Accelerating The Start Of Your Outsourced Pharmaceutical Project—The Role Of The Project Technical Review

By Devan Patel and Vidhi Desai, Pharmaceutics International

This is the second of two articles exploring best practices to streamline the underappreciated initial stages of a relationship between a drug developer and its CDMO--from first contact to receiving a proposal.

When Pii returned to its contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) roots five years ago, we set out to streamline the process for pharmaceutical outsourcing. We examined slowdowns in the drug development process and sought ways to use time and resources more effectively and efficiently.

Drug sponsors had shared their concerns with us regarding the time it took to get their projects started. They bemoaned not hearing from service providers after their initial contact and before receiving a proposal, with weeks and sometimes months passing with no communications. We thought the process could be better!