Louis Garguilo

ARTICLES BY LOUIS

  • Ruby Casareno
    CMC Hiring And Practice: 6 Lessons For Outsourcing

    Things have progressed nicely for Ruby Casareno, Vice President, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC), Allakos Inc. For executives wishing the same for your CMC leadership and organization, there are lessons on why that’s the case. Those lessons also recall for Casareno an earlier experience where progression traversed a rockier road. It all adds up to 6 best practices particular to outsourcing drug development and manufacturing.

  • Doug Hausner
    Continuous Cruising The Pharma Highway

    Jim Bonner of Shire, Eric Jayjock of Patheon, and Doug Hausner, of  Rutgers University, all agree continuous manufacturing is the pharmaceutical industry’s future. They also agree on the map and vehicle to get us past some of the roadblocks to that destination.

  • Novartis And The Arrival Of The Continuous Manufacturing Facility

    The journey to implementation of the disruptive technology of continuous manufacturing began in 2005, according to Markus Krumme of Novartis, with a single question on a slide presented to Novartis development and manufacturing executives. “Why don’t we have facilities that can continuously produce materials?” then-CEO Daniel Vasella asked.

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Louis Garguilo



Louis Garguilo is chief editor of Outsourced Pharma, and is considered a leading authority on the art and science of drug development and manufacturing outsourcing. He studied public relations and journalism at Syracuse University (and holds a Master’s in English). His widely read editorials are based on in-depth analysis and interviews with industry executives and professionals. Editorials are written in an engaging and unique style that guide readers through the macro aspects and subtle nuances of outsourcing, and working with contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs). Garguilo also serves as moderator for the various Outsourced Pharma Live webinars held throughout the year.

Prior to joining Outsourced Pharma in 2014, Garguilo spent a decade at a global pharmaceutical contract research, development and manufacturing organization, leaving the industry after attaining the role of vice president, business development and marketing. Additionally, he has served under the governor of New York in the state’s economic development agency, as liaison to the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry; as chief strategic officer for an e-learning software company; and spent most of the ‘80s and ‘90s in Japan as an educator, author, and communications consultant.