Comparator sourcing and device services
Streamline your clinical trials with expert sourcing support
As a biotech striving to bring your therapy to clinical trials, you face unique challenges in sourcing critical comparators, and medical devices.
Product shortages, unreliable supply chains, and complex global regulations can lead to costly delays, jeopardizing your research and potentially delaying patient access to life-saving treatments.
We are committed to providing comprehensive sourcing services for your clinical trial needs. Specializing in procuring comparator drugs and medical devices, we help ensure that you have the right materials at the right time.
Reliable supply of medication and medical devices
Comparator drug products are essential control medicines that demonstrate the effectiveness of new therapies, but procuring them can be complex.
Our comparator sourcing support is tailored to address these complexities and help you streamline your clinical trials.
We work with you to deliver:
- Robust procurement strategies for efficient sourcing
- Direct communication with the manufacturer to ensure quality and availability
- Supply of products from the same batch for consistency
- Adjusted supply quantity for each phase to meet your evolving needs
- Support for short- and long-term clinical trials
- Cost and time reduction of supply
- Transport with specialized supervision for secure delivery
Why work with Alcura?
A dedicated team of experts
A vast global network
Part of Cencora
Streamlined pharmaceutical sourcing support for clinical trials
Our deep understanding of pharmaceutical sourcing ensures you have the right products for your trial, including:
- Multi-country global procurement, with local knowledge to help navigate regulatory requirements and restrictions
- Access to a worldwide network for efficient local distribution
- Decommission of medication (FMD) for compliant disposal
- Sourcing directly from manufacturers to assure provenance, integrity, and custom manufacturing for different trial phases
We also support your pharmaceutical sourcing by providing you with:
- Strict supplier and clinical supply chain qualification processes
- Traceability, accountability, and reconciliation of products
- Secure supply for the duration of the trial and product samples and documentation
- Pricing, availability, and lead times insight
- Inspection procedures and withdrawal of products
How does our process work?
Step 1
Understand clinical trial requirements
Step 2
Create sourcing strategy
Step 3
Quote processed
Step 4
Order execution
Step 5
Resupply
Client testimonials
“I would like to extend the congratulations to Alcura and the depots involved in this study. We had our 100th patient randomised today! Thank you to everyone for all the hard work… Keep up the good work.”
Supply Chain Manager, CRO
“I see a lot of emails, and your level of customer service, responsiveness to our team, etc. is great. Keep up the really good work. It’s noted and appreciated.”
Director – Clinical Trial Supplies, CRO
“Thank you for the update and all the efforts you and your team are putting into getting supplies to Ukraine, (during war conflict); it is greatly appreciated!”
Associate Clinical Supply Chain Manager, CRO
“This is a job very well done. Congratulations!”
Founder and Managing Director, Sponsor
