Agility opens storage facility for pharma products at Hyderabad airport

Spread over 6,000 sq ft, it will serve drug makers in Hyderabad, Goa, Pune, Vizag and Bengaluru

Global logistics provider Agility has set up the first temperature-controlled life sciences storage and handling facility at the international airport in Hyderabad.

According to the company, the storage centre, spread across an area of 6,000 square feet, is strategically placed to serve pharmaceutical manufacturers in Hyderabad, Goa, Pune, Visakhapatnam and Bengaluru, the company said.

The centre will operate as the primary warehouse for solutions from va-Q-tec, an advanced passive packaging company specialising in high-end, secured cold chain products.

"Life sciences is one of the cornerstones of the Indian economy with exports expected to grow an astonishing 60 per cent in 2017.