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LIFE SCIENCE SUPPLY CHAIN
Life science supply chain in
need of digital transformation
Courtesy SupplyChainBrain
Life science research struggles with an antiquated supply chain.
hat might well be the most important industry before the coronavirus pandemic, says
supply chain in the world today is also Florian Wegener, Co-founder and Chief Executive
Wone of the most backward when it comes Officer of Zageno Inc., an online marketplace of life
to automating key processes. The life science supply science products. That’s despite the existence of a
chain gave us the vaccines that are now rolling $130 billion market.
out on a global basis to combat COVID-19, not to
mention any number of other drugs and cures for Also unknown to the public is a salient fact: “The
various diseases over the years. But the sector’s supply chain in this industry is broken,” declares
success masks serious deficiencies in the link between Wegener. While responsible for countless medical
manufacturers and scientists in the lab. and scientific breakthroughs, the business of life
science research presents “a great façade,” behind
Relatively few members of the general public which is an antiquated system of ordering and
had paid much attention to the life science research fulfilment.
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