Outsourcing

Eric Langer has over 25 years experience in biotechnology and life sciences strategic marketing management, market research, and publishing. He has held senior management and marketing positions at biopharmaceutical supply companies. He has published and authored many books and reports on topics in Biotechnology, Large-scale BioManufacturing, and bioscience commercialization and communication. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University marketing management, biotech marketing, services marketing, and marketing in a regulated environment. In 1989 he co-founded BioPlan Associates, Inc. to provide market analysis, and strategy to biotech and healthcare organizations.

Articles

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

Outsourcing's Modest Role as a Cost-Containment Strategy

Jim Miller is president of PharmSource Information Services, Inc., and publisher of Bio/Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Report.

Eisai and Biogen Idec pursue an innovative approach to capacity management.

Strategic Partnering for Manufacturing

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

Outsourcing Nontraditional Protein Expression Systems

Is the contract-only CMO an endangered species?

End of the Dedicated CMO?

Gregg Brandyberry is senior vice-president of FedBid, and formerly senior advisor for A.T. Kearney Procurement and Analytic Solutions, Gregg.Brandyberry@FedBid.com

The procurement organization rethinks sourcing for maximum efficiency and results.

Creating a Holistic Procurement System

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

Sizing the Market for Contract Manufacturing

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

The Macro View

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

Gauging Biopharm Outsourcing

The past three decades have driven a purchasing evolution to a procurement revolution.

Reflecting on 35 Years of Procurement Transformation

Industry wants more innovation, but can suppliers meet customer needs?

Outsourcing Outlook