during a merger-acquisition.

Secure purchases of clinical study provisions

Health

BUSINESS CASE

PURCHASING

Provide an external solution to secure the purchase of clinical studies.

Challenge

Provide a solution to secure the purchase of clinical studies in a restrictive and complex regulatory environment.
The challenge was to work with all of the stakeholders (legal department, compliance committee, etc.) to control low-cost services that were historically managed by the business, but which represented a high legal risk.

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Solution

Supplier selection was carried out by KLB Group with the implementation of framework contracts for suppliers of clinical services. Collaborative work was carried out with all stakeholders (legal department, R&D, business teams, etc.), in order to develop an approach to standardise and industrialise the process of purchasing clinical studies.

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RESULTS

  • Securing services, ensuring compliance with regulatory topics, and finalising framework contracts
  • Réduction of the lead-time of study purchasing phases by 15%
  • Industrialisation of purchasing with the implementation of purchasing toolbox specific to clinical studies