Temperature-controlled medicine delivery
Door-to-door courier delivery in SafePack thermal containers, with temperature logging and the published 2026 calculator.
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Pharmaceutical logistics: secure pharma transport and storage
Full-cycle pharmaceutical logistics (pharma logistics) in Russia since 1989: we transport and store medicines, vaccines and biomaterials under precise temperature control, from +2…+8 °C to −70 °C. Our own thermal containers and loggers, a Class A warehouse and our own fleet. We are responsible for the cargo under the contract.
37 years in the cold chain
Pharma licence · GDP · ISO
Own SafePack production
30,000 m² warehouse
Pharmaceutical logistics is the transport and storage of medicines, vaccines, biologics and clinical trial materials with continuous temperature control and full documentary traceability under GDP rules. The cargo has to reach the pharmacy, hospital or patient in the same condition in which it left the factory.
BIOCARD has been in pharmaceutical logistics in Russia since 1989 and takes on the full logistics chain with our own resources wherever possible: temperature-controlled transport of medicines, a 30,000 m² Class A warehouse for medicines in Vyrubovo, customs clearance by our own customs broker since 2013, air delivery and international shipments. We make SafePack thermal containers and SmartSensor temperature loggers ourselves and manage orders on our own IT platform. We have offices in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, St. Petersburg and Dubai. Delivering health!
37years
in the cold chain, since 1989Up to 96hours
SafePack containers hold the temperature with no power supply, selected validated PCM configurations and test conditions30,000m²
Class A warehouse in Vyrubovo10,000
thermal boxes shipped per monthWhat is pharmaceutical logistics
It is a separate branch of logistics with strict rules: an ordinary box can be shipped any way you like, but a medicine only within a set temperature range, with the mode confirmed by documents and with a responsible party at every link of the route.
Temperature mode
Every medicine has its own range: vaccines and insulins at +2…+8 °C, some biologics frozen at −20 or −70 °C, ordinary medicines at room temperature, +15…+25 °C. A breach of the temperature mode makes an expensive medicine unusable.
Cold chain
Continuous temperature control from the sender's warehouse to the recipient. If even one link breaks, the cargo is at risk. This is where quality is lost most often, which is why we keep the chain under our own control.
GDP rules
Good Distribution Practice (GDP) answers the questions: at what temperature to ship, how to confirm it with documents, who is responsible for the cargo and what to do in case of a deviation.
Documentary traceability
A SmartSensor logger records the temperature along the whole route. That record is not a formality but protection for the product: ready material for the quality department and inspections.
Licence and responsibility
A carrier of medicines must hold a pharmaceutical licence. We have one — plus an ISO 9001 certificate, and we work to GDP rules. We write the required temperature mode directly into the contract.
Special packaging
Not just any refrigerated truck, but validated thermal containers with cool packs for a specific mode, which hold the temperature even without external power.
Pharmaceutical and medical logistics services
BIOCARD covers the whole cycle — from import and customs clearance to storage, transport in the required temperature mode and returns. Choose a direction:
Temperature-controlled transport of medicines →
Our flagship: courier delivery of medicines in SafePack thermal containers, door to door, from +2…+8 °C to −70 °C.
Groupage cargo with temperature control →
Boxes and pallets in a shared temperature-controlled run on a schedule — cheaper than a dedicated truck, with the same mode and loggers.
Vaccine transportation →
The +2…+8 °C cold chain for vaccines and immunobiologicals. The first Sputnik V shipments went out in our SafePack containers.
Refrigerated vehicle transportation →
Road transport of medicines in refrigerated trucks with continuous temperature control.
Air transportation of medicines →
Urgent delivery of temperature-sensitive medicines by air across Russia and abroad.
Multimodal transport →
A combination of road, air and sea under a single contract — with the temperature mode kept at the handovers between modes.
International transport of medicines →
Routes: China → Russia and UAE / Gulf countries. Our own customs broker.
Clinical trials logistics →
Investigational drugs, comparator drugs and kits for trial sites. We have been doing this since 2007.
Cryogenic logistics →
Deep freezing at −70 °C on dry ice and cryo transport in Dewar vessels at −196 °C.
