If a medication were always shipping from one continent to the other, it would still take over five hours to make it from New York to Europe. But pharma companies like Novartis, Baxter and Fresenius now have the capability to ship drugs to major countries like Switzerland and Germany in a matter of hours. And then, once they reach their destination, the medicines can be stored on shelves for up to a month.If they’re shipped by air, that process takes about three days. The benefits of pharma shipping are not just a matter of time, however. The pharma companies are able to get their products to their customers faster, and as a result, they’re able to cut costs on shipping by shipping drugs directly from their manufacturing centers