special handling

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Pharmaceutical distributor Cencora will invest $1 billion in its U.S. supply chain as demand soars for cancer therapies, weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and other medications that need special handling and refrigeration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Designating entire areas for special handling would reduce the number of scientists and institutions able to carry out the work and increase costs, Jason concluded.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 4, 2024

A good start would be to simplify the classification process into two tiers, “secret” and “top secret,” eliminating the lower “confidential” level, while protecting those secrets that need special handling.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023

Or, with vaccines that require special handling, something can go amiss.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2021

They showed the postmaster their C.I.B. shields and identification cards and arranged for quick and special handling for the bottle of vaccine.

From Brink of Madness by Sheldon, Walter J.