Biomaterial transport →
Blood, plasma and clinical trial samples with strict temperature ranges.
Reagents and reference standards
Import, storage and delivery of diagnostic kits and reference standards.
Warehouse for medicines →
Storage of medicines in a Class A warehouse: +2…+8 °C and −20 °C chambers, WMS, licence.
Customs clearance →
Customs clearance of medicines and clinical trial materials by our own broker, with a minimum of intermediaries, since 2013.
Dangerous goods →
Transport of ADR cargo, dry ice and related materials in line with safety rules.
Veterinary cargo →
Vaccines and medicines for veterinary use with the same cold-chain control.
Comprehensive solution
Import, transport, warehouse and equipment coordinated by one team. Storage is arranged separately from the public transport offer.
SafePack thermal containers →
Our own production: they hold the temperature for up to 96 hours without external power in selected validated PCM configurations under their specified test conditions.
Also: sea freight, phytosanitary control, logistics services, cool packs and SmartSensor temperature loggers. Cannot find what you need? Write to us.
Temperature modes in pharmaceutical logistics
Every medicine has its own temperature range. For each mode we select a SafePack thermal container and cool packs, a warehouse zone and a method of transport.
| Mode | What we ship and store in it | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| +2…+8 °C chilled | Vaccines, insulins, biologics, many reagents and sera — the most common pharma mode. | Vaccine transportation |
| +15…+25 °C room temperature | Tablets, solutions and most ordinary medicines, which must neither freeze in winter nor overheat in the vehicle body in summer. | Temperature-controlled transport of medicines |
| −20 °C frozen | Frozen plasma, some biologics and reagents. | Biomaterial transport |
| −70 °C dry ice | Temperature-sensitive vaccines, biosamples, clinical trial materials. | Cryogenic logistics |
| −196 °C liquid nitrogen | Cryo cargo in Dewar vessels — highly specialised shipments of biomaterials for a specific request. | Cryogenic logistics |
Dry ice sublimates at about −78.5 °C, and as it evaporates the temperature in the box rises, which is why we label the dry-ice transport mode as −70 °C. In rare cases we also ship in intermediate modes, for example +8…+15 °C.
Full cycle on our infrastructure
Pharmaceutical logistics is not a single shipment but a chain of links, and the cold chain breaks most often at the junctions between them. That is why we keep the key links under our own control and take the cargo turnkey, door to door.
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Import and customs
International routes China → Russia and UAE / Gulf countries, with customs clearance by our own broker since 2013. More: international transport of medicines and customs clearance.
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Storage
A 30,000 m² Class A warehouse in Vyrubovo with separate zones for each temperature mode, WMS and address-based storage. More: warehouse for medicines.
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Packaging and temperature control
SafePack thermal containers of our own production hold the temperature for up to 96 hours without external power in selected validated PCM configurations under their specified test conditions. SmartSensor loggers record temperature, humidity, shocks and light along the whole route. More: SafePack thermal containers.
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Transport
Within Russia — with our own fleet, by air and on scheduled groupage runs. More: temperature-controlled transport of medicines, air transportation of medicines and groupage cargo.
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Documents
The temperature report — a PDF with the temperature graph for the whole route, for your quality department — is kept in the request card in your personal account (Files tab) once it is attached to the order. We write the required mode into the contract, and we are responsible for the temperature inside our SafePack thermal container.
Licences, GDP and quality standards
A carrier of medicines must hold a licence and demonstrate compliance with good distribution practice. BIOCARD has this, backed by documents.
Licence
A Roszdravnadzor pharmaceutical licence for the storage and transport of medicines
GDP
Good Distribution Practice for medicines — the language your quality department speaks
ISO 9001
A quality management system confirmed by a certificate
All documents and letters of recommendation are on the certificates and licences page.
Experience people trust
The first shipments of the Sputnik V vaccine in 2020 were made in SafePack thermal containers of our own production. It is cargo that leaves no room for a single temperature error — and we shipped it.
Successful use of Safepack thermal containers… the best solution today in terms of transport reliability and optimisation of warehouse processes.
