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Oximio expands its Africa capability with a transit depot in Kenya
The new clinical trial logistics hub reaches research sites in East, Central and West Africa faster and at a reduced cost, compared with established supply chain models Huntingdon, United Kingdom (March 10, 2022) – Oximio is changing the landscape of clinical trials...
Update: Oximio operations in Ukraine
Oximio’s transport coverage in Ukraine. View the latest map here. Update 13.10.22 Our colleagues continue to work onsite at the depots, processing imports, inbounds and outbounds. Note that our operations will be closed tomorrow, on Friday 14 October, as it is...
Lifesaving logistics: overcoming barriers to expanded access programs
Expanded access programs (EAPs), have been in and out of the pharmaceutical spotlight since their inception back in the late 1970s. While a formal EA program was first established in 1987 in response to HIV/AIDS, it wasn’t until the 2013 Ebola virus outbreak that the...
Q&A: Global sourcing for optimized cost and supply in clinical trials
Based on our experience of implementing comparator sourcing strategy to meet studies’ increasing complexity, Oximio held a webinar to explore this topic further and provide actionable insight for our participants. Below is a short summary of the questions asked by our...
Clinical trial market report for Serbia
The number of clinical trials starting in Serbia is returning to pre-pandemic levels, but the context in which these studies are operating has changed. The impact of COVID-19 demonstrated the limitations of the direct-to-site logistics model, when supply chains were...
The logistics of extending the footprint of advanced therapy trials
Cell and gene therapy innovators are scaling up and out to reach more patients. Clinical Trials Arena spoke to the team at Oximio (formerly the SMO Group) to discuss market developments. Most advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs, also known as cell and gene...
Global HR Digitalization at Oximio
Over the past two years, Oximio’s operations have been affected by a combination of two factors: organic growth and geographic expansion. Significant organizational expansion has necessitated a comprehensive reconstruction of the human resources area – as...
Design for life: How to optimise costs and innovation in clinical trials using global sourcing strategies
No one has ever said that running clinical trials is easy. Rather, studies are arguably increasing in complexity due to ever-more sophisticated treatments, globalisation and the sharp rise in trends such as the boom in direct-to-patient (DtP) services. Meanwhile,...
Seven trends and market changes affecting clinical trials in 2021
The last 12 months were full of challenges for trial sponsors and the clinical trials market saw dynamic change when the Covid-19 pandemic introduced new logistical problems that had to be confronted and solved rapidly. Now, as the dust begins to settle,...
Oximio’s breath of fresh air
Transformation is an overused word in the modern business lexicon, so it’s refreshing to hear a business leader, in the midst of what many would consider a legitimate excuse to use the T word, talk instead about continuity and stability....