Supply Chain Planning for Clinical Trials

Ensure your clinical trial supply chain is running smoothly with this practical guide Clinical trials are a critical part of the pharmaceutical development process. These trials cannot proceed without timely and regular receipt of the drugs being tested, which can prove a challenge for drug manufacturers who have not yet established the structures required to produce quality-controlled specimens of the drug at scale. Managing supply chains of pre-production drugs for clinical trials is therefore an essential component of drug development. Supply Chain Planning for Clinical Trials offers a practical introduction to this process for researchers and industry professionals. Beginning with the basics of creating a demand plan, it proceeds step by step through the management of supply in a clinical trial, covering all major underlying factors. The result is a thorough overview that addressed every possible challenge in the clinical trial and drug development process. Supply Chain Planning for Clinical Trials will also find: Tools for minimizing risk and expense by optimizing the relationship between supply and demand Detailed discussion of topics including expiry planning, developing reports and metrics, and many more Excel-based models to illustrate key concepts, adaptable to the readers' specific scenarios Supply Chain Planning for Clinical Trails is ideal for pharmaceutical industry professionals involved in clinical trial supply planning, as well as academics and researchers interested in the pharmaceutical industry and its logistics.