Jamie Sommer
Senior Manager - Global Clinical Supply Chain Takeda Pharmaceutical
Dr. Jamie Sommer is a former clinical research pharmacist and current supply chain operations leader with over 15 years of experience in investigational drug services and hospital pharmacy operations. As senior manager in global clinical supply chain at Takeda, she specializes in temperature excursion management and oversees medication delivery for global oncology and pediatric trials. Her work includes single patient INDs, expanded access programs, and post-trial access. Jamie also mentors pharmacy students, interns, and colleagues from external departments at Takeda.
Seminars
Monday 23rd March 2026
Workshop C: Managing EAPs End-to-End: Practical Tools to Deliver Timely & Compliant Access
3:00 pm
- Mastering operational steps from program initiation through supply planning, labelling, and logistics
- Learning tactics for improving physician and site engagement to accelerating patient treatment
- Understanding how to anticipate and mitigating common operational and regulatory challenges
- Exploring strategies for program closure or transition to ensuring seamless patient access
Wednesday 25th March 2026
Managing Complex Clinical Supply Chain in Unpredictable EAP Scenarios
4:15 pm
- Case study: Maintaining patient treatment in Israel during conflict
- Highlighting issues/regions without a defined EAP framework
- Coordinating supply with EAP vendors. Navigating label regulatory ambiguity when clinical trial programs wind down, assets transfer, or treatment continues beyond planned timelines to maintain patient access
- Discussing practical lessons from a pharmacist’s end-user perspective to streamline investigations drug service operations and patient delivery
