SMi present their 6th annual Clinical Trial Logistics event to be held in London on Tuesday 22nd & Wednesday 23rd of May 2012. This event continues a very successful and high quality series which integrates big Pharma and regulatory speakers to create a complete overview of the Clinical Trial Logistics field.

This year’s event will address regulatory change, particularly for handling of temperature sensitive products, duties & taxes, planning a clinical trial, patient retention, label transactions, supply chain security, subcontractor selection & clinical trial logistics in emerging markets. This is achieved through a synthesis of case study presentations and topic analysis presenting by leading industry experts.

Planning and execution of a clinical trial is an expensive and time consuming undertaking which necessitates regular strategy review and highly organised preparation. This includes planning patient recruitment, selection of sub contractors and logistics providers & adapting to different duties and cultural considerations. With clinical trials needing to be planned on an ever more global scale, this particularly critical. This must also include contingency and emergency planning, how will your supply chain cope in case of natural disaster or any other unpredictable delay?

New for 2012: Clinical Trial Supply Chain. This year's event builds on the logistics basis to also analyse Clinical Trial Supply. Management of the supply chain is a vital consideration that must be factored in to any successfully planned and executed clinical trial.

Key Presentations from Pharmaceutical, Logistics and Regulatory Perspectives:

Distribution Strategy for a Virtual Company
•distribution via contract packager versus transport specialist
•Importer of record challenges
•product cost versus transfer price
•working with different CROs in 1 country on drug distribution, import license application and site monitoring
Frauke Bruns, Clinical Trial Supplies Group Leader, Actelion

Understanding, Analysing and Preparing for Risk
General Patton said
““Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
•Risk is a necessary part of business
•How should we assess risk and assign numerical value to it
•How to prioritise and prepare for risk
•Should we Treat, Tolerate, Transfer or Terminate?
Sue Lee, Regional Quality Manager UK Ireland Middle East & Africa, World Courier

Adapting to new regulatory challenges
•What are the new regulations?
•How new regulations affect your supply chain
•Predicting and planning
•What will come in the future?
Andrea Graf-Gruber, Manager, Cargo Business Process and Standards, International Air Transport Association

Alternatively contact Fateja Begum on +44 (0) 20 7827 6184 or email: fbegum@smi-online.co.uk

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