Company description:

B & C Group is a Clinical Research Logistics company, based in a modern secure building with 600m² storage space, in Mechelen near Brussels Airport.

From improving the design of your patient drawing kits to reorganizing your PK sample logistics, from archiving your specimens to picking up the frozen samples in your big phase III trials, we will show you how to save costs whilst increasing the quality.

In order to service global studies, B & C is currently setting up in the US, with a primary focus on long-term specimen storage and transport into/out of Central & South America.

Major Services:

B & C currently offers:

• Assembly and supply of sampling kits and instructions to Clinical Trial Sites
• Frozen and refrigerated batch shipments of biological specimens according to a study-specific GCP-compliant transport protocol after data cleaning on-site
• Coordination of Dry Ice Service to Investigator Sites
• Administrative QC of biological specimens, drug supplies before pick-up/delivery
• Short- to long term specimen storage (+4°C to – 150°C) incl. Specimen anonymization
• Distribution, storage and transport of Clinical Trial Supplies

Technical Details:

• Purpose-built Routing software
• Palm-top computer & scanner for each COR (=Colleague on the Road)
• Bar-coded tube labels are scanned and traced during transport
• On-site printing of pick-up and delivery notes
• Purpose-built and validated Long Term Specimen Storage Software, incl. invoicing module
• Full specimen anonymisation for genotyping
• Self powered CO2 back-up and diesel engine