What is Drug Supply Management?

Drug Supply Management is the process of planning, tracking, distributing, and maintaining investigational medicinal products (IMPs) throughout a clinical trial. It helps ensure that the right quantity of study drug is available at the right study site and at the right time while minimizing shortages, overstocking, and waste.

Drug Supply Management is used throughout a clinical trial to manage the movement and availability of investigational products from manufacturing through site distribution and participant dispensing. It helps study teams monitor inventory levels, coordinate shipments, manage resupply, and track drug expiration dates across study sites.

Effective drug supply management supports uninterrupted participant treatment, improves operational efficiency, and helps maintain protocol compliance throughout the study.

Clinion RTSM supports drug supply management by enabling study teams to configure inventory strategies, kit types, dispensing rules, shipment plans, and resupply thresholds during study setup. The system continuously tracks investigational product inventory across study sites and automates supply workflows based on predefined protocol requirements.

As participants are randomized and study drugs are dispensed, Clinion RTSM can automatically assign kits, trigger resupply requests when inventory reaches predefined thresholds, monitor kit expiry, and maintain complete traceability of drug movement from depot to participant.

A global clinical trial is conducted across multiple countries, with each site maintaining its own inventory of investigational products. As participants are enrolled and receive treatment, drug kits are dispensed, and site inventory decreases. When stock reaches a predefined minimum level, the RTSM system automatically triggers a resupply request, helping ensure that each site maintains sufficient inventory without unnecessary overstocking.

Interactive Response Technology (RTSM)

Drug Dispensing

Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP)

Kit Management

Inventory Management

Randomization

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