Pharmacia shipping disruptions
Executive Summary
Pharmacia experienced "very short-term disruptions" in distribution and shipping in the 24 to 48 hours following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Global Prescription Business President Carrie Cox says Sept. 26. Celebrex heading to Puerto Rico were shipped by boat rather than plane, and supplies for the rescue effort were trucked to New York City from Kalamazoo, Mich. "We have adequate back-up mechanisms in place," Cox notes
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