It won’t be easy, but supply chain companies say it’s possible that early Covid-19 vaccines will make their way to some of the U.S. population this year if cleared for emergency use, and that the logistics outlook is even better for distribution of additional vaccine candidates at scale in 2021 and beyond.
“Our members are preparing now,” said Jessica Daley, vice president of strategic supplier engagement at Premier Inc., a North Carolina-based healthcare management and group purchasing organization (GPO). “They are working on their plans, solidifying their processes. It may take a couple of months, it may take a couple of weeks … There’s a good deal of hope we will have a vaccine as early as next month, but it’s hard to say.”
