ARTICLES BY LOUIS

• Leadership From Retirement: Find “The Freedom To Operate”

  5/1/2017

  This is not a piece on retirement. It is, though, borne of the potential for supreme satisfaction when that milestone is attained. The “post years” will have much to do with financial means, but that feeling of satisfaction will also result from your “freedom to operate” during your decades of employment, and how you put that freedom to use.  

• Biotechs And Pharma Crystal Clear On Awards: CMOs Must Take All

  4/17/2017

  Pharma and Bio in fact know exactly what they want from their contract development and manufacturing organizations: They want it all. In errant thought at the CMO Leadership Awards leads to the conclusion CMOs can’t be good at a few outsourcing services.

• The Argument Against Outsourcing

  4/10/2017

  You never thought you’d see a headline like that in Outsourced Pharma.  But I’ve rarely heard so clearly articulated the need for a deep rationalization for outsourcing. So while this is unusual for us, the industry won’t continue its amazing progress unless clearly understanding the points against as well as our points in support.  

• Is Your Outsourcing Reliable, Responsive, And Continuously Compliant?

  4/3/2017

  “What would happen if you lined up what I'm concerned about, with the concerns of the CMOs?” asks Bob Sheroff, Senior Vice President, Technical Operations at Agios. Well, we are about to do just that at Outsourced Pharma Boston, where Sheroff will discuss: reliability of supply, continuous compliance, and responsiveness.

• Generation Z, High-Fructose Sugar … And The Pharmaceutical Industry

  3/31/2017

  Thank high-fructose sugar for pulling at least one of the brightest of a new generation into the study of chemistry, potentially the business of pharmaceuticals, and maybe even the field of outsourcing drug development and manufacturing.

• End Of An Outsourcing Era: Quality And Procurement In Balance

  3/27/2017

  For those in drug development and manufacturing outsourcing through the first decade and a half of this new century, it’s now safe to glance back … and finally put an end to an era focused on costs. A look back, and prognosis for what comes next, in an interview with William A. (Al) Kentrup, VP Global Quality Compliance and Systems, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.

• It Could Be At Takeda Or P&G: The Three Pieces of Outsourcing

  3/21/2017

  Three pieces for working with contractors and external supply-chains are Communication, Transparency for Problem Resolution, and Benefit Sharing, says William A. (Al) Kentrup, VP Global Quality Compliance and Systems, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, and former director of corporate quality at Procter and Gamble.

• The Three Pillars Of Industry Conferences

  3/13/2017

  Every organization – and each individual within – has specific needs and objectives for attending industry conferences. Yet, we can identify three overarching criteria: Go where you can meet customers; Go where you can learn; Go where you can participate. Here’s a look at the possibility of putting all three into practice.

• M&A Crucible in Contract Drug Development And Manufacturing

  3/6/2017

  According to a new industry report, the major contract development and manufacturing organizations only command a 2-4% market share each. Nonetheless, there is substantial M&A activity in the sector, and it certainly feels like we’re on a cusp of major consolidation. Let’s look at the evidence and momentum.

• Adversity On The Path to Global Drug Distribution

  3/3/2017

  Not all Outsourced Pharma readers will have had experiences as pronounced as Jennifer Dent’s. But her narrative can spur us to take a look at our own personal – and organizational – missions within the greater biotech and pharma realm, and point to another area where outsourcing drug development and manufacturing professionals can step up our global leadership.