Launch Supply Chain Design & Delivery
A successful launch begins with a supply chain that delivers reliably, compliantly, and efficiently at scale. AIM provides end-to-end support: from pre-filing preparation and strategy, through partner selection and network design, to build, implementation, and go-live. With 90+ launches across biologics, specialty pharmaceuticals, cell and gene therapies, ATMPs, and rare disease treatments, we bring the strategic depth and hands-on capability to get it right the first time.
How We Can Help
The creation of a launch-ready supply chain doesn’t happen at go-live; it’s built in the years before. AIM ensures all operational and commercial distribution foundations are in place well ahead of launch, including, among others:
- Launch readiness assessment and gap analysis
- Artwork development and QP declaration support
- MIA holdership and qualified person arrangements
- CMC strategy
- CMO selection, qualification, and ongoing manufacturing oversight
- Tech transfer planning and execution to ensure manufacturing continuity at launch
- Country-specific licensing, import/export, and regulatory compliance
- Timeline planning and milestone tracking
The right supply chain architecture must be defined before anything is built. AIM conducts a thorough assessment of your product, market, and business context to design a supply chain that is fit for purpose at launch and scalable beyond it, covering:
- Product characteristics, handling, and temperature requirements
- Market access, dispensing, and prescription dynamics
- Last mile study design and execution to validate fulfillment channels, service levels, and distribution endpoints
- Country-specific dispensing and channel analysis across hospital, retail, and home delivery
- Financial, tax, and legal structure
- SKU build-up and customer service model
- Artwork management, country-specific labeling requirements, and approval workflows
- Serialization and traceability compliance across target markets
- IT infrastructure and data requirements
- Service levels, handover points, and RASCI responsibility mapping
- Operating model design and processes
Choosing the right logistics and operational partners is one of the most important decisions before launch. AIM manages the full selection process on your behalf, drawing on deep knowledge of European and other region vendor landscape:
- RFP / RFQ preparation and bid evaluation
- Provider visits and GDP audits
- Commercial contract and KPI negotiation
- Quality agreement negotiation and execution
- Ongoing partner governance framework setup
Translating strategy into a live, operational supply chain requires disciplined project management and cross-functional coordination. AIM leads or supports the full build phase, through:
- End-to-end project planning with defined milestones and gate reviews
- Project and steering team setup, training, and change management
- RASCI and ownership assignment
- SOP development and compliance validation
- Testing, auditing, and formal go-ahead sign-off
AIM provides extensive support during the critical first weeks of launch to ensure a smooth transition from build to live operations, including:
- Hypercare management during the go-live window
- Audit of reports, interfaces, and system integrations
- SOP correctness and compliance verification
- User and supplier aftercare
- Structured handover to ongoing operations
A successful launch is the start, not the finish. As your portfolio, markets, or indications grow, the capabilities of your supply chain must grow with them. AIM provides support and strategic oversight beyond go-live, including:
- Operational monitoring and performance management
- Additional country or regional market entry
- New product or indication launches within an existing infrastructure
- Supply chain optimization as volumes and complexity scale
- Ongoing strategic review as the business evolves
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Why Work With Us
Value Assured: Where Supply Chain Expertise Meets Results
- Deep launch supply chain expertise: from strategy and last mile design to go-live execution and post-launch scale up
- Extensive market knowledge of Europe and other regions to navigate complex regulatory, distribution, and partner
- Strong understanding of what drives successful supply chains for life science companies
- Proven best-in-class processes, methods, and routines to enable rapid implementation
- Pragmatic, hands-on support in real-world settings
Other Services
End-to-End Supply Chain Strategy & Optimization
Assessment, design, and optimization of end-to-end-supply chains from source to delivery, improving service, resilience, costs and supporting growth
Operational Supply Chain Support
Hands-on day-to-day operational and managerial support, performance management and interim supply chain support, providing specific expertise or leadership when key roles are vacant
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