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Panel Discussion: Navigating complexities when shipping IMPs

  • Overcoming regulatory and compliance hurdles
  • Ensuring packaging and labelling meets country specific requirements
  • Considering solutions for temperature control management during shipping
  • Coordinating between depots, CROs, carriers and sites

Navigating the Complexities of Cell and Gene Therapy Logistics

Cell and Gene Therapy logistics are at the forefront of innovation in clinical trial services. With highly sensitive materials and strict timelines, every step of the supply chain must be meticulously managed from start to finish. In this session, we will look at the logistical challenges whilst delivering practical insights into navigating logistical complexities.

  • Overview of the Cell and Gene Therapy Landscape
  • Logistical Challenges
  • What to look for in a reliable logistics partner

Managing CMO vendors to ensure an effective partnership

  • Agreeing timelines and establishing your oversight requirements
  • Creating feedback and performance review processes to manage partnerships
  • Fostering effective communication and collaboration to form strong relationships

Confidence in clinical supply: Keeping trials on track

Drug development is advancing in a period shaped by regulatory change, geopolitical pressure, and increasing operational complexity. For biotech organizations running global and adaptive trials, maintaining clinical supply continuity has become essential to sustaining momentum and reducing risk.

In this presentation, we examine how confidence in clinical supply is built through readiness, scale, and operational foresight. Drawing on real-world experience across regions and modalities, the session explores how stable infrastructure and adaptable execution help keep trials moving with greater predictability as conditions evolve.

 

Specifically, this presentation will share:

  • How end-to-end clinical supply control and a globally distributed network support continuity across complex trial designs and geographies
  • Practical approaches to managing trade, tariff, and compliance risk through proactive planning and regional operating models
  • How applied AI and automation in clinical supply operations are improving quality, efficiency, and reliability while maintaining regulatory control

A pragmatic approach towards greener clinical trials

  • Methodology trade-off: scope of measure and methods alignment
  • Calculating and reporting emissions
  • Leveraging footprint data for trial network design and protocol optimization
  • Discussing challenges and future ambitions