N-SIDE is very pleased to announce that UCB has signed a 3-year agreement increasing their collaboration in clinical supply optimization. With this new agreement, UCB will use the N-SIDE Suite for Clinical Trials solution and N-SIDE consulting services to optimize the supply management from protocol design to on-going clinical trials. Philippe Verlaine, Head of […]

Clinical trial supply management is challenging – ensuring there is no risk to patients receiving the right medication on-time with highly unpredictable demand. Due to the nature of randomized clinical trials, there is inherent uncertainty in patient demand. Buffer stock, often referred to as clinical trial supply overage, is required to be sure that the right […]

N-SIDE has signed with Sanofi an amendment to their agreement to use N-SIDE’s risk-based production planning optimization solution This agreement comes at the successful conclusion of the pilot study conducted by Sanofi and N-SIDE using N-SIDE’s innovative solution to optimize end-to-end production planning at the clinical program level. N-SIDE is happy to continue the collaboration […]

Wastage in clinical trials is accepted as the norm. Large buffers are added to protect the trial, to ensure that there is enough drug product when and where the patients need it, and to ensure that the trial runs to completion. But adding estimated buffers at different stages of manufacturing and clinical trial supply is […]

What do you expect from a Clinical Trial Supply Optimization solution? Unlike a simple forecasting tool, where the expectation is to have an IMP packaging release plan to cover the average demand, you usually start working with a supply optimization software solution to help you to: reduce the trial supply costs minimize drug waste mitigate […]

Visualizing your clinical trial supply forecasts at portfolio-level helps strategic and operational decision-making. By intuitively interacting with your optimized data at this level, you have a clear overview of your portfolio and can immediately identify areas of improvement. Using an advanced optimization tool for clinical trial supply management, combined with business intelligence dashboards, such as […]