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Home » Drug developers implementing new comparator strategies in clinical trials

Drug developers implementing new comparator strategies in clinical trials

January 22, 2014
CenterWatch Staff

Drug developers are aggressively implementing new strategies to improve their access to and use of comparator drugs, which are used in clinical trials to determine how development candidates compare to existing therapies, according to leaders in the research-based drug industry who recently participated in a roundtable discussion convened by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD).

“The challenges obtaining the right drugs for clinical trials—in the right quantity at the right time, and at the right price—are formidable,” said Kenneth I. Kaitin, Tufts CSDD director. “The lack of fully robust supply chain management practices, growing emphasis on expensive biologics, changing regulatory requirements and growth of counterfeit medicines are forcing drug sponsors to rethink and redesign their comparator drug supply chains to support drug development that, increasingly, crosses international borders.”

Despite these hurdles, Kaitin said, the industry has embraced proactive approaches, including improvements in communication between internal R&D and commercial operations and a willingness to sell commercially available products to other developers, which are bearing fruit.

“Most importantly, sponsors of clinical trials, who understand that substantial benefits will accrue to those who are first to market with a new therapeutic, are investing in their comparator supply chains to improve in-house capabilities, and aligning with external service providers,” said Kaitin.

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