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Thursday, October 07 2021 - 02:16
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endpoint and Berlinger Collaborate to Provide Complete Visibility of the Historical Temperature Journey of an IMP
SAN FRANCISCO and SWITZERLAND, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

-- Fully integrated solution: Turn a 25-day manual temperature-monitoring data 
evaluation into instant decision making

endpoint Clinical ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3314794-1&h=2358724327&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.endpointclinical.com%2Firt-solution%2F&a=endpoint+Clinical 
), the leader in global interactive response technology (IRT(R)) for clinical 
trials, and Berlinger & Co. AG ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3314794-1&h=3294264099&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.berlinger.com%2Fusa%2F&a=Berlinger+%26+Co.+AG%2C 
), specializing in the production of innovative and customized solutions for 
monitoring temperature-sensitive goods in the pharmaceutical and medical 
industry, have announced their partnership to provide complete end to end 
visibility of the entire temperature history of an Investigational Medicinal 
Product (IMP). 

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"Over the last several years, the cold chain logistics market for clinical 
trials has shown a growth of about 10%. This is largely related to the 
increasing number of biologicals and monoclonal antibodies that are under 
study. Therefore, cold chain failure in clinical trials has an increasing 
impact," says Dr. Harald van Weeren ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3314794-1&h=4112669640&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fharald-van-weeren-b574524%2F&a=Harald+van+Weeren 
), Segment Manager Clinical Trials at Berlinger.

Our organizations understand the risks of managing temperature-controlled IMP, 
and therefore, we focused on designing a solution to help reduce risk and 
eliminate the core issues. Such problems include limited transparency and 
missing information, the lack of immediate centralized visibility, 
time-consuming excursion management and slow decision making, time-consuming 
data consolidation for audits, wastage of drugs, and patient rescheduling or 
lost.  

Through this partnership, endpoint and Berlinger can provide Sponsors with a 
fully integrated solution, taking a 25-day manual temperature-monitoring data 
evaluation and turning it into instant decision making. This drastically 
reduces costs up to 7-digit figures and improves patient safety, allowing for 
fast decision-making through complete visibility of the temperature history.  

Sponsors and sites will reap immediate benefits through this sophisticated 
technology integration in a variety of areas: 

   -- Education: Less instruction needed for the site users 
   -- Handling: A reduction in admin time, manual handling, and associated
      risks 
   -- Excursion Management: Reduce the risk for dispensing drugs affected by a
      temperature deviation 
   -- Patient: Reduce failed patient visits and increase patient safety 
   -- Audit: All of the temperature data available in one system for easy
      preparation 
   -- Drugs: Reduce waste of trial products

"Patient safety has always been a high priority for endpoint.  As cold chain 
logistics become increasingly important due to the ever-growing number of 
studies that work with biologics, we understand how vital it is to maintain the 
chain of custody. This ensures that IMP does not go outside of agreed 
temperature ranges for that product. We are happy to be partnering with 
Berlinger on an integration providing a seamless solution for both the sponsor 
and site," says Jeff Rubesin ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3314794-1&h=4061748291&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fjeff-rubesin-618831b%2F&a=Jeff+Rubesin 
), Senior Director, Product Strategy at endpoint Clinical. 

About endpoint 
endpoint is an interactive response technology (IRT(R)) systems and solutions 
provider that supports the life sciences industry.  For the past decade, their 
customer-obsessed team of professionals has been continuously evolving their 
suite of technologies to help Sponsors achieve clinical trial success.  Their 
dynamic IRT solution, PULSE(R), for patient randomization and management, site 
management, and drug supply management and leading-edge clinical supplies 
management tool, DRIVE, has proven to maximize the supply chain and minimize 
operational costs, and ensure timely and accurate patient dosing. endpoint is 
headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices across the US, EU, and 
Asia. www.endpointclinical.com 

About Berlinger 
Berlinger is a traditional and independent Swiss and family-owned company that 
is specialized in the production of innovative and customized solutions for 
monitoring temperature-sensitive goods in the pharmaceutical and medical 
industry as well as for doping control equipment to ensure safe transportation 
and storage of urine and blood samples in the sports industry.

Established in 1865 as a weaving manufacturer, Berlinger has developed its 
business over the years and has become a world-leading manufacturer of Doping 
Control Equipment and is among the top three leaders in the market of 
temperature monitoring solutions. 

Visit https://www.berlinger.com/usa/ to learn more. 

Contacts: 
Monica Holt  
Marketing Communications Manager  
endpoint Clinical  
e: mholt@endpointclinical.com 

Barbara Hoefelmayr 
Marketing Manager  
Berlinger 
+41 71 982 86 02 
e: barbara.hoefelmayr@berlinger.com 

SOURCE: endpoint Clinical
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