Pelican BioThermal Announces Credo™ on Demand General Availability

Pelican BioThermal, a global leader providing the broadest and most innovative range of temperature-controlled packaging solutions serving the life sciences industry, now offers Cr?do™ on Demand for pallet shippers.

The rental service, which uses passive Cr?do Xtreme™ pallet shippers, provides options such as pre-conditioning and end of rental drop-off at an expanding number of worldwide service centers, including North America, Europe and Asia. The program offers 12-day standard rentals, including qualification reports and clean, freshly refurbished Cr?do Xtreme shippers, with dedicated stock available at each location. Customers can pick up and drop off a shipper at Pelican BioThermal's service centers or may return it to a regional consolidation center for an additional fee.

"With a strong focus on cost-reduction, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and their logistics providers, are looking for alternatives to active containers," explained Kevin Lawler, Vice President of Sales at Pelican BioThermal. "By offering a range of services, including preconditioning, at a number of global service centers, we are able to simplify the process of transporting temperature-sensitive payloads and effectively reduce costs. We offer a generous rental period and have a ready supply of containers for both customers and partners."

With outer dimensions of 48"x40"x52" (1219x1016x1320mm) and payload dimensions of 1046x843x1008mm (Volume - 806 Liters), combined with duration of 120+ hours (ISTA 7), the Cr?do Xtreme™ offers a viable solution for a variety of shipping environments. Use of passive Cr?do Xtreme pallet shippers also offers a less costly and more manageable alternative to active shipper systems.

"As the leading supply chain logistics provider in the industry, Marken added the Cr?do Xtreme bulk shipper to the packaging solutions we offer to clients," explained Dan Bell, Vice President, Regulatory Compliance and Technical Affairs at Marken. "Reusable, passive temperature control solutions are often preferable over the active shipper equivalent, especially for simplified implementation and to help clients reduce overall costs for specific projects."

Cr?do on Demand benefits include:
• Durable passive temperature-controlled system that is less costly than active systems, and offers easy implementation
• Global availability, convenient pick-up and drop-off locations
• Standard 12-day rentals with extended options also available
• Pre-conditioning available for quick 'load and go'
• Battery power is not needed, meaning fewer SOPs
• Preconditioning at one of three temperature ranges: +2C to +8C chilled, +15C to +25C Ambient and -20C Frozen

Visit http://PelicanBioThermal.com learn more about the wide range of Pelican BioThermal reusable thermal shippers.

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Pelican BioThermal is a division of Pelican Products, Inc., which is a portfolio company of Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco.

About Pelican BioThermal
Pelican BioThermal LLC offers the widest range of temperature-controlled, thermally-protected packaging and service solutions to the global life sciences industry. Their products ensure that delicate biological materials arrive intact and effective, despite exterior environments. Pelican BioThermal is dedicated to developing innovative products designed to fulfill the complex needs of the global life sciences industry. The company's customers benefit from extensive expertise in ensuring that temperature stability is maintained throughout the distribution chain. The company also offers a complete portfolio of services and software to support end-to-end temperature-controlled packaging asset management. In Europe, the company does business under the name Peli BioThermal Limited. For more information, visit http://www.pelicanbiothermal.com.

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About Marken
Marken is the only patient-centric supply chain organization 100% dedicated to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Marken maintains the leading position for Direct to Patient services and biological sample shipments, and offers a state of the art GMP-compliant depot network and logistic hubs in 43 locations worldwide. Marken's 630 staff members manage 50,000 drug and biological shipments every month at all temperature ranges in more than 150 countries. Additional services such as biological kit production, ancillary material sourcing, storage and distribution, shipment lane verification and qualifications, as well as GDP, regulatory and compliance consultancy add to Marken's unique position in the pharma and logistics industry.

More Info: http://pelicanbiothermal.com