Australia's first Clinical Trial Storage and Distribution Facility opens in Victoria
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16 October 2009
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The first Clinical Trial Storage and Distribution Facility in Australia has opened in Tullamarine to meet the growing needs of global pharmaceutical companies that conduct clinical trials in Australia.
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World Courier’s specialised facility will enable greater efficiencies and opportunities for business within the state and nationally. It will now be possible for investigational drugs and clinical trial supplies to be transported from depot to investigator sites across Australia within the same day.
Representing Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings at the opening of the facility, local MP Liz Beattie said, “World Courier has chosen Melbourne because our state is considered one of the top five locations in the world for clinical trial activity.
"It will assure the quality of clinical trial products while hastening the regulatory permit process, reducing customs delays and lowering transportation costs.”
World Courier’s Melbourne facility, which is ISO-certified and compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), provides comprehensive storage and logistical solutions for investigational drugs and trial materials in a variety of temperature-controlled settings ranging from +25°C to -70°C.
“The opening of the facility will set the benchmark for storage and distribution of clinical trial material in Australia. In supporting the growth and development of the local biotechnology industry, the facility will support the domestic and global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and clinical trial companies in the sector,” Ms Beattie said.
The new state-of-the-art facility will initially create ten jobs, while providing further benefits to the sector with savings and business opportunities from local investigator sites; labs involved in clinical trial work; clinical trial administration and management; and ancillary supply chain support service providers.
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