August 3, 2005—Due to increased customer demand for disaster-preparedness and disaster-recovery services, BioStorage Technologies, Inc. has announced two new rapid-response programs, the company said.
The Emergency Relocation and Transition Management programs—both of which build upon the company’s established core storage and logistics services—provide life science organizations with strategies for maintaining the integrity of valuable stored biomaterials in the face of emergencies.
The company’s Emergency Relocation program is designed for businesses that need immediate, short-term, off-site storage in the aftermath of a crisis. BST’s Transition Management program protects the integrity of samples being moved from one or more locations to a central repository.
Recent events such as the hurricanes in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina; the August 2003 blackout that interrupted power to more than 50 million consumers and businesses in the U.S. and Canada; and other global crises are prompting strategic-thinking businesses to seek out BioStorage Technologies (BST) to deliver plans for protecting their valuable biomaterial assets, notes the company.
Emergencies that threaten the physical integrity of storage facilities pose a unique threat for pharmaceutical, biotech, research, forensics and other regulated industries that need to store, freeze, track and maintain biological samples for long periods of time in highly sensitive and specialized conditions.
For more information, visit the BioStorage Web site.
