Effective and insightful solutions to the most pressing supply chain challenges facing pharmaceutical companies today
In Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain, veteran biotech supply chain strategist, Hedley Rees, delivers a reasoned and systematic solution to the most widespread and relevant challenges in the pharmaceutical supply chain. The book explains the deeply rooted issues within pharma supply chains and the modus operandi of the industry while also discussing effective solutions to the underlying causes that led to widespread system breakdown.
The author applies modern methods of product development and commercial supply successfully used by leaders in the field. He provides real-world examples of ways to make the delivery of medicines to patients efficient and effective.
Readers will also find:
A clear explanation of the development, manufacture, and delivery of drugs to patients
Comprehensive explorations of the issues and challenges to the current supply chain system paired with effective solutions
Expert witness accounts, anecdotes, case studies and examples of pharmaceutical supply chain difficulties and solutions
Complete treatments of how to adapt supply chain techniques to a pharmaceutical era dominated by biologics and advanced therapies
Perfect for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical professionals working in drug development, Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain will also benefit industry professionals with a responsibility for the logistics, commercial supply, manufacturing, regulation, quality management, finance, and marketing of pharmaceuticals.
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Höhe: 231 mm
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978-1-394-24412-6 (9781394244126)
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Hedley Rees, PhD, is Managing Consultant at PharmaFlow Ltd. He has 25 years' experience in the biotech industry, advising drug developers in the strategic management of their preclinical, clinical, and commercial supply chains. He is the author of Supply Chain Management in the Drug Industry: Delivering Patient Value for Pharmaceuticals and Biologics.
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Biotech PharmaFlow Ltd
Contents
Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. 1
Foreword. 5
Preface. 8
Introduction. 11
Setting a Transformative Agenda. 11
What should you expect to take away from this book?. 11
Book Format 12
Who should benefit from reading this book?. 14
Research Methodology. 15
A Positive View of the Future. 15
More than a generation of change will be required. 15
The Pharmaceutical Industry and its Supply Chain. 17
1 Industry Basics. 18
Pharmaceutical products. 18
Industry Business Models. 19
2 The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. 24
3 Regulation of Pharmaceutical Products. 36
Regulatory Authorities. 36
Regulatory Modernization Initiatives. 47
4 Evidence of Serious Supply Chain Problems Emerge. 56
US GAO Sounds an Important Warning Bell 56
5 Investigating Worrying Supply Chain Symptoms. 67
Large Pharmaceutical Companies Outsource their Assets. 67
Symptoms Transition to Deep Concerns. 79
6 Impact of the Systems Dynamic on Supply Chain Performance. 86
7 The Outcome. 93
Basic assumptions in the Pharmaceutical Industry. 106
Section II: Managing the Supply Chain Strategically. 112
8 Introduction to Socio-technical Systems. 113
Closed and open systems. 113
The Socio-technical System.. 114
Systems Complexity in the Supply Chain: Bullwhip Effect 119
9 Fundamentals of the Supply Chain. 122
What is a Supply Chain?. 122
The Supply Chain in Modern Times 122
Three States in the Supply Chain. 123
10 The Supply Chain and Competitive Edge. 125
Supply Chains, not Products, Compete. 125
11 Core Disciplines of Supply Chain Management 132
Planning & Inventory Management (PIM) 132
Strategic Procurement 146
Transport Logistics. 153
12 Support Disciplines of Supply Chain Management 163
Information systems (IS) and information technology (IT) 163
Industrial Improvement 170
Leadership and Culture in the Supply Chain. 186
Section III: Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. 200
13 Shifting the Paradigm Gear 201
Why change?. 201
Facing reality. 201
14 Heuristic Methodology to Define the Transformation. 209
15 Introducing the Pharmaceutical Production System.. 222
A new model for product development 223
16 Catalyst of Radical Change. 228
The First Step. 228
17 Delivering the Transformation with Stakeholders Onboard. 236
Returning to Purpose. 236
What can key stakeholders do to help?. 240
Governments. 240
Regulatory Authorities. 242
APPENDICES.. 249
