FRANKLIN, Mass., August 8, 2024 — Cold Chain Technologies, LLC (“CCT” or “Company”), a leading provider of thermal packaging solutions for the transportation of temperature-sensitive products for the life sciences industry, is pleased to announce its partnership with VPL Rx, a clinically minded shipping, tracking, and compliance solution for specialty pharmacies. Both companies have partnered together to offer a value-added service for specialty pharmacy customers, helping them ship temperature sensitive medications with greater efficiency and assurance.
This combined offering will provide customers with reliable thermal packaging solutions, seasonal pack-out guidance, economical shipping options, real-time tracking, and exportable metrics, all integrated directly into the VPL Rx platform. Customers can now select a thermal packaging option during their normal shipping workflow. The new feature will also provide packaging recommendations based on the predicted route and destination of the parcel. Customers can then track these shipments and receive confirmation of delivery as well. All these features aim to support the goal of specialty pharmacies to provide the best patient experience by delivering patients' medications in a safe, timely, and effective manner.
“The CCT and VPL Rx partnership will help pharmacies achieve an easy and efficient user experience when selecting and shipping critical temperature sensitive medications,” said Ranjeet Banerjee, CEO of CCT. “Specialty pharmacies will greatly benefit from an integrated platform to ensure their outbound operations run at optimum efficiency.”
“CCT has been in the industry for a long time, and we are excited to be partnering with a leader in the thermal packaging space for our specialty pharmacy partners,” said Eric McGlade, co-founder and CEO of VPL. “Integrating the selection of the right packaging solution directly into our existing shipping workflow, will greatly enhance the convenience and efficiency for our customers.”
About Cold Chain Technologies
Cold Chain Technologies (CCT) is a leading global provider of reusable, sustainable, thermal packaging and digital solutions for the shipment of temperature-sensitive material, principally serving the life science industry. With more than 50 years of proven product assurance in transit, CCT has built a reputation as the life science industry’s most innovative and dependable provider. For more information, please visit: coldchaintech.com.
About VPL
VPL Rx is a clinically minded shipping, tracking, and compliance solution designed to modernize pharmacy distribution and promote healthier patients. Our quicker shipping workflow delivers prescriptions safely with real-time tracking, delivery alerts, and last-mile intervention. Exportable performance reporting and data analytics help pharmacies optimize costs and maintain compliance and accreditation. For more information, please visit: getvpl.com.
