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Clinical Trial Logistics 2014
21 May - 22 May 2014
Clinical Trial Logistics 2014

SAE Media Group's Clinical Trial Logistics conference returns in May 2014 for its 8th incarnation. This is the world’s leading clinical trial logistics conference and exhibition.

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology businesses from across the globe will be meeting to help understand how to negotiate the latest challenges in clinical trial transportation, storage and recruitment in clinical trials.

Senior professionals will have the opportunity to network with peers and colleagues to develop and forge the new relationships that will accelerate your clinical trials.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Andrea Gruber

Andrea Gruber

Manager, Cargo Business Process and Standards, IATA
Angus  MacLeod

Angus MacLeod

Sr. Manager, CTS, Catalent Pharma Solutions
Harvey Rubin

Harvey Rubin

Director, University Of Pennsylvania
Lesley George

Lesley George

Supply Chain Lead, Pfizer
Leyla Hannbeck

Leyla Hannbeck

Head of Pharmacy Services, National Pharmacy Association
Nimer Yusef

Nimer Yusef

CEO, Trial-Brain

Andrea Gruber

Manager, Cargo Business Process and Standards, IATA
Andrea Gruber

Angus MacLeod

Sr. Manager, CTS, Catalent Pharma Solutions
Angus  MacLeod

Bob Hayes

Director, Seer Pharma
Bob Hayes

Harvey Rubin

Director, University Of Pennsylvania
Harvey Rubin

Janice Kite

Tracibility Director Healthcare , GS1
Janice Kite

Leonard Carey

International Business Development, AT&T
Leonard Carey

Lesley George

Supply Chain Lead, Pfizer
Lesley George

Leyla Hannbeck

Head of Pharmacy Services, National Pharmacy Association
Leyla Hannbeck

Martin Dearden

Corporate Microbiologist, UCB
Martin Dearden

Michele Ingravallo

Director of Business Innovation & Transformation, Alliance Boots
Michele Ingravallo

Mike Isles

Executive Director, European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines
Mike Isles

Nimer Yusef

CEO, Trial-Brain
Nimer Yusef

Paul Rodwell

International Business Development, OnAsset
Paul  Rodwell

Peter Cullum

Head of International Affairs, Road Haulage Association
Peter Cullum

Riekert Bruinink

Member of the GDP drafting Group of the EMA, Dutch Health Care Inspectorate
Riekert Bruinink

Vimal Unewal

Planning Manager, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Vimal Unewal

Vladimir Anisimov

Senior Strategic Biostatistics Director, Innovation, Quintiles
Vladimir Anisimov

The keynote address will be delivered by Riekert Bruinink, Member of the GDP drafting Group of the EMA, Dutch Health Care. He will be looking at where the GDP regulations apply to clinical trials and helping businesses better understand the impacts on regulations and audit procedures.

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Workshop Leaders Opening Remarks

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Vladimir Shnaydman

Vladimir Shnaydman, President, ORBee Consulting

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9:10

Session 1: Overview of clinical supply problem

• Analysis of different approaches and tools for clinical supply planning
• Mini-tutorial in mathematical modelling (how models work)

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9:30

Session 1: Why performing IVRS UATs

• Regulatory Background
• Why IVRS is so critical

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9:50

Session 2: Optimal planning for clinical supply

• Minimize clinical trial supply chain costs (packaging, labelling, storage, and shipping)
• Align deterministic supply schedule and uncertain drug demand
• Optimize inventory levels
• Minimize material waste
• Optimize shipment schedules
• Incorporate randomization, delivery delays, multiple expiration dates, and other factors.
 

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10:10

Session 2: The Performance


• Case Studies
• Vendor Scripts
 

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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10:45

Morning Coffee

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11:00

Session 3: Support your UAT


• Processes Overview
• Tools you need

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11:00

Session 3: Clinical supply simulation - visual simulation/animation of clinical supply workflow

• Proposed clinical supply plan validation
• Analysis of stock-out risk
• Incorporation of risk in clinical supply planning
• Contingency planning in clinical supplies
 

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11:40

Session 4: How tools work together?

