Thinking of Informatization Construction for Clinical Trial Centralized Pharmacy

OBJECTIVE To explore the current status and challenges of informatization construction for clinical trial centralized pharmacy based on the relevant experience of The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. METHODS Review the development of clinical trial drug management and informatization process, along with the management experience of the hospital where the author works, and then introduce the framework and specific operation details of the informatization system when conducting centralized management method, summarize the problems encountered at present and propose future prospects. RESULTS Informatization construction played a significant role in the management of central pharmacies in clinical trial, enabling them to adapt to the complex management needs of investigational products and meet the high standards and strict requirements of Good Clinical Practice(GCP) and related regulations. However, the development of the current information system was still not perfect, and there were problems that need to be solved. CONCLUSION Each hospital needs to pay attention to the informatization construction of the central pharmacy of the clinical trial, improve and perfect the centralized management method of the investigational products, and explore modern technologies and equipments, which are of immense importance for the construction of the clinical trial pharmacy management that conforms to the development trend of drug clinical trials and GCP.