ARTICLES BY MARIJA-JASNA BASIC
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![Medical therapy-GettyImages-2161352852]( "The Patient Is In The Room. Who Is Dispensing The IP?")
10/1/2026Receiving IP is only the beginning. Explore how the first patient visit can expose gaps in dispensing, delegation, IRT, documentation, and site readiness.
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![Appointment scheduling-GettyImages-1906790402]( "One IP Receipt Problem Is An Exception. Four Is A Process.")
9/30/2026Repeated IP receipt problems can reveal a site readiness gap. Learn how recurring CRA intervention can expose fragile processes that need to work without rescue.
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![Stock, logistics, e-commerce, medical, supply chain-GettyImages-1708643384]( "Your IP Shipment Arrives At 07:00. Who Opens The Box?")
9/29/2026A shipment can arrive on time and within temperature while a site is still unready. See how small handoff gaps can disrupt IP receipt, storage, and accountability.
Marija-Jasna Basic
Marija-Jasna Bašić is a Senior Clinical Research Associate and founder of Monocytes d.o.o., with 16 years of experience across Phase II–IV clinical trials, post-market safety studies, and medical device trials. She holds Master's degrees in Pharmacy and Medical Biochemistry from the University of Zagreb. Her unique "2-in-1" expertise combines 13 years as a Senior On-site CRA with 3 years as a Lead Central Monitor, spanning oncology, rare disease, and neurology. Through Monocytes, she delivers senior-level site management and monitoring consultancy directly to sponsors and sites, specializing in boosting site performance by identifying and preventing site-level risks before they impact data quality or timelines. She mentors junior CRAs on the CRAConnect platform and is an invited conference speaker, including at TransPerfect Life Science (London, 2025) and the CRAConnect CRA Conference (2026).