Combined usage of optimization and simulation tools for effective clinical supply planning

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11:45

Session 4: The UAT


• Examples
• Typicals Problems and how to deal with them
 

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12:20

Chairmans closing remarks and end of workshop

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12:30

Workshop leader closing remarks and end of workshop

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Andrea Gruber

Andrea Gruber, Manager, Cargo Business Process and Standards, IATA

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9:10

Ensuring compliance to the IATA Regulations for Temperature Sensitive Air Freight shipments

Andrea Gruber

Andrea Gruber, Manager, Cargo Business Process and Standards, IATA

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9:50

Adhering to GDP Guidelines on Clinical Trials: How to interpret and accelerate trials?

Riekert Bruinink

Riekert Bruinink, Member of the GDP drafting Group of the EMA, Dutch Health Care Inspectorate

 

  • Find out the latest updates on GDP regulations .
  • What is legally required. Differences  between Member States
  • How can you ensure controlled ambient temperature controlled regulations are adhered to?
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    10:30

    Morning refreshments and networking in the exhibition area

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    11:00

    PANEL: Clinical trial supply chain challenges and comparisons

    • What measures do you have to consider with a clinical trial chain compared to a commercial chain?
    • How and when should your CTL comply with GDP regulations?
    • Managing temperature controlled products in emerging markets

    Vimal Unewal

    Vimal Unewal, Planning Manager, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd

    Bob Hayes

    Bob Hayes, Director, Seer Pharma

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    11:40

    Near realtime tracking and monitoring – helping to provide GDP compliance and to achieve supply chain certainty

    Leonard Carey

    Leonard Carey, International Business Development, AT&T

    Paul  Rodwell

    Paul Rodwell, International Business Development, OnAsset

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    12:20

    Networking lunch held in the exhibition area

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    13:30

    GS1 Standards: Enabling supply efficiency

    Janice Kite

    Janice Kite, Tracibility Director Healthcare , GS1

    •      Who we are and what we do
    •    The case for global supply chain standards
    •    Enabling regulatory compliance, e.g. EU Falsified Medicines Directive
    •    Improving Patient Safety and Supply Chain Security through Traceability: Products, People, Processes
     

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    14:10

    Case Study: Managing supply chain efficiency

    Vimal Unewal

    Vimal Unewal, Planning Manager, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd

  • Assessing and prioritising stock replacement based on consumption, not the forecast
  • Implementation - stock replenishment by buffer system model
  • Impact on end-to-end supply chain (Patient – CRO – Manufacturer – Vendors(suppliers))
  • Impact on stock levels


     

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    14:50

    Predictive modelling of clinical trials operations

    Vladimir Anisimov

    Vladimir Anisimov, Senior Strategic Biostatistics Director, Innovation, Quintiles

  • Main uncertainties and risks at clinical trial design
  • Predictive patient enrolment modelling (start-up and interim stages)
  • Modelling operational processes (visits, events, site performance, operational costs)
  • Risk-based supply chain modelling
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    15:30

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    How can you optimise pharmaceutical road transit

    Peter Cullum

    Peter Cullum, Head of International Affairs, Road Haulage Association

    • Current supply chain challenges

    • Where are the delays occurring?

    • What can you do to reduce cost and optimise deliveries
     

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    16:40

    NPA: How can big pharma support pharmacy distribution in product development stages?

    Leyla Hannbeck

    Leyla Hannbeck, Head of Pharmacy Services, National Pharmacy Association

     

    ·         About the National Pharmacy Association (NPA)
    ·         A brief description of the work National Pharmacy Association does in representing Community Pharmacy Owners in the UK.                      
    ·         Key Challenges in pharmacy supply
    ·         We will look at some of the key areas that are currently impacting on patient care due to issues caused by the medicines supply chain, including the current legislation, stock shortages and quotas and look into some case studies of successful collaboration between pharmacy and big pharma.
    ·         EU distribution challenges
    ·         Discuss some of the current EU challenges and policies and the impact of these on the current medicines supply chain and how can these be overcome.

