Can a few degrees change a medicine’s effectiveness?
Absolutely. Find how Clymet’s cold chain transportation protects temperature-sensitive medicines throughout Dubai’s challenging logistics journey, from storage to final delivery.
Is it surprising to you that a medicine can lose its effectiveness long before its expiry date? Sometimes, it can be because of just a few minutes outside its required temperature range.
As per the data of Mordor Intelligence, Dubai alone accounted for 32.6% of the UAE cold chain logistics market in 2025. Also, it is expected to grow at about 5.78% CAGR through 2031. Looking back, Dubai held around 65% of the UAE’s total cold storage capacity in 2024. These data present Dubai as one of the main temperature‑controlled logistics hubs in the UAE.
So, cold chain transportation in Dubai is a critical element of pharma logistics. This is because maintaining the right temperature for medicines from manufacturer to patient or any healthcare facility is important. Many pharmaceuticals are sensitive to temperature and cannot tolerate changes in that.
Dubai’s pharmaceutical industry, global trade and healthcare rules have made cold chain systems essential. It requires more than refrigerated vehicles. At Clymet we understand the importance of protecting medicine quality and ensuring patient safety.
Every damaged medicine may not change its appearance. But its effectiveness could already be lost.
The report of Corex shows that the pharmaceutical industry loses an estimated USD 35 billion per year globally due to preventable cold chain failures and temperature excursions. Another survey of Cold Chain IQ highlights that 10% of participants experienced temperature deviations in over 15% of their temperature sensitive shipments. These data implies the seriousness of temperature excursions.
What is a temperature excursion? It is a process in which a temperature-sensitive product is exposed to conditions outside its approved or labeled range. It can be due to equipment failure, transit delays or external weather. When medicines are exposed to temperatures above the approved range, it will speed up chemical reactions inside the drug. Every 10°C increase above the required value may double or quadruple the speed of this chemical breakdown depending on the product. The effectiveness of medicines may get lost at this stage. Sometimes, certain degraded chemicals may transform into toxic compounds that cause unexpected side effects.
On the other hand, some vaccines and biologics can freeze and lose their effectiveness when they are exposed to temperatures below the required range. Liquid suspensions, emulsions and insulin can form ice crystals. Their ingredients may not mix properly again during thawing.
There are certain medicines that require strict temperature control during cold chain transportation in Dubai.
Vaccines
Insulin
Biologics
Blood products
Specialty medicines
Clinical trial products
Although there are exceptions, most of these products must be kept between 2 °C to 8 °C during storage and transportation. Damaged medicines often cannot be visually identified. Such damages can put patient safety at risk and create certain financial losses. That’s why continuous temperature monitoring is important in pharmaceuticals logistics.
Transport your pharmaceuticals safely with us.
Contact Clymet at 800-CLYMET or drop an email at info@clymet.ae.
The real challenge is not cooling medicines. It is keeping every degree consistent throughout the journey.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 25% of vaccines reach their destination degraded due to shipping and handling errors in the cold chain logistics. Approximately 30% of pharmaceuticals rejections are caused by logistics issues, including temperature control failures.
How should a pharmaceutical logistics company work to preserve the quality of medicinal products? Below is the complete journey of a temperature sensitive medicine.
Medicines are produced under strict environmental conditions. After manufacturing, they need immediate cooling to preserve its efficacy. A cold chain chiller system can help to maintain the quality of medicines by supporting certain temperature ranges.
The produced medicines have to be kept inside temperature-controlled warehouses. Temperature ranges may vary according to the product types. This includes frozen (-25°C to -10°C), refrigerated (2°C to 8°C) and ambient (15°C to 25°C) temperatures. We make use of validated storage equipment to ensure this.
Packaging is a significant part of temperature controlled shipping. Insulated packaging, thermal shippers, refrigerants and data loggers are needed in this stage. Our packaging solutions are structured for physical protection, contamination prevention and traceability.
Cold chain transportation needs vehicles equipped with monitoring devices. Temperature control chiller systems have an important role in the journey. They ensure that the products remain within the required temperature range during transportation. Clymet’s GPS enabled cold chain trucking solutions offer continuous shipment visibility.
Finally, we deliver certain pharmaceutical products to hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and laboratories by making sure that these products are kept within the required temperature from dispatch to final delivery.
Every stage in the cold chain system depends on the previous one. So, one failure can compromise the entire shipment.
Technology alone can’t protect medicines. It needs processes that are consistent, professionals who are trained and systems that are validated.
As a pharmaceutical logistics company Clymet offers cold chain transportation in Dubai by focusing on critical factors. Our solutions comply with industry standards and Good Distribution Practices. We ensure vehicle validation and lane qualification to maintain controlled conditions.
We monitor temperature and take action if there is any deviation with the help of certain devices. Our GPS enabled cold chain trucking systems provide shipment visibility. We have a team who can handle pharmaceutical products efficiently. They plan the correct route to minimise delays and any other issues.
We assess risks before dispatching the shipment. This analysis enables us to minimise transportation and product quality related issues. Moreover we maintain the required chiller temperature to ensure the safety of medicines. Finally we keep proper documentation of the shipping to provide complete traceability.
Clymet supports healthcare providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors by focusing on product integrity and patient safety. We understand that cold chain transportation is not just a logistics process. It is an essential healthcare responsibility.
Transport your pharmaceuticals safely with us.
Contact Clymet at 800-CLYMET or drop an email at info@clymet.ae.
Cold chain logistics should be used when shipping temperature-sensitive medicines in order to maintain the temperature of the medicines while shipping them. This is done to protect the medicines from high temperatures in Dubai.
There are several kinds of medicinal products such as insulin, vaccines, blood, biologics, specialty medicines and clinical trial materials. These products are temperature sensitive and need temperature controlled vehicles for transportation.
Even a brief temperature excursion can reduce the potency of the medicine, render it unstable and make it non-compliant. As it loses its effectiveness, it cannot guarantee the safety of patients.
Clymet ensures that pharmaceuticals are not subjected to temperature excursions by making use of cold chain transportation, specialised vehicles, temperature monitoring, shipment tracking and trained staff.
The transportation of pharmaceutical goods in a cold chain is different because it requires monitoring and recording temperatures. It uses equipment that meets regulations and follows certain rules to ensure that medicines and other sensitive goods are kept at the required conditions.
Cold chain trucking helps distribute pharmaceutical goods to manufacturers, warehouses, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and healthcare centers following temperature and other regulations while ensuring safety and quality during transit.
A reputable pharmaceutical logistics company like Clymet will prevent temperature excursions by using a validated transportation process, ensuring temperatures are constantly monitored, maintaining equipment to avoid failure, utilizing proven efficient routes and documenting all processes involved with transporting the shipments.
Companies should look into their GDP compliance, experience, cold transport, temperature control, validated logistic chains, qualified personnel and reliable delivery of pharmaceuticals before choosing a partner.
We offer our experience and knowledge in cold chain logistics, temperature controlled delivery and high quality services to ensure that the delivered pharmaceuticals meet the required standards.
