Pharmaceutical logistics has become increasingly complex as supply chains face geopolitical disruptions, changing shipping routes, container shortages and growing pressure on air cargo capacity.

In this conversation, Manish Agrawal, Head - Logistics, Kusum Healthcare, discusses how the pharmaceutical exporter manages these challenges while ensuring medicines reach international markets safely, on time and within required temperature conditions.

Agrawal explains how the Russia-Ukraine war forced Kusum Healthcare to rethink its export routes, increasing transit times from around 35 days to 65 days. He also discusses transport validation, GPS-enabled data loggers, cold-chain monitoring and the growing role of road transport in improving transit times from India.

The conversation also covers the impact of disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, shifting cargo from sea to air, infrastructure development in India, the importance of trusted logistics service providers and the role of technology and trained people in maintaining supply-chain accuracy.

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