Marken has opened four expanded branch facilities. The company expanded its office and warehouse space in Los Angeles for complex clinical drug distribution and biological sample shipments, and will move into a new facility in Beijing to allow for the planned build out of a new pharmaceutical services depot, allowing sufficient space for branch logistics operations. In Edinburgh, Scotland, Marken has moved into expanded office and warehouse space adjacent to the airport, and in Germany has relocated its branch operations into a new facility near the Frankfurt airport, which will also become its European central depot.
 
"Due to the growing demand for complex IMP and biomarker shipments, we have decided to enhance our facilities and expand our operations in these strategic locations. We have taken this unique opportunity to combine our planned depot strategy with our need for expanded logistics operations and will combine them wherever possible. It makes sense to leverage our proven logistics expertise with our depots and thus offer our clients a complete service in the clinical logistics market," said Wes Wheeler, chief executive officer for Marken. "We will be announcing further details about our depot expansion in the near future, and will remain flexible as we continue to meet the needs of our clients."