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Hospital logistics encompasses a range of activities related to the procurement, storage, and distribution of medications and other supplies required for the clinical care of patients. This work presents the design of a collaborative medication supply strategy that allows for the conduct of a COVID-19 clinical tiral, minimizing interruptions, costs, and supply times. This work was carried out in three phases: in the first phase, a context analysis was carried out and a review of the rules of each of the participating health care providers was conducted; in the second phase, protocols and manuals were designed for procurement and inventory management processes; and in the third phase, finally, the previously designed processes were implemented during the clinical trial. As a result of this work, a strategy based on a collaborative purchasing and inventory management model is presented, consisting of three pharmaceutical product laboratories, a mixing center, and ten healthcare providers. In addition, processes were designed for the collaborative management and traceability of inventory. Ultimately, these results can be used to evaluate the coordination of the entire hospital supply chain (HSC) in a pandemic scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]