Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: A Comprehensive Approach
Module 1
The Important Journey from Concept to Patient
- Developing a product from concept to market availability
- Supply chain journey from source, through to retail and use
- Distribution to retail versus hospitals and other customers
- Cross border importing and exporting
- Provincial Health programs vs. insurance (Market Access)
- Returns/recalls/withdrawals
- Financials through the supply chain
- Global change – how to adapt
Module 2
Quality Standards and How They Influence our Actions
- Food and Drug licenses, Medical device, precursors, narcotics, natural Health products NHP, HBA, OTC
- Licensing and Audits
- Traceability
- GxP
- Distribution Centres’ (DCs’) physical/regulation/operational aspects
- Chain of ownership/ title/ accountability
- Speed to put away
- Recall
Module 3
Managing Strategic Supplier and Customer Relationships
- Expanded role of pharmacy: clinical, business partners in distribution (ordering, inventory management)
- Service level demands: rapid turnover; same requirements of speed, access, pricing no matter if small and large pharmacies
- Ordering: traditional or electronic
- Tight time frames: including down to the 48 hour level
- Patient registry planning
- Shortage and allocation
- Pandemic planning
Module 4
Keeping Costs Low and Quality High
- How to be profitable in the world of regulated pricing, rising costs
- The conundrum between business and healthcare
- GS1 ; global supply and standards
- Using Technology Wisely
- RECAP of the 3 Days
- Applying your learning to current business challenges