Outsourcing

Novartis Purchases Chiron in a Total Buyout

As major pharmaceutical companies take initial steps to prune their supplier base and negotiate better pricing, nonpharmaceutical companies that took those measures 10 years ago are moving to next-generation sourcing strategies. In designing those plans, these front-runners are applying two key lessons learned in recent years: supplier consolidation often doesn't go far enough, whereas price cutting can go too far.

Patheon, CEPH Begin Corrective Action Program for Omnicef OP

Growth is critical to a strong company, and not only because it generates economies of scale.

A CMO in Singapore manufacturing commercial biopharmaceuticals is the result of a partnership between two biopharmaceutical companies.

A summertime burst of acquisition activity in CMC development services prompts the question: a coincidence of timing or the start of a trend?

Contract manufacturers serving the biopharmaceutical market add capacity in a bet on renewed growth for biomanufacturing.

The pharmaceutical outsourcing industry is well into its second year of very strong growth, and indications appear that it will enjoy a healthy third year as well.

Cold chain management is becoming pivotal to success in the pharmaceutical industry.

By forming strategic collaborative partnerships with contract research organizations, pharmaceutical companies can take advantage of several strategies for accelerating drug development, maximizing profitability, and extending patent exclusivity.

New maintenance models focused on efficiency improvements can deliver cost savings and enhanced service quality.

2005 has been a good year for the contract services industry, and 2006 promises to be nearly as successful, according to the 2005 PharmSource–Pharmaceutical Technology outsourcing survey. But as pharmaceutical outsourcing activity grows, companies are looking for more sophisticated ways to manage and control their contract services expenditures.

Protein Refolding Technology Improves Yields

Xanodyne Acquires aaiPharma Assets

Singapore is competing aggressively with India and China for a piece of the Asian sourcing business.

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of aaiPharma (Wilmington, NC, www.aaipharma.com), parent of AAI Development Services, was the culmination of an agonizing year-long odyssey. It also was a first step in restoring one of the best-known brands in the CRO industry.

Compounding Pharmacies' Lawsuit Against FDA Will Continue

The unit-dose bar coding rule requires integrating many aspects of packaging design and control.

Major pharmaceutical companies are focusing more than ever on the prices CROs are charging for their services.

Crucell and NIH Sign Ebola Vaccine Manufacturing Contract

Achieving the promised benefits of offshore sourcing to India and China is more complicated than it seems.

How important will anticounterfeiting measures become to protect the European pharma industry?

Today's fast-paced global market place has created a critical need for efficient international supply systems in the healthcare sector...

After a five-year downturn, cautious optimism is taking hold among API manufacturers.

Novartis to Expand Generics Hold

Too many players and threats to the main customer base challenge European dose manufacturers.

From solving complex formulation challenges to delivering full product-development programs, outsourcing services organizations provide valuable expertise, experience, and technical know-how.

Patheon is betting the whole is worth more than the sum of the parts in its acquisition of Puerto Rico contract manufacturer Mova.

The blockage in the new product pipeline may be breaking. CROs report increased demand for late-stage development services in their latest round of earnings reports.