Thomas Birger Edén-Jensen
Vice President & Head of External Supply Management Radiopharmaceuticals Bayer
As a seasoned manufacturing and supply chain professional with a passion for radiopharmaceuticals, I’ve spent over a decade optimizing operations and driving efficiency.
My journey began in the pharmaceutical industry, where I honed my skills in process development, technology transfer, Operation Excellence/LEAN and management. From there, I transitioned to radiopharmaceuticals, fascinated by their critical role in diagnostics and treatment, with focus on Clinical and Commercial production, and supply chain operations and CDMO oversight.
- Comparing high-touch, premium logistics models used in early-phase trials with more standardized approaches required for late-stage and commercial distribution
- Managing the trade-off between cost optimization and guaranteed delivery when each patient dose carries significant clinical and financial value
- Implementing contingency strategies including overproduction, reallocation, and backup routing to mitigate disruption
- Transitioning logistics models from bespoke to scalable while maintaining delivery performance
- Across the two days, which single supply chain or manufacturing bottleneck has emerged as most urgent, and what does a credible industry-level response to it look like?
- Where does the field realistically stand on isotope supply security in five years, and which production pathways, technologies, and investment models will determine whether commercial-scale alpha therapy becomes a reality?
- How must the relationship between biopharma, CDMOs, isotope providers, logistics specialists, and clinical sites evolve structurally to one that can reliably deliver therapies to patients at scale?