Cencora

From clinical trial to commercial scale, delivering therapies worldwide

Cencora is a global pharmaceutical logistics solutions organisation with over 55 years of expertise supporting pharmaceutical and biotech companies across the full product lifecycle. From early-stage clinical development to commercialisation and distribution, we provide integrated pharmaceutical logistics solutions that help ensure therapies reach patients safely, reliably, and efficiently.

Our capabilities span pharmaceutical logistics and warehousing, pharmaceutical commercialisation support, pharmaceutical transportation, healthcare logistics, medical logistics, and third-party logistics (3PL), enabling customers to manage complex global supply chains with confidence.

Through World Courier, we deliver specialist medical courier services designed for time- and temperature-sensitive shipments, including cryogenic transportation and radiopharma logistics.

Our third-party logistics services are delivered through ICS in the US and Alloga in Europe, providing regionally tailored expertise supported by a unified global network. By combining operational scale with regulatory knowledge, digital visibility, and specialist handling capabilities, Cencora helps simplify global medical logistics while protecting product integrity at every step.

Dependable pharmaceutical logistics and warehousing solutions

Cencora delivers pharmaceutical logistics and warehousing solutions built on a global distribution network, deep regulatory expertise, and consistently high operational standards. Our infrastructure supports the safe storage, handling, and movement of a wide range of therapies, including high-value and temperature-sensitive products.

Our capabilities include third-party logistics, speciality pharmaceutical logistics, transportation solutions, warehousing and storage, and packaging and labelling services. These services are designed to support both clinical and commercial supply chains, ensuring products are managed in accordance with good distribution practice (GDP) and other global regulatory requirements.

By leveraging strategically located facilities and integrated systems, we enable efficient inventory management, streamlined distribution, and reliable delivery timelines. This allows pharmaceutical companies to reduce risk, maintain compliance, and ensure therapies are consistently available where and when they are needed.

Innovative pharmaceutical transportation and distribution solutions

Cencora’s pharmaceutical transportation solutions are designed to address the challenges of global pharmaceutical shipping, including strict temperature requirements, regulatory complexity, and time-critical delivery windows. Whether supporting clinical trials or commercial distribution, we enable secure and reliable movement of therapies across borders and regions.

Our solutions combine real-time visibility, specialised handling protocols, and a global distribution network to maintain product integrity throughout transit. This includes temperature-controlled shipping across a wide range of conditions, as well as end-to-end monitoring that provides customers with transparency and control over their shipments.

With established relationships across regulators, carriers, and local partners, we help simplify international pharmaceutical shipping requirements while reducing delays and disruptions. The result is a transportation model that supports consistent, compliant, and efficient pharmaceutical shipping at global scale.

Speciality healthcare and medical logistics solutions

Delivered by World Courier, our healthcare logistics and medical logistics solutions are designed for complex, high-value, and time-sensitive shipments. With the largest owned network in speciality pharmaceutical logistics, World Courier provides global reach combined with local expertise, ensuring critical therapies are handled with precision at every stage.

These solutions are supported by advanced temperature-controlled healthcare logistics capabilities, real-time location monitoring, and specialised packaging designed to protect product integrity under challenging conditions. This is particularly important for emerging and advanced therapies, where even minor deviations can impact viability.

Key services include cryogenic transportation for cell and gene therapies, radiopharma logistics for time-sensitive oncology treatments, and laboratory logistics for the secure handling of clinical samples.

Together, these capabilities enable pharmaceutical companies to manage complex supply chains with greater confidence, while ensuring patient-critical treatments are delivered safely and on time.

Scalable third-party logistics (3PL) for an improved supply chain

Cencora’s third-party logistics services provide pharmaceutical manufacturers with a scalable, efficient way to manage supply chain operations while focusing internal resources on core activities such as research, development, and commercialisation.

Delivered through ICS in the US and Alloga in Europe, our third-party logistics services combine local expertise with global coordination to support a wide range of supply chain needs. These include warehousing and storage, transport management, order fulfilment, and value-added services such as repackaging and relabeling.

Our approach emphasises compliance, risk management, and operational flexibility, helping customers navigate evolving regulatory environments and fluctuating demand. In addition, specialised capabilities such as order-to-cash solutions and logistics support for advanced therapies enable pharmaceutical companies to scale efficiently without compromising quality or control.

By acting as a trusted logistics partner, Cencora helps streamline operations, reduce complexity, and improve overall supply chain performance.

Partner with Cencora for trusted end-to-end pharmaceutical logistics solutions

Contact us and find out how Cencora can assist your pharmaceutical company, whether it is through pharmaceutical logistics and warehousing or commercialisation support.