Cryoport and Zoetis Expand Cold Chain Logistics Relationship

LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cryoport, Inc. (OTCBB: CYRX) today announced that it has reached agreement with Zoetis Inc. (formerly the animal health business unit of Pfizer Inc.) to expand the scope of the cold chain logistics services Cryoport is providing.

In December 2012, Cryoport signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc. relating to Zoetis Inc. pursuant to which we were engaged to manage frozen shipments of a key poultry vaccine. Under this arrangement, Cryoport is providing on-site logistics personnel and its logistics management platform, the Cryoportal^TM, to manage shipments from the Zoetis manufacturing site in the United States to domestic customers as well as selected international distribution centers. As part of its logistics management services, Cryoport analyzes shipping data and processes to further streamline Zoetis' logistics, ensuring products arrive to their destinations in specified conditions, on-time and with the optimum uses of resources. Initially, Cryoport managed Pfizer’s total fleet of dewar flask shippers used for this purpose, including liquid nitrogen shippers.

In the amended agreement, Cryoport’s scope is expanded to manage all domestic shipments of the key frozen poultry vaccine as well as all shipments of this vaccine to all Zoetis’ international distribution centers.

Cryoport President and CEO Jerrell Shelton stated, “The solutions we provide Zoetis are made possible by our purpose-built Cryoportal software logistics management system and our 24/7 logistics personnel who power the solutions we provide. By outsourcing cold chain logistics to Cryoport, our customers can achieve reliable services and have greater visibility on the status of their shipments of vaccines throughout the entire delivery and return processes. Cryoport solutions provide greater peace of mind to our customers, knowing that our Cryoport solutions are not only reliable, but effective, and economically sound.”

About Cryoport, Inc.

Cryoport provides leading edge frozen shipping logistics solutions to the biotechnology and life science industries through the combination of purpose built proprietary hardware and software technologies and total turnkey management of the entire logistics process. Cryoport Express® liquid nitrogen dry vapor shippers are validated to maintain a constant -150°C temperature for a 10 plus day dynamic shipment duration, and its Cryoportal™ Logistics Management Platform manages the entire shipment process, including initial order input, document preparation, customs clearance, courier management, shipment tracking, issue resolution, and delivery. Cryoport’s total turnkey logistics solutions offer reliability, cost effectiveness, and convenience, while the use of recyclable and reusable components provides a “green” and environmentally friendly solution. Cryoport service options include recording the “chain of condition” and “chain of custody” for all shipments thereby meeting the exacting requirements for scientific work and for regulatory purposes. For more information visit www.cryoport.com.

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Cryoport, Inc.
Robert Stefanovich, 619-481-6802
rstefanovich@cryoport.com

Source: Cryoport, Inc.

Released July 22, 2013