Best Practices Platform: Industry Case Studies
**A NEW Program at DCAT Week!**

Online pre-registration for DCAT Week 2024 is now closed. To register for programs and events onsite, visit the DCAT Office located in the Barclay Salon on the first floor of the InterContinental Barclay. Office hours can be found here. 

De-risking raw materials supply; Improving speed/time to market; Navigating greater product & supply-chain complexity; Increasing supply-chain visibility. These are just a few of the challenges that the industry faces, but what are the solutions?

Gain practical insights on how bio/pharma companies and their suppliers are taking supply management to the next level in a NEW DCAT Week Education Program: The Best Practices Platform: Industry Case Studies. Tapping into the expertise and experience of DCAT Member Companies, this program will provide concrete, specific examples of innovative approaches to optimize the bio/pharma customer– supplier relationship to make supply more robust, cost- & time-efficient, and secure.

Speakers and Presentation Focus

De-risking raw materials supply through a joint audit model (co-presentation):

• Jennifer Goodman, Senior Director of Quality, Avantor
• Priya Patel, Senior Quality Manager–Auditing, PTC Therapeutics

Case study from Biogen’s development pipeline on using a Sustainability Efficiency Scorecard to evaluate a manufacturing process using green chemistry metrics (co-presentation):

• Suzanne (Suzie) M. Opalka, Ph.D., Associate Director, Chemical Process Development, Biogen
• Ken Shultis, Managing Partner, Rondaxe Pharma

Use of a customized governance model showing a risk-management approach in supply chain and continuous improvement initiatives to drive performance:

• Max Brescia, Senior Global Director, Contract Manufacturing, Oral Solid Dose, API & Fermentation, AbbVie

How the speakers were chosen: Potential presenters from DCAT Member Companies submitted applications, which were reviewed by a task force of industry colleagues selected from DCAT volunteer committees and DCAT leadership. The task force selected case studies providing the most useful, valuable, and innovative insight for DCAT Member Companies.

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Who Should Attend?

• C-suite and senior to mid-level executives of bio/pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical companies, including those with functional responsibility in sourcing, procurement, supply management and manufacturing.
• C-suite and senior to mid-level executives of CDMOs, CMOs and suppliers, including those engaged in business development, sales, marketing and operational functions in support of bio/pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical development and manufacturing.

Price & Registration

Online pre-registration for DCAT Week 2024 is now closed. To register for programs and events onsite, visit the DCAT Office located in the Barclay Salon on the first floor of the InterContinental Barclay. Office hours can be found here. 

DCAT Member Company Price: Complimentary

Please note: DCAT Week 2024 programs are available to employees of DCAT Member Companies only. Not sure if your company is a DCAT member? Click here or call DCAT at 1-609-208-1888.

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