

Life Sciences and Healthcare Logistics
It's one thing to say you care about healthcare, but another thing to show it. We Care.
Delivering Next-Level Healthcare
The pursuit of better healthcare access, increased choice, and improved patient outcomes is causing unprecedented shifts in how health services are being delivered. At the same time, a patient-centric approach and differentiated routes to market are transforming healthcare supply chains. Powerful trends include advanced therapies, digital healthcare, new ecosystems, and the need for increased sustainability and resilience.
Today’s healthcare supply chains must adapt to deliver next-level healthcare from expanded cold chain capabilities, catering for temperatures down to -196°C, and direct-to-X delivery models to the implementation of sustainable solutions and the development of completely new supply chain archetypes.
With the largest global healthcare logistics network and more than 30 years of experience, we see it as our responsibility to take on challenges that will transform healthcare logistics and enable a new generation of life sciences and healthcare services. DHL is well-positioned to support customers to ensure the delivery of next-level healthcare.
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LSH Certified Specialists
250+
GDP Qualified Warehouses in 43 Countries
120
Life Sciences-Certified Air and Ocean Freight Stations
180+
Countries offer World Medical Express
Our Core Life Sciences and Healthcare Subsectors
Innovative, responsive, and integrated life science and healthcare logistics services designed to support our customers in caring for their patients.
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Introducing DHL Health Logistics
DHL Health Logistics is the sector brand of DHL Group dedicated to the Life Sciences and Healthcare industry. Read more below.
DHL Health Logistics
Built on three decades of LSH experience and expertise, our integrated, end-to-end global network spans over 220 countries, ensuring timely delivery of healthcare shipments in the right condition anywhere in the world – all guided by our purpose: #WeCare.
We Care
Everything we do is driven by our purpose: We Care.
We Care reflects our commitment to delivering excellence in healthcare logistics, ensuring that patients receive the critical care they need when they need it most. This uniquely puts patients at the centre of what we do and reflects how we are turning logistics into lifelines.
Healthcare Experts
With three decades of industry experience and deep sector expertise, we set the standard for logistics solutions in both conventional and advanced healthcare. Our experts work closely with healthcare customers to develop innovative solutions that effectively address industry challenges.
Integrated Global Network
Our integrated global network ensures timely and condition-specific healthcare deliveries worldwide, leveraging local expertise for precise, reliable, and seamless service. We provide standardized solutions for efficiency at scale and customized end-to-end logistics to navigate complex supply chains, offering agile and flexible access to healthcare wherever it is needed.
Trusted Partner
Driven by our purpose to make a difference for patients, we lead in quality and regulatory compliance. With a focus on product integrity, sustainability and resilient supply chains, we are the trusted partner to deliver the best results for our customers and their patients.
DHL Health Logistics
Built on three decades of LSH experience and expertise, our integrated, end-to-end global network spans over 220 countries, ensuring timely delivery of healthcare shipments in the right condition anywhere in the world – all guided by our purpose: #WeCare.

We Care
Everything we do is driven by our purpose: We Care.
We Care reflects our commitment to delivering excellence in healthcare logistics, ensuring that patients receive the critical care they need when they need it most. This uniquely puts patients at the centre of what we do and reflects how we are turning logistics into lifelines.

Healthcare Experts
With three decades of industry experience and deep sector expertise, we set the standard for logistics solutions in both conventional and advanced healthcare. Our experts work closely with healthcare customers to develop innovative solutions that effectively address industry challenges.

Integrated Global Network
Our integrated global network ensures timely and condition-specific healthcare deliveries worldwide, leveraging local expertise for precise, reliable, and seamless service. We provide standardized solutions for efficiency at scale and customized end-to-end logistics to navigate complex supply chains, offering agile and flexible access to healthcare wherever it is needed.

Trusted Partner
Driven by our purpose to make a difference for patients, we lead in quality and regulatory compliance. With a focus on product integrity, sustainability and resilient supply chains, we are the trusted partner to deliver the best results for our customers and their patients.

