SUPPLY CHAIN
150 Servier works across 150 countries
€ 4.7bn
Servier hit a revenue of € 4.7bn in 2021
“ There ' s obviously a focus on anything that ' s potentially single-sourced . Across the pharmaceutical industry , there is a lot of focus on having multiple sources of not only your products , but also , your critical raw materials and components .”
Servier is also working with other companies and government agencies to educate them on the pharmaceutical supply chain .
“ One of the things that I ' ve noticed more recently is that , early on , we saw impacts on our ability to obtain some of the critical materials we needed to make our products ; where I ' m seeing most of the issues now is in transportation and logistics .
“ What we ' re seeing within the transportation sector is a lot of attrition , a lot of turnover . It ' s requiring more and more training and getting people up to speed . But obviously with new people , you have mistakes being made . The biggest issue for us is that we could do things flawlessly – from getting our critical materials , manufacturing the product , releasing the product – but then it has a shipping issue , and we have to investigate whether our product has been compromised .”
Supporting patients , ensuring quality and compliance of products are critical for Servier , as is maintaining an efficient global supply chain . healthcare-digital . com 103