Vendor consolidation is a current trend in the pharmaceutical industry due to recent climate changes and supply chain challenges. We recognize this and help customers achieve this goal by hosting a broad portfolio of APIs from a strong, diverse supplier base. Our business is designed to meet your supply chain needs as a value-added partner with a core group of more than 25 world-class suppliers, complemented by product experts and a global distribution network. 

Our supply partners and producers operate under cGMP standards and their facilities are U.S. FDA registered, offering all the proper regulatory documentation, drug master files, and related technical documents to sell APIs into the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. 

Additionally, our dedicated technical experts in Global Solution Centers and pharmaceutical application laboratories around the world can support the API manufacturing process. We assist with custom formulation, product development, and regulatory support at every step of the research and development (R&D) cycle to further enhance the customer experience.

3. Does your API distributor create value in logistics?

As one of our core competencies, our expertise in logistics includes global sourcing and import capabilities in addition to a North American distribution network of 70+ FDA-registered facilities. This expansive network allows us to provide the ingredients you need, when and where you need them: from APIs to solvents, excipients, intermediates, and beyond.

Using economies of scale, Univar Solutions is able to secure land, sea, and air freight rates with which smaller companies often cannot compete. Within the U.S., we are proud to offer the largest in-house trucking fleet among our peers, making us significantly less dependent on volatile transportation markets. Our global footprint can optimize transportation costs and partner with suppliers and customers alike to help develop more cost-efficient and sustainable supply chain solutions. 

5: Is your distributor adopting AI and digital analytics to prevent supply chain disruptions and develop flexible and accurate inventory management?

Supply chain challenges, particularly over the last 5 years, have proven the increased need for alternate sources of APIs, high-purity solvents, and excipients. Univar Solutions combines artificial intelligence (AI) and analytic tools with experience and know-how to predict and prevent challenges and offer expedited solutions for critical, and sometimes life-saving, ingredients.

In the pharmaceutical space, customers are looking for a committed distribution partner who will save them time and money while responding rapidly to dynamic and disruptive changes, so they can maintain security of supply.

With robust logistical infrastructure, including in-house transportation and warehousing, we can consistently ensure uninterrupted product availability and reliability, often leading to lower landed pharmaceutical active ingredient costs for the customer. Part of that cost reduction relates to cost avoidance. Providing a high level of import review and due diligence on the front end can help reduce the risk of compliance and documentation issues and prevent import review delays to help ensure overall supply chain security.

This strong emphasis on risk mitigation on behalf of our customers is why Univar Solutions makes sure every supplier and product offering undergoes a thorough import and compliance review. From import documentation and proper labeling and packaging of pharmaceutical raw materials to regulatory conformance, our team's due diligence provides security of supply and better overall efficiency and cost savings.