Developing an Effective RFP (Request for Proposal) Process for Your Pharmaceutical Product

By Ron Herman, Ph.D., Senior Partner, NexGen Consulting Group, LLC

More and more, pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing the manufacturing and packaging of their products.  With the increased use of Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO’s), the need for an effective and well-designed Request for Proposal to effectively communicate your organization’s needs and timelines is essential to ensure you and your CMO are on the same page when it comes to your project needs.  Ron Herman has been advising pharmaceutical companies for many years and has a lot of experience with writing effective RFP’s.  Since we get a lot of questions from our customers about this topic, Ron has graciously agreed to write an article for us and share his experiences with writing effective RFP’s.