The TMF Trifecta: Finding Balance In An Era Of Constant Change

Representatives from TransPerfect Life Sciences and LMK Clinical Research Consulting recently participated in the Fierce Trial Master File Summit from May 2 to May 4 in New Orleans, Louisiana. While in past conferences, the focus of discussion has been eTMF technology, this most recent conference marked an unexpected paradigm shift toward people- and process-related TMF solutions.

For years, TMF thought leaders, including LMK’s founder and TMF trailblazer Sholeh Ehdaivand, have described the TMF in terms of an operational framework of people, process, and technology. These three elements, which LMK calls the TMF Trifecta, represent the real-time interplay of the TMF stakeholders, the actions those stakeholders take, and the technology necessary for them to carry out their role successfully and efficiently. Through the lens of the TMF Trifecta, TMF decision-makers have a conceptual framework with which they can address even their most difficult TMF challenges. But what comprises the three elements of the TMF Trifecta? What components of the TMF Trifecta were on the minds of TMF Summit speakers, especially now, as we enter this new, highly interconnected, and rapidly evolving era of TMF operations?