Delivering Next-Level Healthcare
Learn how today's healthcare supply chains are adapting to the needs of tomorrow's therapies.
Expertise in Life Sciences and Healthcare Logistics
At DHL, we have a full suite of specialized solutions built around more than 20 years of experience in delivering healthcare logistics to the world. Discover our dedicated areas of expertise.
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical supply chains are under pressure to target cost reduction and operational efficiency while remaining compliant within a complex regulatory environment and delivering to an increasing number of end-user locations. DHL has more than 20 years of experience managing pharmaceutical supply chains to help you stay cool under pressure and deliver.
Specialty Pharma
A new age of specialty pharmaceuticals, enabled by pharma companies’ huge investments in R&D, is transforming the lives of patients with complex, chronic or rare illnesses. We deliver an array of solutions that improve health outcomes for patients, via a global network and local expertise that ensures wide access to healthcare. Tailored to the specific needs of our customers, we treat specialty pharmaceuticals with the care that patients depend on.
Medical Devices
Whether low-value disposable items or high-value capital equipment, DHL provides end-to-end lifecycle services with scale, visibility, and flexibility. From device final mile to spare parts delivery, returns, and disposal, we want to ensure every medical device has the potential to change someone's life.
Clinical Trials
Supply chains must be ready to handle the accelerated pace and complexity of modern clinical research and new generations of virtual, hybrid, and adaptive trial design. We’re here to make the thousands of connections between researchers, sponsors, and patients compliant, safe, and effortless.
Consumer Healthcare
Consumers are becoming more proactive in the management of their wellbeing through self-care. Ageing populations are looking for a wider variety of healthcare options. Markets are growing across new geographies, and e-commerce volume is increasing. At DHL, we understand the importance of maximizing on-shelf and online product availability to maximize sales opportunities. Our globally standardized processes and investment into automation and robotics will help you achieve cost and operational efficiency across your end-to-end supply chain.
Aid and Relief
Public health, humanitarian, and non-governmental organizations look to DHL to provide the necessary supply chain expertise for the storage and distribution of all categories of medical goods, as well as essential aid and relief supplies. Smart and resilient supply chains reduce waste, speed up response times, and make funds go further. They strengthen health systems to bring the world closer to the UN Sustainable Development Goal of good health and well-being for all.
Animal Health
Pet owners and livestock managers are demanding customized healthcare solutions that are accessible and ethically responsible. The need for stable access to veterinary services, disease control, and cost-effective pharmaceuticals is paramount.
DHL is the trusted logistics partner to the Animal Health sector, ensuring cost-effective and sustainable supply chain solutions. Our strategically located facilities expedite the delivery of vital supplies, reduce lead times, and meet peak demand. Whether you are delivering bulk treatments to commercial farmers or bespoke treatments to pet owners around the world, we have a solution ready for you.
We provide complete control and visibility of your supply chain, offering dedicated or shared solutions based on your unique requirements. Our expertise in sustainability not only meets regulatory standards, but also reduces costs. As the Animal Health market grows, we're here to support your success and the well-being of animals and their human companions.
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical supply chains are under pressure to target cost reduction and operational efficiency while remaining compliant within a complex regulatory environment and delivering to an increasing number of end-user locations. DHL has more than 20 years of experience managing pharmaceutical supply chains to help you stay cool under pressure and deliver.
Specialty Pharma
A new age of specialty pharmaceuticals, enabled by pharma companies’ huge investments in R&D, is transforming the lives of patients with complex, chronic or rare illnesses. We deliver an array of solutions that improve health outcomes for patients, via a global network and local expertise that ensures wide access to healthcare. Tailored to the specific needs of our customers, we treat specialty pharmaceuticals with the care that patients depend on.
Medical Devices
Whether low-value disposable items or high-value capital equipment, DHL provides end-to-end lifecycle services with scale, visibility, and flexibility. From device final mile to spare parts delivery, returns, and disposal, we want to ensure every medical device has the potential to change someone's life.
Clinical Trials
Supply chains must be ready to handle the accelerated pace and complexity of modern clinical research and new generations of virtual, hybrid, and adaptive trial design. We’re here to make the thousands of connections between researchers, sponsors, and patients compliant, safe, and effortless.
Consumer Healthcare
Consumers are becoming more proactive in the management of their wellbeing through self-care. Ageing populations are looking for a wider variety of healthcare options. Markets are growing across new geographies, and e-commerce volume is increasing. At DHL, we understand the importance of maximizing on-shelf and online product availability to maximize sales opportunities. Our globally standardized processes and investment into automation and robotics will help you achieve cost and operational efficiency across your end-to-end supply chain.
Aid and Relief
Public health, humanitarian, and non-governmental organizations look to DHL to provide the necessary supply chain expertise for the storage and distribution of all categories of medical goods, as well as essential aid and relief supplies. Smart and resilient supply chains reduce waste, speed up response times, and make funds go further. They strengthen health systems to bring the world closer to the UN Sustainable Development Goal of good health and well-being for all.
Animal Health
Pet owners and livestock managers are demanding customized healthcare solutions that are accessible and ethically responsible. The need for stable access to veterinary services, disease control, and cost-effective pharmaceuticals is paramount.
DHL is the trusted logistics partner to the Animal Health sector, ensuring cost-effective and sustainable supply chain solutions. Our strategically located facilities expedite the delivery of vital supplies, reduce lead times, and meet peak demand. Whether you are delivering bulk treatments to commercial farmers or bespoke treatments to pet owners around the world, we have a solution ready for you.
We provide complete control and visibility of your supply chain, offering dedicated or shared solutions based on your unique requirements. Our expertise in sustainability not only meets regulatory standards, but also reduces costs. As the Animal Health market grows, we're here to support your success and the well-being of animals and their human companions.
Life Sciences and Healthcare Case Studies
Review a range of in-depth healthcare logistics case studies and discover practical examples of how we helped our customers stay at the cutting edge of Life Sciences and Healthcare logistics.
Our Commitment to Our Customers
Care isn’t something you say, it’s something you do. You show it by taking on the tough challenges, not just the straightforward ones, by doing what’s right, what needs to be done, and exceeding expectations because you can. Stepping up with whatever support the sector needs within the framework of regulatory compliance. This is the difference we’ve brought to the life sciences and healthcare industry. We Care.
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Our Life Sciences and Healthcare Experts
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