4. Drug Development Drug Discovery (5,000-10,000) Lab, animal testing PreClinical Development (250) First Human Dose Clinical Research (5) $550M NDA $350M To market (1) : 10 years
5. Clinical Trial Design GLOBAL ENROLLMENT Target number of Patients Investigation Sites Countries Label Groups STRATIFICATION Differentclasses of patients BLINDING Treatmentassignmentisundisclosed RANDOMIZATION Randomtreatmentassignment e.g. Active/Placebo/Comparator A A B A A ? ? ? ? ? B ? B B ? ?
6. Visits and Treatment VISIT SCHEDULE Patient returnsat a defined (flexible) schedule TITRATIONS Dosage may change based on events / doctor opinion / …
7. Supply Chain WHAT? Specific (expensive) Kit Types Limited shelf life(potential extension) Limited availability Different Labels / booklets HOW? Shipping strictlydownstream, long lead times, sometimes cold-chain
24. Future challenges Business Drug pooling Adaptive designs Parametersoptimization Detailedresults DB … Technology Web based client Cloud computing Open-end scripting …
25. Conclusion Our Simulation toolenables Increasing the cost-efficiency of the supplychain Better control on the service levels Communication and processimprovement How can simulation help you ? Betterunderstand/control complexsystems Forecastwithouthistorical data …
4. Simulationprinciples – integrated, demand/supply/network. Based on assumptions, distributions and randomevents, real-life dataWhen to use it and howEarlyInitialAfterstudystartReacting to change
4. Simulationprinciples – integrated, demand/supply/network. Based on assumptions, distributions and randomevents, real-life dataWhen to use it and howEarlyInitialAfterstudystartReacting to change
New Drug Application (NDA)EMA = EuropeanMedicinesAgency
4. Simulationprinciples – integrated, demand/supply/network. Based on assumptions, distributions and randomevents, real-life dataWhen to use it and howEarlyInitialAfterstudystartReacting to change
4. Simulationprinciples – integrated, demand/supply/network. Based on assumptions, distributions and randomevents, real-life dataWhen to use it and howEarlyInitialAfterstudystartReacting to change