QUICKSTAT, a subsidiary of logistics company Kuehne+Nagel, has opened a new control tower and conditioning facility in Singapore.

QuickSTAT specialises in time and temperature shipping of clinical research samples, biologics, investigational drugs, clinical trial supplies and vaccines in order to help bring new drugs and medical protocols to market safely and quickly.

The new conditioning facility located at Kuehne+Nagel’s regional centre of excellence – the Singapore Logistics Hub – caters to a full suite of healthcare logistics services for all stages of the pharmaceutical product lifecycle.

It provides superior management of cell and gene therapies, where QuickSTAT’s specialists will ensure proper handling, packaging and storage of the time-and-temperature sensitive products.

Additionally, the facility includes a controlled-ambient warehouse and in- transit storage for vaccines, investigational drugs, patient clinical specimens and active pharmaceutical ingredient.

Jack Liu, senior vice president, air logistics of Kuehne+Nagel Asia Pacific said, “With the ISO-certified and GXP compliant facility that upholds the best practices for storage, conditioning, transportation, routings and logistics, I am confident that we will consistently deliver product integrity and patient safety.