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Guides to the terms quality and logistics teams work with, customer stories, white papers, and what we have learned running cold chains for pharma.
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Why real-time temperature monitoring, and when it isn't worth it
A device read on arrival and one that reports in transit record the same excursion. Real-time changes when someone finds out, and so what they can still do: cut it short, release on arrival, fix the lane. Where that pays, and where a device read on arrival is the better choice.
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Six first moves for AI in the pharma cold chain
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Why lane risk assessment is the cleanest first use case for AI in pharma
Customer story
From visibility to control: Lessons from the front line of pharma supply chain resilience
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From dashboards to dialogue: why AI is replacing the supply chain control tower
Guides
The cold chain, explained
Definitions, best practices, and regulations behind terms that quality and logistics teams work with every day.
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Release by exception
How a received shipment is released into stock, and what it takes to automate the decision.
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Data integrity
What 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 11, and ALCOA+ ask of a shipment's temperature record.
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Shipping with dry ice
UN 1845 by air and road, how long a packout lasts, and colder still in dry shippers.
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Temperature excursions
Defining, measuring, and dealing with them.
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Mean kinetic temperature
How MKT is calculated, with a worked example, a calculator, and when USP says it can be used.
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Pharmaceutical transport
How medicines move within their limits, and who is responsible on the way.
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Monitoring devices
Indicators, data loggers, and real-time devices, and what each one can prove.
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Temperature indicators
Threshold, cumulative, and freeze indicators, and what each can and cannot show.
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Good distribution practice
What EU GDP requires, chapter by chapter, and what applies in the UK and US.
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What customers changed, in their words
ArticlePfizer and BioNTech
A 99.99% successful delivery rate, which Controlant's solution helped to achieve
Two years safeguarding the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
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RecordingMSD
From visibility to control: Lessons from the front line of pharma supply chain resilience
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ArticleTeva
Digital transformation at work: reshaping the pharma supply chain
Read the storyEverything we have published
2026
- Article
What a cosmologist, a drug rescuer, and a Nobel laureate can teach the pharma supply chain
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Product release after transport: from manual review to release by exception
- Guide
Data integrity for temperature records: 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11
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Shipping with dry ice: the rules, the packout, and the record
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Why real-time temperature monitoring, and when it isn't worth it
- Guide
Defining a temperature excursion
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Mean kinetic temperature (MKT): calculator, formula, and when USP says it can be used
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Pharmaceutical transport: a practical guide
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Cold chain monitoring devices: indicators, data loggers, and real-time devices
- Guide
Time-temperature indicators: how they work and what they can show
- Guide
Good distribution practice (GDP): what it requires
- Article
Six first moves for AI in the pharma cold chain
- Article
Why lane risk assessment is the cleanest first use case for AI in pharma
- Customer story
From visibility to control: Lessons from the front line of pharma supply chain resilience
- White paper
From real-time data to real intelligence: How AI is reshaping the pharmaceutical cold chain
- Article
From dashboards to dialogue: why AI is replacing the supply chain control tower
- Article
Controlant: Powering the AI workforce in pharmaceutical supply chains
- Article
From reactive to predictive: how real-time visibility is cutting risk in the life sciences cold chain
- News
SpotSee and Controlant announce strategic collaboration to expand shipment visibility and last-mile proof for life sciences
2025
- Article
Introducing a new way to simplify real-time shipment monitoring: Controlant Go
- Customer story
Delivering triple value with real-time visibility at World Courier
- Article
Building resilient pharma supply chains: lessons from industry leaders
- News
Results of Controlant’s Annual General Meeting: 5 May 2025
- Article
Disrupting the pharma supply chain with IoT
- News
Controlant raises its CDP rating with progress on climate issues
- White paper
Preventing costly delays in clinical trials via real-time shipment tracking
- Article
How to avoid 16,700t CO2e: a case study with Controlant and Vodafone
2024
- News
Controlant strengthens executive leadership and simplifies operating model to drive growth
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Controlant closes a $35 million funding round to advance market expansion and strategic product development
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Controlant and SmartCAE to transform lane risk assessment and thermal packing selection in pharma
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Controlant and FDK announce strategic partnership
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Raising the floor with real-time visibility: key takeaways from the Gartner Supply Chain Xpo
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Keeping Phase 3 clinical trials on track: strategies and solutions
2023
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Teva and Controlant discuss the value of real-time control tower intervention
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Transforming the pharma cold chain: key insights from LogiPharma US 2023
- Customer story
Digital transformation at work: reshaping the pharma supply chain
- Customer story
Zero-touch release: creating tangible patient value with the partner ecosystem approach
- Customer story
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