     

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    17:20

    Overcoming key inefficiencies in your supply chain

    Harvey Rubin

    Harvey Rubin, Director, University Of Pennsylvania

    • How can efficient management ensure cost savings in CTS chains?
    • Effectively monitor delays in trial shipping
    •  Identifying your weak spots and how to overcome these
     

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    18:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Andrea Gruber

    Andrea Gruber, Manager, Cargo Business Process and Standards, IATA

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    9:10

    Managing the challenges of clinical supplies in third party blinded studies

    Lesley George

    Lesley George, Supply Chain Lead, Pfizer

    • Review of different scenarios that may be encountered
    • What are the options when defining your blinding strategy?
    • What can go wrong?  Identifying risks and mitigations
     

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    9:50

    Logistical challenges and strategies for: Russia, Ukraine, Israel

    Angus  MacLeod

    Angus MacLeod, Sr. Manager, CTS, Catalent Pharma Solutions

     

     
    Import and Export Challenges and Solutions.
  •  Discussing the requirements and documentation required when clearing Customs  to enable a smooth supply Chain
  • Timelines for import into the countries
  • The discuss the challenges and solutions to ensure success.
     
    Requirements for audited and approved depot facilities
  • Strong understanding of evolving regulatory environments
  • Drug depots make sense a high number of countries and sites;
  •  Enable an effective clinical logistics system by leveraging appropriate clinical logistics training to relevant personnel.
  •  Manage shipments (i.e. courier companies expertise)internally with in the country
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    The evolution of patient recruitment for Clinical trials via Community pharmacy

    Michele Ingravallo

    Michele Ingravallo, Director of Business Innovation & Transformation, Alliance Boots

    • Ways of completing the recruitment cycle
    • The pharmacy role and involvement within Clinical trials
    • The Clinical trials integrated model in collaboration with the community pharmacy
     

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    11:40

    Overcoming challenges in the clinical trial supply chain (with supply chain simulation tools)

    Nimer Yusef

    Nimer Yusef, CEO, Trial-Brain

     

  • Why using simulations tools to optimize you supply chain
  • Why you need IVRS
  • What you need to use them
  • What answers they'll give you
  • When they can't help
  • Differences between simulation tools
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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    Panel: Discussing efficient methods used when labelling and packaging products

    • What’s the right solution for global labelling inefficiency?
    • Managing time and temperature sensitive labelling
     

    Peter Cullum

    Peter Cullum, Head of International Affairs, Road Haulage Association

    Martin Dearden

    Martin Dearden, Corporate Microbiologist, UCB

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    14:30

    Crisis Management: How to make sure the worst doesn’t come to pass

    Bob Hayes

    Bob Hayes, Director, Seer Pharma

  • Planning to avoid a crisis
  • Tracking and measuring progress
  • Examples from other industries
  • Managing unexpected events                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         CAPA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Change Control
     

     

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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    Avoiding counterfeit medicines entering trials

    Mike Isles

    Mike Isles, Executive Director, European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines

    • Falsified Medicines Directive and its impact on logistics

    •Opportunities and threats

    • How to protect your supply chain

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    16:20

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two


    Manager, Cargo Business Process and Standards
    IATA
    Sr. Manager, CTS
    Catalent Pharma Solutions
    Director
    Seer Pharma
    Director
    University Of Pennsylvania
    Tracibility Director Healthcare
    GS1
    International Business Development
    AT&T
    Supply Chain Lead
    Pfizer
    Head of Pharmacy Services
    National Pharmacy Association
    Corporate Microbiologist
    UCB
    Director of Business Innovation & Transformation
    Alliance Boots
    Executive Director
    European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines
    CEO
    Trial-Brain
    International Business Development
    OnAsset
    Head of International Affairs
    Road Haulage Association
    Member of the GDP drafting Group of the EMA
    Dutch Health Care Inspectorate
    Planning Manager
    Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Senior Strategic Biostatistics Director, Innovation
    Quintiles

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