What Is A Technology Transfer And How To Ensure A Successful Transfer - Part 1

By Norm Fong, technical transfer manager, business development, WellSpring

Current market conditions, as well as a myriad other factors, have increasingly prompted drug developers to establish complex supply chains to ensure the commercial-scale manufacture of the compounds they’ve created. Perhaps one of the most important links in any contemporary supply chain is the one between drug owners and the contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) they partner with to ensure that supply will meet the demand for their therapies. When it comes to these relationships, success hinges on several critical factors, but chief among them involves getting a highly critical process right: the technology transfer.