Sensitech Management to Speak at Two Life Science Conferences

BEVERLY, Mass., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Three senior staff members from Sensitech Inc., a global leader in cold chain visibility solutions, will focus on cold-chain distribution practices when they participate in speaking engagements at the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) conference and the Parenteral Drug Association's (PDA) 2007 Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Management Conference. Sensitech is a wholly owned subsidiary of Carrier Corp., which is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. .

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Tomorrow, June 12, Sensitech's Strategic Marketing Director for Life Sciences, Henry Ames, will join Cardinal Health's Robert Brown, Senior Director of Sales and Account Management for Specialty Pharmaceutical Services, at the HDMA conference. Held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, the theme for the HDMA 2007 Distribution Management Conference & Technology Expo is "The Supply Chain Evolution: New Directions & Dimensions."

Ames and Brown will discuss "Cold Chain Best Practices," which will be moderated by John G. Howells, HDMA's industry relations director. With the growing number of products that require cold chain handling, the HDMA Logistics Operations Committee has focused on developing best practices for distribution of these unique products. This session will highlight best practices for product transportation and storage of cold chain products as well as the latest regulations and global trends in the cold chain.

Who: Moderator: John G. Howells, Director, Industry Relations, HDMA; Speakers: Henry Ames, Strategic Marketing Director, Life Sciences, Sensitech Inc.; Robert Brown, Senior Director, Sales & Account Management, Specialty Pharmaceutical Services, Cardinal Health What: "Cold Chain Best Practices" When: June 12 (Tuesday), 2 p.m.-3 p.m. Where: Boston Marriott Copley Place

For more information about HDMA 2007 Distribution Management Conference & Technology Expo, please visit http://www.healthcaredistribution.org/meetings/dmc/2007/sessiondescriptions.as p#25. (Please copy and paste link into your browser)

On Thursday, June 14, Sensitech's Director of Quality Assurance, Dave Ray, and Sensitech's Senior Project Manager/Industrial Engineer, Mark Maurice, will present at the PDA 2007 Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Management Conference. Held at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda in Bethesda, Md., this year's conference theme is, "Transportation and Storage of Temperature-Sensitive Pharmaceuticals in a Risk-Based Regulatory Environment: A 21st Century Initiative."

Ray will be the moderator of "Plenary Session 8: Support of Service Providers to Technical Report No. 39." Maurice, who will be one of the session's three speakers, will highlight thermal mapping protocols.

This session will examine the 2007 revision of PDA Technical Report No. 39 -- "Cold Chain Guidance for Medicinal Products: Maintaining the Quality of Temperature-Sensitive Medicinal Products Through the Transportation Environment." Speakers will present examples of their technical support and cold chain solutions to manage their risk through the supply chain. This will include information on air transportation, trailer mapping test protocols and supporting distribution in the cold chain process to help to manage risk for temperature-sensitive products.

Who: Moderator: Dave Ray, Sensitech's Director of Quality Assurance; and Speaker: Mark Maurice, Sensitech's Senior Project Manager/Industrial Engineer What: "Plenary Session 8: Support of Service Providers to Technical Report No. 39" When: June 14 (Thursday), 3 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Where: Hyatt Regency Bethesda

For more information about the 2007 PDA Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Management Conference, please visit http://www.pda.org/coldchain07.

About HDMA

The Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) and its members are committed to patient safety by delivering life-saving health products and services through a secure and efficient healthcare distribution system. These primary, full-service healthcare distributors are responsible for ensuring that billions of units of medication are safely delivered -- to tens of thousands of retail pharmacies, nursing homes, clinics and providers -- in all 50 states. HDMA and its members are the vital link in the healthcare system that is responsible for medicine safety, quality, integrity and availability in the marketplace. Through leadership on public policy and industry best practices, HDMA and its members focus on providing value, removing costs and developing innovative solutions to deliver care safely and effectively. For more information, please visit http://www.healthcaredistribution.org/ .

About PDA

The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is the leading global provider of science, technology and regulatory information and education for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical community. Founded in 1946 as a nonprofit organization, PDA is committed to developing scientifically sound, practical technical information and resources to advance science and regulation through the expertise of its more than 10,000 members worldwide.

About Sensitech Inc.

As the world's leading provider of cold chain visibility solutions, Sensitech enables global leaders in Food and Pharmaceuticals to track and monitor assets across the supply chain to protect the integrity of temperature-sensitive products. Sensitech is an ISO 9001:2000 company and is based in Beverly, Massachusetts, with offices in Amsterdam, Calgary, Melbourne, Redmond and Santiago as well as service and distribution offices around the world. Sensitech is a unit of Farmington, Conn.-based Carrier Corp., the world's largest provider of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration solutions with operations in 172 countries. Carrier Corp. is part of United Technologies Corp., a Hartford, Conn.-based provider of a broad range of high technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide. For additional information, please call +1-978-927-7033 or visit http://www.sensitech.com/ .