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International Healthcare Distributors (IHD) currently distributes for Abbott Laboratories, Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, EAS, Eli Lilly, Genop Healthcare, Merck Sharpe and Dohme, Novartis, Pfizer, Ranbaxy, Roche, Schering, Schering-Plough, Wyeth South Africa and companies in the sanofi-aventis group, and is the sole distributing agent in South Africa for these manufacturers’ range of products. The company evaluated new cold-chain packaging solutions during 2007 and settled on the KryoTrans range of reusable, passive containers, attaching especial importance to KryoTrans’ year-round pack-out configurations.

Personnel from IHD are delighted with the KryoTrans solution and believe they have achieved significant quality and environmental benefits.

Eric Smith, IHD Accreditation and Validation Manager, says “the KryoTrans containers way exceed IHD’s expectations”.

Denise Lambrechts, IHD Regional QA Manager, commenting on the first official live trip to Cape Town, “brilliant results”.

Rob Botha, IHD Operations Executive says “We will be able to give our manufacturers a much improved service, with the knowledge that there is a greatly reduced chance of the product going out of the prescribed temperature limits. This solution compliments our current 2,000m2 plus cold room facilities in Johannesburg, ensuring that temperatures are appropriately maintained in both storage and the final leg to the regional Distribution Centres”.