Outsourcing

Outsourcing is weighing in more as a tactic for cost-cutting, but it is still not the primary weapon.

An innovative approach to capacity management.

Latin America's diverse growing market seeks regulatory harmonization.

CROs are keeping pace with the increased globalization of the biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical industry.

Successful management of the CMO/client relationship should include open communication and trust.

A Q&A with SAFC and BioReliance about sourcing and risk mitigation for raw materials.

BioPlan's outsourcing survey gives insight on top activities, budgets, and growth trends in biopharmaceutical outsourcing.

This article examines the options to best match needs and spending for quality and regulatory leadership.

The authors present solutions based on a review of current service offerings and their audit experience.

Growth is seen in outsourcing of insect- and plant-cell-based bioproduction expression systems.

Is the contract-only CMO an endangered species?

Will international biomanufacturing outsourcing become mainstream in this decade?

An introduction to a new series on manufacturing within global markets.

The procurement organization rethinks sourcing for maximum efficiency and results.

The European Medicines Agency has added granularity to its biosimilars approval pathway by releasing a guideline on mAbs.

Patrick Jackson of Vindon Scientific offers key considerations for choosing an outsourced sample storage facility.

The manufacturing capacity-sharing model between Merck and MedImmune ushers in a new paradigm of "co-opetition."

Measuring the size of the market for contract manufacturing services requires a careful hand.

Marco Chacon of Paragon Bioservices discusses the challenges associated with outsourced vaccine manufacturing.

The weak global economy adds to the challenges of bio/pharma companies and their suppliers.

Budgets for biopharma activities are gaining in select functional areas, except outsourcing.

Industry wants more innovation, but can suppliers meet customers' needs?

Implementing quality by design makes the determination of quality metrics across CMOs and sponsors essential.

The contract provider needs to know as much as the NDA holder.

Formulators and developers are at the heart of the industry's basic premise-they are saving lives.