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Marken Helps Change Lives in Mexico with the Delivery of Eyesight

A hospital in Mexico City received a corneal tissue donation which included the front part of the eye covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. Meanwhile, nearly 600 kilometers away, a patient in Guadalajara, Mexico had recently been admitted to a medical...

Navigating Extreme Weather to Collect and Deliver Critical Samples

Marken had been working with a client for several years on a study which treats babies with immune disorders. One baby in Boston was suffering from a severe immune deficiency and was in Phase II of a clinical trial using an interferon-gamma compound. The cli...

Expanded Access: Coordinating Complex Deliveries of Lifesaving Clinical Drugs

A very sick pediatric patient in Cordoba, Argentina, needed a compassionate use drug that required a highly trained medical professional to carefully inject the clinical drug into the brain on a specific time and day. Expanded access programs, sometimes referre...

Speed and Flexibility to Deliver Temperature-Sensitive Immunotherapies Anywhere

Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men. In recent years, immunotherapy has emerged as a promising treatment to potentially change the way this disease is treated and the research to find a cure. A specialty pharmaceutical company in...

Ready Anytime with a Global Cryogenic Capacity to Bring Therapies to Market

An international pharmaceutical company engaged in a Phase II, multicenter trial for pediatric patients with Leukemia reached out to Marken for expertise with sensitive, cryogenic shipments. With less than 100 participants, the study required T cells (aphere...

Personalized Logistics: A Global Network of Care for Every Patient Around the World

During the holiday season, a family in Scotland planned to travel to Pakistan with their small child. The trip involved multiple flights, stops and cities over the course of a month. The child was enrolled in a Phase II, multicenter, multinational study for a r...

Marken Delivers Compassionate Use Dose of Emergency Medication to Critical Pediatric Patient

A desperate mother in Germany urged her team of doctors to reach out to a Marken client on behalf of her two year old girl. The child was battling leukemia and had exhausted all currently available treatment options. The client manufactures a drug not yet appro...

Marken Climbs Every Mountain for Clinical Trial Patients

As part of Marken’s Direct to Patient (DTP) service, all of Marken’s team members are trained on being able to deliver at all times to maintain compliance with the clinical trial protocol and timelines. Because patients may travel while participating in a trial...

Marken Continues to Reach New Heights for Patients Around the World

Marken was asked to arrange blood shipments originating from Mount Everest as part of an important research program designed to study the effects of high altitude on the human body. It was possibly the first study of this magnitude. A total of 67 participant...

Going the Extra Mile to Maintain Patient Continuity

Two patient samples to be picked up at London Heathrow Airport for delivery to a central lab were not available for retrieval when Marken arrived. The airline handling agent misplaced the shipment and it may not have arrived in London. SOLUTION In order to re...