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Value Drug’s Modico Brothers Reflect on Nearly 50 Years in Healthcare Distribution
While many lead fulfilling, long-term careers in the healthcare distribution industry, the Modico brothers of HDA member Value Drug Company are part of a rare group of distribution experts who have done it for nearly 50 years.
The latest installments of HDA’s Faces of the Supply Chain series feature the brothers — Dave Modico, Warehouse Manager, and Sam Modico, Innovation Manager — who have been along for about half of Value Drug’s 90 years in business. Filmed at the company’s distribution center in Altoona, Pa., the brothers recount their decades in distribution and discuss the meaning behind their work.
Understanding Healthcare Distributors and The Industry’s Role in the Supply Chain
Healthcare distributors play a central role in the healthcare ecosystem, connecting 1,400 manufacturers with 450,000 providers, pharmacies and other sites of care. In fact, the industry delivers more than 10 million medicines, vaccines and healthcare products safely, efficiently and reliably every day. Here are three things to know about the industry.
Logistics Will Help Win the Battle Against COVID-19
Across the country, brave, frontline healthcare professionals are working around the clock as our nation grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. These workers — the true heroes of the pandemic — are treating patients, maintaining vital healthcare operations and serving as emergency responders.
How Distributors Facilitate Patient Access to Specialty Therapies
Specialty pharmaceuticals — complex medications that require special handling, administration and ongoing clinical support — are reshaping healthcare delivery. These therapies offer hope for patients living with serious or chronic conditions; however, specialty medications are also introducing unprecedented complexity in how products are being manufactured, transported and accessed.
Technological Innovations Reshaping the Healthcare Supply Chain
Almost every industry is exploring the groundbreaking potential of new technologies involving automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and the healthcare supply chain is no exception. While rapid innovation always brings some degree of uncertainty, the healthcare distribution industry has already found exciting opportunities for automation, AI and ML to assist employees, while also creating efficiencies that ultimately benefit providers and their patients.