Clinical Supply Planning Articles

  1. The Process Map To Ensure Biopharma Raw Materials Supply 8/16/2022

    In new product introduction, there is often a lack of a basic data package for a product being scaled up for clinical or launch supplies. This can lead to several issues, e.g., capacity and lead time restrictions, oversupply, and more. A stepwise process can be used as a guideline for introducing a material to support new drug substance manufacture.

  2. Beware The Manufacturing Bottleneck: Lessons From Inside 6/6/2022

    Steven Kelly, President & CEO, Carisma, a biotech with a CAR M therapy in phase one, is a repeat-CEO. “I’ve had a varied experience, and different functional responsibilities,” he says, "but when I think about manufacturing, two experiences stand out for me.” 

  3. Boosting Pipeline Acceleration With A Strategic Pharma/CDMO Relationship 3/25/2022

    Pharma portfolio managers and CDMOs should seek more strategic modes of working together. By coordinating with each other to change all your development and capacity "red lights" to green, and balancing operational efficiency and flexibility, you can accelerate your pipeline. Here's how.

  4. 4 Tips For Advancing Your AAV Manufacturing Plans 1/4/2022

    Tim Kelly, M.B.A., COO of Homology Medicines, a clinical-stage genetic medicines company, shares four lessons his company learned from building a GMP facility and testing and optimizing their novel platform.

  5. How AstraZeneca's Clinical Trials Procurement Team Adapted To The Pandemic's Demands 10/7/2021

    The pandemic has tested AstraZeneca’s Global Operations organization to ensure clinical trials continue. As a function, procurement plays a key role across this supply chain, with a strong emphasis on assuring supply of product on time and with solid service by third-party suppliers to respond to any shifts in demand. Here's how AstraZeneca's procurement team successfully adapted.

  6. 2 Things Every Emerging Biopharma Needs To Know About Supply Chain 5/8/2020

    For clinicians on the front lines with potential effective therapies who are exploring how to develop new drug products, as well as development-stage companies looking to manage clinical supply chains and transform their organization for product launch, a basic framework is needed in order to integrate supply chain operation into a business strategy.

  7. The 5 Pillars Of Clinical Trial Material Management 2/25/2020

    Ensuring that enough study drug supplies are available at study sites is a requirement of every clinical trial. This article discusses five fundamental tools and techniques for effective planning, execution, monitoring, and inventory control of clinical trial material from the manufacturing, packaging, and distribution perspectives.

  8. 7 Speed Bumps To Avoid When Outsourcing Clinical Supply Manufacturing 9/11/2019

    Any company with successful Phase 1 study data must ensure sufficient and consistent supply of drug product for possible Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials. For this reason, Phase 1 companies planning to outsource manufacturing of their clinical supply should take some essential steps early in the clinical manufacturing campaign to assure a timely and reliable supply of material throughout their clinical trials.

  9. Supply Chain Success Relies On Collaborative Decisions 4/24/2019

    If you work in clinical operations, you’re probably aware of how closely that function must work with manufacturing. There are numerous decisions that have to be made around clinical packaging, interactive response technology (IRT) software, labeling of the clinical supplies, and the actual logistics of getting the supplies to the right place at the right time.