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INSOURCED SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS

Too many projects, not enough people?

Dealing with turnover or concerned with IP security?

Using contract staff or outsourcing?

The laboratory workload keeps growing and you are limited on permanent staff. You are going to need several people, but you really can’t or don’t want to hire the team, full-time, in-house. You looked into sending the work to a CRO, but didn’t like the work being outsourced. You can use temporary staffing to build the team onsite, but you have had challenges in the past with keeping the team intact throughout the project. You ended up managing challenges you did not want like scheduling, training problems, and employee motivation. Now, where do you turn?

Current industry economic conditions are forcing biopharma firms to define their core research capabilities as they try to find more efficient and flexible research models. In search of these efficiencies, some pharmaceutical companies are choosing to bring certain functions “on premises” because they have the facilities and the equipment, but lack the flexible scientific resources for the available workload. From that search, the insourced CRO began.

While outsourcing research has been used for years in the pharmaceutical industry, our solution provides our clients control, responsiveness and IP security.

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Cogent Insourced Scientific Solutions offers
a proven insourcing model.

Your Insourcing Partner

In this model, Cogent colocates scientists within your facilities. Cogent is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, providing benefits, and managing the insourced team. Cogent assigns a leadership team and co-develops a workflow with you to ensure the tasks are conducted with efficiency, accuracy, safety, and quality. This solution is not temporary staffing: our team provides laboratory services that expand your capabilities similar to the way you use outsourced services, but embedded within your facility working alongside your scientists.

Scientific Insourcing for CROs
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TYPICAL INSOURCED SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS

Applied Research | Discovery Research • Pharmacokinetics • Assay Development • Analytical

Non-Clinical Research | Analytical • Bio-Analytical • Toxicology

CMC | API / Biological Services • Formulation and Pre-Formulation • Microbiological Testing • Quality Control

Specialty Areas | Quantitative Biology • Organic/Hydrogenation Chemistry • Automated Organic Synthesis • Purification – normal, reverse, chiral, automated • QC/Molecular Properties

GETTING STARTED

  • REQUIREMENT | MEETING
    Establish the functions included in the Program, designate the operation facilities, and define the specifications for the Team Leader background and experience.
  • TEAM LEADER | RECRUITMENT
    Candidate Relationship Leader leads the recruitment. The Director of Scientific Services organizes interviews and final selection. The Director of Scientific Services organizes the training of the Team Leader.
  • KICKOFF | MEETING
    Establish timeline for implementation and introduce the Team Sponsor(s), and the Team Leader(s).
  • TEAM | RECRUITMENT
    Team Leader works with Program Manager and Recruiting Manager to find suitable candidates for team membership. The Team Leader leads the selection of the team, mindful of the various roles the Program requires.
  • TRAINING | CURRICULUM
    The Team Leader, working with the Team Sponsor, defines the training curriculum, and the proficiency checks for validating team member training.
  • PERFORMANCE | METRICS
    The Team Leader working with the Program Manager develops the metrics for team performance and commits to periodic reporting of these metrics to the Team Sponsor.
  • TEAM | FORMATION
    The selected team members get security clearances, training and assignments, including all necessary documentation, from their Team Leader. The Team Leader receives assistance from Cogent's Leadership team.

THE INSOURCED CRO MODEL OFFERS MANY ADVANTAGES

• Provides flexibility of adding or reducing human resources as needed in terms of numbers, schedule, and skill set – meeting the expectations of your financial leadership

• Project is staffed by Cogent Scientific team – employees with benefits and long-term career path – reducing/nearly eliminating turnover

• Maximizes the real-time exchange of scientific information and the resulting ability to rapidly adjust project priorities in response to client demands

• Reduces co-employment concerns that exist with temporary workers becoming client employees after a short period of time due to IRS guidelines

• Dedicated Program Manager leads the team using your SOPs and workflow as well as reporting up to you

• Improves result turn-around times and client service because no delays occur due to an employee absence or attrition

• Allows for the team to be shared among several projects improving efficiencies while leaving the logistics to the team leader

• Intellectual property remains onsite

• Utilizes unoccupied laboratory facilities and equipment

THE ONGOING PROJECT

  • CONTINUOUS | TRAINING
    Ensure team members are up to date on new or changed procedures, and cross trained to provide back up for functions other than their main responsibility.
  • EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT | & ENGAGEMENT
    We foster a work environment that supports career growth through a clear technical ladder and ongoing personal development. By recognizing and celebrating achievements, we strengthen employee retention and overall satisfaction.
  • PROJECT | ASSIGNMENT
    Regularly report on the performance of defined project goals and objectives.
  • DIRECT PROJECT | COMMUNICATIONS
    Conduct frequent communication on project progress performance and resource assignment.
  • MANAGEMENT OF | RESOURCES
    Assess project requirements to ensure resources are acquired and allocated to meet those needs.
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