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With the increase of global regulatory requirements for handling, storage and distributing temperature sensitive across Asia, cold chain management is an increasingly important component of the overall pharmaceutical supply chain.

Weakness or failure at any point in the chain will compromise product integrity, delay shipments and ultimately result in financial loss and speed to market.

This workshop is tailored for professionals managing or directly involved in handling of investigational drugs and vaccines, biotechnology products, biological products, biological specimens, sampling kits and temperature-controlled drug shipments.

The workshop will address the following critical and practical issues:

• Review on best practices and new paradigm in cold chain management
• Investigate into where are the weak links in cold chain management
• Manufacturers’ perspective: Practical example on how to set relevant framework to ensure success in cold chain
• Transportation perspective: Partnering with logistics provide to achieve cost efficiency and success in cold chain 
• Manufacturers’ and Logistics Dialogue: What are the essential partnership and collaboration strategies to drive cost and success 
• Managing cold chain in complex and emerging market: What is the best strategies 
• Regulatory & Compliance perspective: Navigating through complex and stringent regulations for Clinical Trial Supplies 
• Developing contingency plan and risk assessment process to mitigate any potential risk 
• Review and evaluate what are the available cold chain packaging solutions

• After completing this Master Course you will have a clear understanding of current cold chain best practices for the whole supply chain. You will be better prepared to:
• Establish a framework to reduce cold chain breakage 
• Understand how you can reduce risk and financial losses due to wastage caused by inadequate cold chain management practices
• Understand key compliance in export/ import of your clinical supplies  
• Assess and develop cold chain contingency plans to mitigate risk 
• Identify and select the right packaging solutions to meet your study or project requirements
• Learn the tips of preparing a qualified packaging system to achieve product quality
   

• Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology firms
• Central Laboratories
• Clinical research organizations
• Investigator sites
• Research organizations
• Pharmaceutical and healthcare distributors 
• Medical Directors
• Clinical Trial / Research Managers
• Project Managers
• Depot Managers
• Supply Chain and Logistics Managers
• Quality Assurance Managers

Andrew Mcdonald,
Director, Operation- Asia Pacific  
World Courier 

 

 

Sherman Cheung
Director of Supply Chain Management
Sanofi Pasteur, Canada

 

 

 

Daryll Mascarenhas
General Manager Supply Chain,
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical

 

 

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