Pharma Manufacturing Outsourcing Partnerships 2010

Event Overview

Large pharmaceutical companies, as well as smaller biotechs clearly face increasing pressure to deliver molecules to R&D labs as well as the mass market under tight deadlines. Whilst outsourcing may be the only option for “virtual” small biotechs, outsourcing is becoming increasingly important for big pharma too who are looking to become leaner, lower-cost, faster and more efficient. However, managing, monitoring and motivating third-party vendors creates a whole lot of issues and hurdles, especially in terms of agreeing to contracts, standard operating procedures and standards, joint project management, clear communication, minimizing risk and ensuring high-quality. This event will look at the principal issues and challenges that pharma and biotech companies face when outsourcing production to contract manufacturers, especially complex and difficult to develop or toxic small molecules, biologics and vaccines. The event will cover all areas of scale-up, from smaller R&D supply batches to full-scale mass manufacturing.

These include:

• Challenges in upscaling difficult to manufacture small & large molecule drugs and vaccines.
• Working with external partners in volatile product types (i.e. biologics and high-potent or complex chemicals).
• Finding, selecting, and contracting with the most suitable CMOs & Suppliers.
• Performance management of external partners.
• Developing an outsourcing strategy.
• Contract negotiation & management.
• Uncertainties in legal frameworks including IP issues.
• Risk minimization and risk managing your outsourcing strategy.
• Ensuring high quality and regulatory compliance via third parties.
• Utilising offshore partners in China & India: Success stories and cautionary tales.

Who will benefit

Pharma & Biotech:
VPs, directors, managers of:
Manufacturing, API Production, Outsourcing, Operations, Vendor Management, Contract Management, Quality
Assurance, Plant Managers

CMOs / Packaging & Filling Solution Providers & Consultants:
Business Development, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Operations, customer relationship management

Partnering Sessions

As with other NextLevel Pharma events, we will be conducting a series of prescheduled 20 minute 1-to-1 partnering sessions at this event for the benefit of both potential buyers and solution providers.

Pharma & Biotech Directors will have the opportunity to meet with today’s most hungry and niche providers in these specific areas. If you’d like to take part please contact: luke.rogers(at)nextlevelpharma.com

CMOs & Downstream Solution Providers & Consultants will be able to have between 10-15 meetings with directors who are looking for solutions and improvements to their current outsourcing portfolio.

If you’re interested in having a partnering table at this event (or an expo stand and other high-profile sponsorship opportunities) please contact chrisb(at)nextlevelpharma.com (only 20 tables available as part of an event partner package).

A more detailed list of speakers’ names is available on the downloadable agenda. Please „request event agenda“ below.

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