Introduction:

With regulatory inspectors increasingly finding issues with vendor oversight by sponsor organizations, it is becoming even more important for the pharmaceutical industry to employ efficient and accurate strategies for managing outsourced activities. A company’s ability to identify and select the right CRO/ vendor for the right project and manage them efficiently and effectively will help to ensure compliance with the regulator’s expectations.

In this course, you will learn how to prepare a request for proposal (RFP), evaluate and select the right CRO, and establish procedures for vendor oversight for projects you need to outsource. You will also cover the techniques for successfully managing CROs/ vendors and the shared responsibilities required by the sponsor and the service provider. Managing Vendor performance issues will also be discussed.

The course is equally useful to CROs/other vendors and consultants to understand how to work effectively with sponsor organizations.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand Vendor management Oversight methodology and documentation
• Discover how you can address inspection findings with Vendor Oversight
• Understand how to effectively manage CROs/vendors used in the pharma industry
• Build an understanding of your responsibilities as the sponsor
• Discuss how to put in place a robust CRO/vendor selection process
• Discover tools and processes to manage CRO/ vendors
• Measure CRO performance including metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Avoid problems of vendor oversight
• Share best practices for Vendor Oversight and Management