Lancet JSC, D. B. Kechko, Logistics Director · 16 April 2019
Among our clients:
Novo Nordisk · Astellas · Gedeon Richter · Lundbeck · Pharm-Sintez · Lancet · KRKA · Teva · Stada · Abbott · Sanofi
What it looks like
A Class A warehouse, SafePack thermal containers, scanner-assisted receiving and a branded refrigerated fleet — the whole chain in one pair of hands.
Timing and geography
Within Russia, door-to-door courier delivery of medicines takes from 24 hours for the western part of the country and from 48 hours for the other regions — from Kaliningrad to the Far East. For non-urgent cargo there is groupage temperature-controlled transport on a schedule. Internationally — China → Russia and UAE / Gulf countries.
For details of timing and routes, see the pages on temperature-controlled transport of medicines, air transportation of medicines and international transport of medicines.
Frequently asked questions about pharmaceutical logistics
What is pharmaceutical logistics?
Pharmaceutical logistics is the transport and storage of medicines, vaccines and biomaterials with continuous temperature control and documentary confirmation of the temperature mode under GDP rules. The main task is to deliver the medicine in the same condition in which it left the factory and to be able to prove it with documents.
How does pharmaceutical logistics differ from pharmaceutical shipping?
Shipping is one link in the chain. Pharmaceutical logistics covers the whole cycle: import and customs clearance, storage in a licensed warehouse, packaging and temperature control, transport to the recipient and the documents that confirm the temperature mode. If you only need delivery, see our temperature-controlled transport service for medicines.
How is pharmaceutical logistics different from ordinary logistics?
Ordinary cargo can be shipped in any conditions, but a medicine only within a set temperature range (+2…+8, +15…+25, −20 or −70 °C), in validated packaging, with continuous control and supporting documents. A pharmaceutical licence and compliance with GDP are required.
Is a licence required to transport medicines in Russia?
Yes. Transporting and storing medicines requires a pharmaceutical licence from Roszdravnadzor. BIOCARD has one, plus an ISO 9001 certificate, and works to GDP rules. We write the required temperature mode directly into the contract, and we are responsible for it under the contract.
How is temperature controlled during pharma transport?
We put our own SmartSensor IoT logger into the shipment: it records temperature, humidity, shocks and light along the whole route. SafePack thermal containers hold the temperature without external power for up to 96 hours (selected validated PCM configurations, specified test conditions). The temperature report is kept in the request card in your personal account (Files tab) once it is attached to the order.
Do you ship pharmaceuticals across Russia and internationally?
Yes, across all of Russia: by door-to-door courier and air, from Kaliningrad to the Far East, and by regular groupage routes along the main directions (Siberia, the Urals, the South, the Volga region, the Golden Ring and St Petersburg, plus Kaliningrad). Internationally — China → Russia and UAE / Gulf countries, with customs clearance by our own broker.
How much does it cost and how do I get a quote?
Tell us what needs to go where, and we will work out the route, the timing and the cost for your temperature mode, free of charge. Clear figures, no small print.
We will quote your delivery for free
Tell us what needs to go where — we will work out the route, the timing and the cost for your temperature mode. Clear figures, no small print. The sensor record shows the temperature along the whole route. Delivering health!
Get a quote and agree the next step
Send the origin and destination, cargo description, required temperature, piece count, actual weight and outer dimensions. You can ask a question or get an estimate before formal onboarding. The domestic delivery calculator uses the published Russian tariff; international routes, storage and special handling are quoted for the actual task.
Under the public transport offer, acceptance is signed through electronic document exchange before the first transport order. A registration link is then sent to the email in the acceptance, and orders are placed in the client account. If you have no electronic signature or need different contract terms, the manager agrees the contract route. Storage is arranged separately. How to start working with BIOCARD →
Equipment is selected for the cargo, route and conditions. The stated holding time of up to 96 hours applies to selected tested SafePack configurations; it is not a guarantee for every model, load or dry-ice shipment. The manager can provide the test report for the relevant model and range by email. Temperature reports in the client account are available once attached to the order.
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