RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,
Feb. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Marken announced today the launch of a new service that
will allow nurses to drop off clinical trial samples at The UPS
Store® locations within the
United States. This expanded service is a direct result of
the exponential growth of home-based clinical trials in the past
few years. Marken worked closely with its parent company,
UPS® (NYSE: UPS) to set up the unique service which
provides patients and nurses greater flexibility for home care
during clinical trials.
Marken continues to lead the industry in direct to patient (DTP)
and direct from patient (DFP) supply chain solutions to meet the
growing demand from the clinical trial industry. Currently 24% of
clinical trials offer a home-based solution and that number is
expected to increase by 33% in the next 12 to 18 months.*
Approximately 84% of the US population lives within 10 miles of
a The UPS Store location in the United
States. All locations have the capability to handle
pre-packed, pre-paid shipments at all temperature ranges, including
ambient, refrigerated and even frozen samples which require dry
ice. The UPS Store locations offer UPS Next Day Air®
service, early morning delivery to the central and regional labs
from many origins.
Marken will manage the booking of shipments with UPS in order to
ensure protocol compliance, patient data blinding and data
encryption which are required for clinical trials.
The growth of DTP and DFP supply chain services in recent years
has been a response to the focus on patient-centric trials and
medicines. These services allow clinical trial materials to be
delivered directly to a patient's home and biological samples
picked up with minimal interruption to a patient's lifestyle.
Wes Wheeler, Marken's Chief
Executive Officer, said, "As the clinical trial industry moves
toward more personalized treatments, Marken is ensuring our
services evolve for these more complex and specialized trials. This
new drop-off solution will allow nurses to take specimens directly
to the nearest The UPS Store location and enable fast delivery to
our central lab client locations for rapid analysis. Given our new
ownership by UPS, we are now able to leverage their vast network of
locations and the thousands of daily flights each day to all parts
of the United States."
About Marken
Marken is a wholly owned subsidiary of UPS. Marken is the only
patient-centric supply chain organization 100% dedicated to the
pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Marken maintains the
leading position for Direct to Patient services and biological
sample shipments and offers a state-of-the-art GMP-compliant depot
network and logistic hubs in 47 locations worldwide for clinical
trial material storage and distribution. Marken's more than 830
staff members manage 50,000 drug and biological shipments every
month at all temperature ranges in more than 150 countries.
Additional services such as biological kit production, ancillary
material sourcing, storage and distribution, shipment lane
verification and qualifications, as well as GDP, regulatory and
compliance consultancy add to Marken's unique position in the
pharma and logistics industry.
*Assessing the Current and Future State of Clinical Trial
Supplies, March 8, 2017 by Arena
International
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