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Clinical Trials Logistics
20 May - 21 May 2009
Clinical Trials Logistics

"Top quality topics,speakers and delegates..."Jessica Knights, Editor, Thomsonreuters, SAE Media Group's Conference

It is a constant challenge for Pharmaceutical companies to cut costs and improve their drug supply chain. The total R&D investment of bringing a new product to market has been estimated to be close to £400 million. All new products need to go through clinical trials and every stage of a clinical trial involves logistics. During this process certain aspects should be taken into consideration such as capacity management, resource planning, regulations for outsourcing as well as aspects of packaging, labelling and distribution.

The effective transport of clinical trials to investigator sites, and patient samples back to central laboratories are critical if a product is to be launched on time and within budget. Delays are expensive and even a few days could potentially cost millions of pounds. The pressure of bringing drugs to market quickly and cheaply, has lead to many clinical trials now being carried out in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin American. Each country has its own guidelines which can be highly regulated, so it is crucial to understand the complexities of shipping trial materials to a variety of destinations.
 

  • Vladimir V. Anisimov, Director, Research Statistics Unit, GlaxoSmithKline
            

 

Conference agenda

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12:30

Registration & Coffee

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13:00

Welcome and Introduction

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13:10

RESOURCE CAPACITY PLANNING FOR CLINICAL TRIALS PORTFOLIO

  • Challenges and opportunities in resource capacity planning for clinical trials
  • Factors affecting capacity planning for clinical trials portfolio

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13:40

TECHNIQUE FOR OPTIMAL CAPACITY PLANNING ACROSS PORTFOLIO OF CLINICAL TRIALS

  • Statement of the problem
  • High-level technique overview
  • Mini-tutorial in optimization

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14:20

WHAT DATA IS NEEDED AND HOW TO GENERATE IT?

  • Data structure
  • Dynamic workload demand derivation
  • Other data blocks (FTE supply and budgeting projections)

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15:00

Afternoon Tea

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15:30

INTERACTIVE CASE STUDY

  • Optimal planning of clinical trials portfolio. Attendees will learn how to generate input data including workload demand and supply. Workshop leader will navigate workshop participants in how to run multiple “what – if” scenarios using proprietary ORBee Consulting tool. Scenarios will include resource reallocation due to clinical trials failure, trials prioritization, protocol amendments, etc.

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16:15

DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS- REVIEW THE SESSION

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16:30

Close of Executive Briefing

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's opening remarks

Tony Wright

Tony Wright, Managing Director, Exelsius Cold Chain Management

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9:10

ADJUSTMENT OF ENROLLMENT IN CLINICAL TRIALS

Hugo Maas

Hugo Maas, Pharmacometrician , GlaxoSmithKline

  • Poisson enrolment model
  • Uncertainty/variability analysis
  • Poisson mixed with Gamma
  • Bayesian approach
  • Further steps
     
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    9:50

    OPTIMISING THE CLINICAL PROGRAM FOR REGISTRATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

    Louis-Christian Clauss

    Louis-Christian Clauss, Senior Consultant, Hays Pharma

  • Type of application
  • Highlighting the strategies for achieving success in Europe
  • Meeting European requirements versus USA requirements
  • Scientific advice strategy
  • CTA vs IND
  • Strategies to getting to the market fast
  • BioSimilar in Europe
  • Risk Management Plan
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    CHALLENGES OF CLINICAL TRIAL LOGISTICS FOR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS

  • Lean about Handling of Biological products
  • Transporting issues and new methods
  • Discussing country specific regulations
  • Peter Mayne

    Peter Mayne, Director, Quality Assurance, OSI Pharmaceuticals (UK)

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    11:40

    QP ROLE IN CLINICAL TRIAL GMP

    Marc Weinzweig

    Marc Weinzweig, Managing Director & QP, Biotec Services International

  • Responsibilities of a QP
  • Clinical trials GMP
  • QP process and clinical trials
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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR MANAGING CLINICAL SUPPLIES IN EMERGING MARKETS

    Sean Smith

    Sean Smith, Vice President Clinical Supply Chain, Fisher Clinical Services

  • The challenges of logistics in emerging markets,  with a particular focus on India and china.
  • Technologies to aid clinical supply chain in emerging markets.
  • Financial comparisons and advantages, study examples
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    14:30

