A Holistic Approach to Supply Chain Planning for Clinical Trials

  • Why is supply chain planning important?
  • What are the foundational elements of successful supply chain planning for clinical trials?
  • What does the Clinical Planner need to account for within their plan?
  • What does the Clinical Planner need to effectively manage their plan?
  • Which business processes are required to ensure the Clinical Planner keeps their plan current and accurate?

Panel Discussion: How labelling technologies and strategies are redefining what is possible concerning fast and accurate clinical trial supply

  • Latest advancements with sourcing, labelling, and filing strategies for auxiliary medicinal product
  • Identifying the right packaging and storage solutions based on your bespoke needs to accelerate your drug supply
  • Improved expiry date predictions to avoid relabeling and reduce wastage
  • Recognizing different labelling requirements globally and how to ensure total adherence: What are the implications of the revised Annex 13 on labelling of IMPs
  • Enhancing label management with cloud-based technology to improve quality control and avoid
    unnecessary recalls

Chair: Bei Li, Senior Director, Clinical Supply  Management, Gilead Sciences

Panel Discussion: Where does innovation fit in the highly regulated world of clinical trials?

  • Gaining enough traction for smallersoftware solutions companies with promising products to sustain their presence in the clinical ecosystem
  • How to best implement innovative vendor services to ensure they work within the pre-existing CRO universe
  • When CROs have too much power, how can we ensure innovation isn’t stifled?
  • What are the best ways to balance risk mitigation and innovation in a traditionally slow-paced industry?

Chair: Mariam Iqbal, Director, Clinical Business Operations, Intercept Pharmaceuticals

 

Innovative processes to propel clinical studies into the future

  • Transitioning from existing capabilities  and architecture to integrating powerful new solutions to optimize trial supply
  • Technology to determine next actions in preventing supply disruption, detect temperature excursions earlier and ensure patient safety
  • Obtaining increased data points to validate or adjust predetermined excursion criteria
  • Minimize discarding of potentially viable drug supply wi