2022 | November / December 2022

Building transparency into pharmaceutical supply chains with discoverable and verifiable Web3 assets

by cyb2025

COURTNEY SOULSBY
Global Director, Healthcare sector, BSI, London, United Kingdom

Global donor (pharmaceutical) organizations face a myriad of challenges and risks in their supply chains when monitoring donations of essential medical supplies to low-middle-income markets. Product diversion, improper storage and distribution conditions, quality excursions, expiration of products, and product tampering all put patients’ health at risk and impact donor organizations negatively in several ways. All of these supply chain risks prohibit the original intent of these donations – increasing access to medicines for patients in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Courtney Soulsby works as a Global Director for the Healthcare and Life Sciences sector team for BSI (British Standards Institution). Working to understanding market challenges and future needs of the healthcare sector, Courtney works with key clients and industry partners to develop holistic solutions, strategies and programs. Courtney has worked with pharmaceutical industry and their supply chain for over ten years – with a deep understanding the issues with regulation, security, compliance, quality, and other risk exposures when manufacturing and transporting medicines.

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