Clinical Supply Management

PPD provides complete clinical supply management of medical and pharmaceutical supplies through International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH)- and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)-certified contract houses or PPD-owned distribution centers on behalf of our clients.

Full Range of Clinical Supply Management Services

With extensively trained local resources in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia, PPD offers a full range of services to manage the clinical supply life cycle.

• Clinical supply life cycle management
  Product forecasting and planning
  Third-party packaging and labeling vendor management
• Global procurement and distribution
  Temperature-controlled warehouses
  Purchasing commercial and ancillary products
  Import/export coordination
  Controlled environmental chambers
  Refrigeration and freezer storage (down to -85 degrees Celsius)
• Medical and Pharmaceutical Supply Distribution (contractor and/or PPD)
  Global distribution
  Ambient, frozen and refrigerated shipping conditions
  Assistance with import/export licensing
• Drug accountability and destruction (contractor and/or PPD)
  Reconciliation of returned products to the client's specifications

Detailed Clinical Supply Processes Ensure Quality

Quality is a critical component to successful clinical supply chain strategies. To ensure quality, PPD has:

• Detailed processes and defined process maps
• Extensive standard operating procedures (SOPs) and working practice documents (WPDs)
• Qualified persons (QPs), experienced and trained in the European Union (EU) QP requirements