Why Clinical Supply Teams Still Struggle to React in Real Time and How to Fix It

  • Understanding why delays still happen despite forecasting planning and risk mitigation strategies
  • Identifying gaps in real-time data visibility and decision-making across supply teams
  • Improving communication between sponsors vendors and sites to enable faster response
  • Building processes that allow supply to adapt quickly to changing trial conditions

LIVE DEBATE Balancing Cost Versus Quality in Clinical Supply And Making The Right Trade-Offs

  • Understanding where reducing cost versus protecting patient safety creates real tension in clinical supply
  • Exploring trade-offs between speed cost and quality versus operational risk and trial integrity
  • Debating when cost reduction is justified versus when it creates unacceptable risk
  • Defining where efficiency gains are possible versus where quality must remain non-negotiable

Using IRT to Reduce Supply Risk and Improve Trial Flexibility

  • Understanding how IRT decisions impact clinical supply operations
  • Improving responsiveness during changing enrolment and country expansion
  • Reducing overproduction, waste and unnecessary shipments
  • Connecting IRT data with real-time supply planning
  • Sharing practical lessons from global studies