Clinical Supply Management Articles

1. The Handoff Problem: Where Clinical Supply Execution Actually Breaks 11/5/2026

   Clinical supply handoffs can delay patient dosing despite adequate inventory. Learn how cross-functional planning, deployable inventory, and risk-based decisions improve trial execution.

2. How A Comparator Is Really Bought 11/3/2026

   Comparator sourcing decisions affect clinical trial budgets, documentation, shelf life, and supply continuity. Learn how market constraints can change comparator supply plans.

3. Why Clinical Supply Needs Creativity 10/29/2026

   Clinical supply teams need creative strategies for packaging, labeling, depot distribution and IRT resupply to adapt to changing enrollment, timelines and country requirements.

4. Who Decides When The Comparator Changes? 10/22/2026

   Clinical trial comparator sourcing can affect patient treatment and study design. Learn when comparator changes become clinical decisions and who should own them.

5. How New Models Could Improve Trial Enrollment Forecasts 10/16/2026

   New statistical and machine learning models could make clinical trial enrollment forecasts more adaptive, helping teams account for uncertainty and changing site performance.

6. Can Site Enrollment Data Improve Clinical Trial Forecasts? 10/15/2026

   Site enrollment data can sharpen clinical trial supply forecasts, helping teams adjust inventory, resupply, and manufacturing decisions before demand shifts become costly.

7. When Clinical Supply Data Disagrees: Who Owns The Decision? 10/13/2026

   When clinical supply data conflicts, the problem is rarely one bad system. This article shows how clear decision rights turn conflicting signals into action.

8. Does Clinical Development Really Need An S&OP? 10/9/2026

   Clinical supply S&OP can align demand, CDMO capacity, inventory and program trade-offs, but central planning and a clinical-focused D&OP model may work better.

9. Clinical Trial Supply Chains Need To Prepare For A Less Predictable World 10/7/2026

   Clinical supply chains built for efficiency alone can become fragile when conditions change. Building resilience means knowing where flexibility matters before disruption hits.

10. Root Causes, Part 5: The Structural Changes Clinical Supply Needs 10/6/2026

    This fifth and final installment of our Root Causes video series explores the structural changes needed to improve clinical trial execution and clinical supply outcomes.