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Expert insights and opinions on clinical research and drug development.

Expert insights and opinions on clinical research and drug development.

Category: Clinical Supplies

Consider Patients First in Direct-to-Patient Trial Designs

Randomization & Trial Supply Management (RTSM) solutions have existed for  over 20 years and have evolved to include more  functionality…

Webinar Recap: Decentralized by Design-Optimizing Trials for Remote Conduct

If you missed Signant’s January 25 webinar on decentralized strategies and solutions for trial optimization, it’s not too late. We’ve…

Track and Cumulate Temperature Excursion Data Easily with Signant’s New Supplies Solution

In our post-pandemic world following COVID-19 and its many vaccine development and supplies challenges, a renewed focus has been placed…

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in Randomization and Trial Supply Management (RTSM)

With an increased number of players involved in conducting clinical research, from Contract Research Organizations (CROs) to sponsors and from…

RTSM Design – The Tip of the Iceberg

Known by a variety of different names (IVRS, IWRS, IRT), Randomization & Trial Supply Management (RTSM) has existed for around…

Building Blocks of Efficient IMP Supply and Distribution Strategies

In an era of constant growth in the scale and complexity of clinical trials, planning properly for efficient manufacturing and…

Benefits of Integrating SmartSignals RTSM with Supplies Solutions

Have you been considering your upcoming study’s supply chain strategy? You’ll want digital tools that are designed for your specific trial. Look no…

Direct-to-Patient Clinical Supply Distribution: Everything You Need to Know

The adoption of decentralized studies has rapidly increased thanks in part to the recent pandemic, which encouraged regulators to permit more flexibility within protocols and forced sponsors to implement…

Best Practices: RTSM Strategies to Avoid Partially Unblinding Clinical Trials

Randomization and Trial Supply Management (RTSM) solutions are routinely used in today’s clinical trials to manage randomization, enable emergency code break to…

Moving Beyond the Spreadsheet: How to Forecast & Plan Enterprise Supply Needs

Without precise forecasting and planning tools, sponsors often send sites so much stock that it makes it difficult and time consuming for study teams…