Cold chain container for drug substances | RoSS.SHIP

Cold shipment is a specific way of transporting temperature-sensitive products. For the pharmaceutical industry, cold chain shipments are necessary when dealing with several biologics and medical supplies that would deteriorate at room temperature. Thus, dedicated pharmaceutical cold chain solutions like cold chain shipping containers are necessary in order to maintain a specific set of temperature and optimize shelf life for various goods, preserving them from the damaging impact of the otherwise too high ambient temperature.

To achieve this protection, the cold chain equipment must meet high standards, be it the insulation material of cooler boxes, ice boxes or other cold chain boxes.

An example for a product requiring ultra-cold transport in the pharma industry is mRNA vaccines; in order to maintain their quality, effectiveness and safety, they must leave the manufacturing site frozen down to temperatures around -80 °C, stored e.g. in ultra-cold storage freezers for long-range transport.

Other means used in the vaccine transport are various temperature-controlled containers like dedicated vaccine carriers, vaccine cold boxes or other kinds of transport boxes.

In addition to the achievable temperatures for products stored under temperature control, the vaccine storage capacity: The external dimensions of the single containers, e.g. need to be taken into consideration when optimizing storage density during cold chain shipping.

Cold chain storage describes preserving varoíous goods, e.g. different types of biopharmaceuticals, from deterioration in ambient temperature by storing them under cold temperatures. There are different temperature ranges that are put into place, depending on the specific product.

RoSS.SHIP is enabled to maintain temperatures below -60 °C for at least 6 days.

For RoSS.SHIP cold chain transport container, both top- and front-loading options are available.

A cold supply chain is put into place for temperature-sensitive products like several biologics, e.g. vaccines, but also for other perishable products, like deep-frozen food, which must not be stored at room temperature, but rather in cold storage. Whether to choose simple refrigeration, thermal packaging or ultra-cold storage depends on a product’s specific needs; often, regulatory requirements ask for a specific temperature range to be observed.

When pharmaceutical products demand a temperature-controlled environment, healthcare providers, medical suppliers, researchers in life sciences and manufacturers must rely on a professional cold chain management with the respective cold chain technologies, including cold chain packaging solutions and cold chain shipping solutions like cold chain storage boxes, reusable insulated containers or cold packs, such as gel packs or ice packs.