CLINICAL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT ARTICLES
Does Clinical Development Really Need An S&OP?
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.
CLINICAL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
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Explore modern decentralized trials that bring the supply chain into the patient experience. and including the pros and cons of direct-to-patient models.
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Historically managed through late-stage adjustments, operational adaptability has become a strategic imperative to prevent programs from stalling under real-world pressures.
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eClinical experts discuss supply chain management and IRT system design in clinical trials that include personalized medicine elements.
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Reliable clinical supply requires proper vendor selection, cross-functional communication, and safety nets built to accommodate an ever-changing geopolitical and global pharmaceutical landscape. To avoid supply disruptions for clinical drugs, sponsors must give clinical supply its proper weight in initial protocol development and trial design.
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Experts speak on supply capabilities within interactive response technology (IRT) – how flexibility is important to functionality and who to involve and which questions to ask in optimizing IRT for clinical supply.
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Shipping and storing leading-edge therapeutics require complex logistics, but enhanced automation and process simplification ensure that sites and patients have the drugs they need when they need them.
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Rachel Curran, Head of Sourcing Services and Special Accounts, discusses the requirements, challenges, and solutions to comparator and co-therapy drug sourcing for clinical trials.