Clinical Supply Planning Articles

1. AI-Generated Data, Patent Protection, And The Implications For Clinical Supply 9/11/2026

   AI-generated data could change how clinical supply teams forecast demand, plan manufacturing, and manage inventory, but knowing when to trust those signals is the real challenge.

2. The End Of Just-In-Time? Why Clinical Trial Supply Chains Are Rethinking Inventory Strategy 9/9/2026

   Clinical trials are too unpredictable for inventory strategies built on fixed assumptions. Learn why agility, visibility and smarter buffers are becoming essential to supply planning.

3. Root Causes, Part 1: When Trial Design Locks In Supply Risk 9/8/2026

   This first installment of our new Root Causes video series examines how decisions made long before execution can shape clinical supply outcomes.

4. Could Smarter Use of Clinical Supply Data Help Avoid Certain Protocol Amendments? 9/3/2026

   Clinical supply data reveals where protocol assumptions break down. Could those lessons help improve protocol design and reduce avoidable amendments?

5. The Silent Threat To Clinical Trials: Why Shelf-Life Management Can Determine Study Success 9/3/2026

   Shelf life is more than an expiration date. Explore how global trials can turn aging inventory into supply disruptions, added costs, and risks to patient treatment.

6. AI Is Only As Good As The Data Behind Your Clinical Trial Supply Chain 9/2/2026

   AI cannot fix bad clinical supply data. Disconnected systems, conflicting inventory and manual workarounds can turn smart forecasting into costly mistakes.

7. Five Places Where AI Stalls In Clinical Supply 9/1/2026

   AI may be ready for clinical supply, but the systems behind it are not. Five barriers show why better models alone will not fix forecasting or waste.

8. More Than Half The Drug We Make Never Reaches A Patient 8/31/2026

   More than half the drug made for clinical trials may never reach a patient. Here’s where supply planning goes wrong, and where AI can actually help.

9. Lessons In Forecasting Discipline From A $40B Supply Chain 8/31/2026

   Forecasting errors rarely start with the algorithm. They start when protocol changes, enrollment and site data reach the supply plan too late to prevent waste and disruption.

10. Clinical Supply When There's No Drug To Ship 8/28/2026

    When a clinical trial has no drug to ship, what becomes supply? Non-pharmacological trials still require sourcing, tracking, qualification, and control.