More healthcare products than ever are temperature-sensitive and need careful protection. Whether you are shipping pharmaceuticals, biologics, lab specimens, or temperature-sensitive reagents, we've got thermal packaging solutions, freight containers, monitoring devices, and monitoring and intervention solutions that can help deliver your products at the right time—and in the right condition.
Our growing global network of healthcare optimized facilities includes more than 10 million square feet across more than 100 warehouses with temperature- and humidity-controlled environments to ensure products remain in optimal conditions during transit and storage. Add our 24/7 monitoring and risk mitigation services, to achieve the best patient and profitability outcomes.
When it comes to managing temperature-critical products compliantly, experience and technology matter. UPS manages 6,500+ temperature-sensitive air/freight shipments for healthcare companies from 64 origins and 163 destinations. And we ensure exacting control every step of the way, including data loggers for temperature monitoring of pharmaceuticals in transit or storage. You can also count on our experts to troubleshoot and plan for transportation contingencies and tailor last-mile delivery solutions.
To meet a wide range of products and budget requirements, we offer four UPS Temperature True air and ocean freight service options. From UPS Temperature True Plus that provides air and white-glove service for high-value time-critical products, through UPS Temperature True Saver for cost-conscious shipments, along with options for dangerous goods, you can count on UPS to provide secure and reliable cold chain service for vital pharmaceutical products.
Our thermal management world-class packaging consulting services offers customized packaging that is efficient, cost effective and provides peace of mind for your temperature-sensitive shipments. Ranging from small packaging through cargo loads, our custom solutions can also be optimized for in-transit monitoring devices.
UPS Proactive Response offers a sophisticated monitoring engine and dedicated logistics experts who continuously observe your critical shipments and take action when needed. If a potential risk is identified, or if your shipment can't be delivered as scheduled, we initiate service recovery procedures based on your pre-defined instructions.
Protect your valuable shipments with UPS Proactive Response Secure, a one-of-a-kind solution that combines near real-time proactive monitoring, package intervention and remediation, and insurance from UPS Capital Insurance Agency.
Highly-customized logistical services for cutting-edge therapies
Quality programs with storage, distribution and logistics of specialty pharmaceutical products as a 3PL service provider
Our team will help you identify and implement solutions to improve your business and your patients’ experience