TNT Singapore launches Clinical Express exclusive service into US
TNT Express Singapore has launched a next-day, door-to-door delivery service of diagnostic samples and clinical supplies for central laboratories in Asia to the USA. By leveraging on TNT’s new partnership with US company AirNet Systems, TNT Express not only provides the best-in-class transit times, but also a range of value-added services such as certified packaging and fulfilment of the frozen consignment. This is an additional development of “Clinical Express Exclusive” that was launched globally last year.
Clinical trial shipments from Asia to the US are set to double by 2006 and are seen as a key area of growth for clinical trial logistics. Currently, Asia-US shipments account for about 10% of the industry estimated to be worth US$30 million a year – half of which originate in Singapore. “An estimated 70% of diagnostic shipments from test centres across Asia are sent to Singapore for testing, and it is logical that the shipments are consolidated and sent to the US from there,” says Onno Boots, Director Global Account Management, TNT Express.
“Diagnostic shipments from Asia to US are traditionally the strong hold of US-based logistic providers,” he adds. “TNT Express has taken a bold, but critical step in establishing Clinical Express in the USA, which is the largest clinical trial logistic market in the world.”
