BioStorage Technologies approved as air cargo screener by TSA

THE US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has designed BioStorage Technologies, a sample management firm and cold-chain pharmaceutical science logistics as a Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF), the company announced.

The designation establishes Indianpolis firm as one of the few sample management providers to achieve this clearance level that allows it to pre-screen shipments at its facility, thereby avoiding delays at the airport.

In 2007, the US Congress passed the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act. This law mandates that from this month, 100 per cent of cargo transported on a passenger aircraft must be screened at the piece level before loading.

"This new mandate highlights how complex and intricate the pharmaceutical and biotech supply chain has become, which has been exacerbated by time and temperature constraints placed on many biomaterials and medical products," said the firm's chief operating officer Lori Ball.

The company offers more than 30,480 square metres of secure, temperature-controlled storage as well as real-time tracking of stored biological samples, and next-day retrieval and shipment of biomaterials. BioStorage Technologies, Inc. is privately held and headquartered in Indianapolis with an additional full-service site near Frankfurt, Germany.
(Source:www.schednet.com)