    PANEL DISCUSSION

  • Identifying problem areas
  • Building an adequate contingency
  • Implementation issues
  • Peter Mayne

    Peter Mayne, Director, Quality Assurance, OSI Pharmaceuticals (UK)

    Massimo Eli

    Massimo Eli, GCS Regional Lead, Schering Plough

    Tony Wright

    Tony Wright, Managing Director, Exelsius Cold Chain Management

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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    BOOKLET LABELS

    Erik Hahn

    Erik Hahn, Outsourcing Manager, Drug Supply Manager, Novartis Pharmaceuticals

  • Solutions & Design
  • Generation process & Time lines
  • Overprinting
  • Booklet label versus "Just in time" labelling
     
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    16:20

    FAST TRACK PACKAGING FOR PHASE I TRIALS

    David Spillett

    David Spillett, Business Development Manager, Penn Pharmaceuticals

  • Outlining multi-functional label solutions
  • Supporting solutions for documentation improvement
  • Dealing with multi –language trials
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    17:00

    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

    Tony Wright

    Tony Wright, Managing Director, Exelsius Cold Chain Management

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    9:10

    CLARIFYING THE ROLE AND DUTIES OF THE CLINICAL SUPPLIES COORDINATOR

    Karen Rasmussen

    Karen Rasmussen, Project Responsible Supplies Coordinator, Novo Nordisk

  • Predicting the quantities required
  • Coordinating the manufacture of clinical supplies
  • Selecting appropriate packaging design/materials
  • Liaising with External Packaging Facilities for larger trials
  • Managing IV/WRS
  • Summary
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    9:50

    MANAGING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN "CLINICAL SUPPLY" AND ITS CRITICAL PARTNERS

  • Upfront forecasting
  • Accurate and complete planning
  • Process mapping
  • Reaching of an agreement on design, labels, quantities, timelines and distribution strategy
  • Capacity evaluation and according schedule
  • Priority setting
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Distribution management
  • Inventory management
  • Cross functional approach
  • Performance metrics
  • Massimo Eli

    Massimo Eli, GCS Regional Lead, Schering Plough

    Fabrice Piroird

    Fabrice Piroird, GCS Regional Lead, Schering Plough

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    10:50

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    SHIPMENT SECURITY

    Sue Lee

    Sue Lee, Manager BioPharm Systems, R&D, World Courier UK

  • What are the new regulations on cargo screening and how do they affect your shipments?
  • How is your cargo screened and does it really involve sniffer dogs clambering over your sterile pharmaceuticals?
  • What is high risk cargo and why is your material likely to be considered as high risk.
  • How can you ensure your high value materials remain safe whilst in transit
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    12:00

    PREDICTIVE PATIENT RECRUITMENT AND SUPPLY MODELLING TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF CLINICAL TRIALS

    Vladimir Anisimov

    Vladimir Anisimov, Director, Research Statistics Unit, GlaxoSmithkline

  • Main sources of uncertainty and appropriate metrics for measuring success
  •  Modelling and predicting recruitment at the initial and interim stages
  • Adaptive adjustment of recruitment and number of clinical centres at any interim time
  • Evaluating study performance and site productivity
  •  Drug supply predictive modelling
  • Case Studies
     
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    14:10

    REQUIREMENTS FOR SELECTING A COMPARATOR PROVIDER

    Kay-Christian Karstadt

    Kay-Christian Karstadt, Executive Director, Multipharma

  • Determining the sourcing complexity during the design process of the trial
  • Assessing the quality of the Provider
  • Specifying the quality of the sourced goods
  • Compiling a sourcing strategy
  • Considering your procurement options in a global market place
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    14:50

    OPTIMAL PLANNING FOR CLINICAL SUPPLY

    Vladimir Shnaydman

    Vladimir Shnaydman, President, ORBee Consulting

  • Challenges of clinical trials supply chain planning
  • Factors affecting complexity of supply chain planning
  • Analysis of current approaches
  • Technique for optimal clinical trial supply chain planning
  • Case study
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    15:30

    Chairman's Closing Remarks

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    15:45

    Afternoon Tea & Exhibition

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    16:15

    Close of Conference

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