transport objectives, and we adhere to science-based targets.  Additionally, we can transition from  air freight to sea freight to reduce both carbon emissions and expenses.

Does DSV meet my need for dedicated healthcare warehouses?
Yes. Our specialised healthcare sites are secure and specially equipped for healthcare products. Certain locations also offer condition-controlled environments.

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