Comprehensive Sample Management:  Offsite, Onsite and Hybrid Outsourcing Models

Research samples are invaluable scientific assets that are foundational to drug discovery and development. In many companies, samples have historically been managed as scattered resources due to the many groups managing clinical study samples within the organization and the multitude of vendors who store samples outside of the organization.  New models for the management of sample assets are developing which focus on how people, processes and technology improvements can support an organization in achieving budget savings, research efficiencies and faster speed to market.  Three outsourcing models have emerged that offer benefit to biopharmaceutical companies:  offsite models in which samples are stored with and managed by external sample management companies, onsite models in which samples are stored by the research company but managed by external sample management experts and hybrid models in which active clinical trial sample are stored with an onsite model and long-term storage samples are stored offsite.

This in-depth webinar will focus on new global sample management models and will discuss:

• How to assess your internal and external resources and build a comprehensive approach to managing the lifecycle of sample assets and mitigate risk.
• Which sample management model may be best for your organization to enhance research efficiencies and speed drugs to market faster
• Strategies for reducing the cost of sample management while maintaining quality
• Examples of how to leverage process and technology to virtually manage scientific sample assets and associated data

Moderator:
Lori Ball, Chief Operating Officer, BioStorage Technologies

Expert Panel:

Strategies for Evaluating and Selecting a Sample Management Outsourcing Model
Kristina Robson, Scientific Director, Bioscience Division, EMD Millipore

Offsite Management of Research Samples: Generating Research Efficiencies and Cost-Savings
Mary Rose Keller, Vice-President Clinical Operations, Sangart

Onsite Management of Research Samples: Leveraging Technology to Advance Research
Steve Sweeney, Head of Clinical Technologies, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Utilizing a Hybrid Sample Management Model: Improving Asset Utilization
Jay Schiestle, Senior Director of Operations, Exact Sciences, Inc.