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Sourcing

Supplier documentation, independent verification, red flags, logistics, payments and the regulatory picture. Maintained as documentation, not as recommendations.

140 topics6,877 posts43 solved Moderators: dr_okonkwo, t.vasquez About this category

Vendor reports 26 Independent verification 26 Red flags 24 Logistics 24 Payments 18 Regulatory 22

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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Consistent declarations and why they matter more than clever ones Sourcing › Logistics packaging temperature excursion shipping customs Consistent declarations and why they matter more than clever ones — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A follow-up question about consistent declarations that I did not know…	+146	164	2k	17mo
What a seizure notice actually says Sourcing › Logistics shipping packaging customs Solved What a seizure notice actually says I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. The question about seizure notice that I actually want answered is the second one…	+36	40	568	17mo
Revisiting: Aggregate verification data across the directory, with caveats Sourcing › Independent verification PeptideMeter third-party testing blind sampling Medutest Closed Revisiting: Aggregate verification data across the directory, with caveats — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin Aggregate verification…	+22	26	23k	17mo
Pharmaceutical compounding rules, summarised from primary sources Sourcing › Regulatory MHRA EMA research use only Closed Pharmaceutical compounding rules, summarised from primary sources — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking what a regulator's document actually says, since the summaries of…	+135	163	46k	17mo
Identical chromatograms across two different lots Sourcing › Red flags mislabelling underdosing documentation quality Identical chromatograms across two different lots Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Collecting what is known about identical chromatograms in one place,…	+80	87	58k	18mo
Why our vendor pages link the storefront and mark it sponsored Sourcing › Vendor reports batch & lot numbers Janoshik Analytical certificate of analysis disputed Solved Why our vendor pages link the storefront and mark it sponsored — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Asking about vendor pages link the storefront directly,…	+17	21	335	18mo
Reporting a good result: why nobody bothers and why they should — one year on Sourcing › Vendor reports batch & lot numbers certificate of analysis documentation quality disputed Wiki Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reporting a good result: why nobody bothers and why they should — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. The question about Reporting a good result…	+19	27	4.7k	18mo
Follow-up: Why this community will not facilitate a group purchase Sourcing › Payments documentation quality research use only payments Why this community will not facilitate a group purchase I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Currency and fees, set out so that the comparison can be…		2	19k	18mo
Turnaround times and what they mean for a decision — one year on Sourcing › Independent verification Medutest PeptideMeter VendorInvestigate third-party testing On the subject in the title: Turnaround times and what they mean for a decision — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reading back through what has been written here about Turnaround times,…	+25	29	22k	18mo
Second pass at: Transit times by route, from a logged dataset Sourcing › Logistics customs temperature excursion cold chain shipping On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Transit times by route, from a logged dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting a small dataset on Transit times. It is mine, it is uncontrolled, and…		2	59k	19mo
Follow-up: Reporting a discrepancy without making an allegation Sourcing › Vendor reports certificate of analysis disputed third-party testing Janoshik Analytical Reporting a discrepancy without making an allegation Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A follow-up question about Reporting a discrepancy that I did not know…		2	24k	19mo
Coming back to: Research-use-only labelling: what it means and what it does not Sourcing › Regulatory MHRA personal import research use only Solved Research-use-only labelling: what it means and what it does not — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A labelling question, and I would like the answer to be about what the…	+45	50	39k	20mo
Choosing which test to pay for, given a fixed budget — does this still hold? Sourcing › Independent verification PeptideMeter blind sampling Janoshik Analytical VendorInvestigate Choosing which test to pay for, given a fixed budget — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. A question about how a record should be…	+35	39	755	20mo
Blind submission and why it changes minds Sourcing › Independent verification Janoshik Analytical VendorInvestigate PeptideMeter Solved Blind submission and why it changes minds — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. What changes if the standard account of blind submission is wrong? I ask because I have been…	+91	96	1.1k	21mo
Splitting a vial for two laboratories: how to do it without ruining both — what changed since Sourcing › Independent verification VendorInvestigate third-party testing Medutest blind sampling Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Splitting a vial for two laboratories: how to do it without ruining both — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. Something about Splitting a…	+107	115	5.2k	22mo
Reporting a discrepancy without making an allegation Sourcing › Vendor reports batch & lot numbers disputed documentation quality certificate of analysis On the subject in the title: Reporting a discrepancy without making an allegation Working notes rather than a conclusion. Asking about reporting a discrepancy directly, because I have read four threads on it…	+79	89	1k	22mo
Cold packs, phase-change material, and what survives ten days — does this still hold? Sourcing › Logistics packaging temperature excursion customs shipping Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Cold packs, phase-change material, and what survives ten days — does this still hold? I have spent a fortnight trying to pin Cold packs down and I…		2	22k	22mo
Coming back to: Pricing far outside the range, in either direction Sourcing › Red flags documentation quality underdosing mislabelling Pricing far outside the range, in either direction Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Pricing far outside the range — I have the observation and I do not trust…	+22	26	325	2y
Cold packs, phase-change material, and what survives ten days Sourcing › Logistics shipping temperature excursion cold chain customs Cold packs, phase-change material, and what survives ten days — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin cold packs down and I want to set out…	+132	138	65k	2y
Assessing a warm arrival: the decision process — one year on Sourcing › Logistics temperature excursion customs shipping cold chain Assessing a warm arrival: the decision process — one year on Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. An honest uncertainty about Assessing a warm arrival rather than…	+125	138	1.7k	2.2y