Copenhagen, Denmark: Geodis has gained IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics certification for its Copenhagen site. The freight forwarder now has 28 pharma certified sites.
Kent Husted, managing director, Geodis Denmark, said: “Denmark is one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to research, development and production of pharmaceuticals. The requirements are strict in terms of quality and selection of suppliers, which is why it made perfect sense to choose the IATA CEIV Pharma Certification for Geodis Denmark.
Thomas Kraus, chief executive, Geodis Europe, said: “Through our global pharma and healthcare network we can offer tailor-made solutions for our customers that comply with the requirements of good distribution practice transport. Part of our ambition is to further develop our global end-to-end logistics solutions.”
“With last year’s acquisition of Trans-o-flex in Germany, we added a wide range of services for time-critical deliveries to our portfolio and offer a fast, reliable and time-definite delivery service, which will be extended to other European countries in the coming months. As a first step in Denmark, with a newly built part of our warehouse solely for our pharma customers, we can ensure that the products are temperature monitored, before they are to be shipped across the world, whether that would be by air, ocean or road transport.”
In June last year, Geodis obtained CEIV Pharma certification for its site at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport a year after the facility was opened. In October of last year, the company launched a new temperature controlled warehouse for the pharma and healthcare sectors at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
In 2022-2023 Geodis also worked to gain CEIV Pharma certification at seven of its sites across the Americas.
