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Focus on Pharma Podcast: Pharma Professional and Job Seeker Michelle Alton Cuts Through the Career Advice Clutter

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FDA Transparency Initiative: Opening FDA's 'Black Box'

This article by FDA's Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy Commissioner, Afia K. Asamoah, and published by FDLI, outlines opening the proverbial “black box” to help FDA more effectively implement its mission to promote and protect the public health. Read more »

Outsourced Manufacturing Strategies for Life Sciences: An Eli Lilly Case Study

This webcast will provide an overview of trends and challenges influencing life science companies’ outsourced manufacturing strategies. Read more »

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We go behind consumer media headlines, beyond trade press boundaries, to offer candid analysis and commentary on issues affecting drug manufacturers. We cover the gamut, from fiscal to philosophical, from serious to silly. Read more »

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  • Podcast: Lucky and Good: Sourcing Success Is in the Details Michigan API manufacturer Ash Stevens’ emphasis on clear communication and product quality has (along with good fortune) made it a home-grown success story with an international supplier and client base. Stephen Munk, President and CEO, shares secrets of sourcing success.
  • Focus on Pharma Podcast: Pharma Professional and Job Seeker Michelle Alton Cuts Through the Career Advice Clutter Today's life sciences job market is tough, and affecting strategic areas such as clinical development and R&D. Pharma professional Michelle Alton cuts through the conflicting career advice with tips on resume development, networking and a realistic, from-the-trenches view.
  • Focus on Pharma Podcast: Is Tech Transfer Broken? How Can We Fix It? We spend billions on drug development, yet precious few products make it to market. Could tech transfer be to blame? If so, why do so many companies get it wrong? In this first installment of our Focus On Pharma podcast series, sponsored by Thermo Scientific, tech transfer experts Stephen Perry, Russ Somma, Emil Ciurczak, and Paul McKenzie explore what’s broken with tech transfer, and how to fix it.
  • The Triple Bottom Line: A Strategy Tailor Made for Pharma CEO of Advanced Electron Beams, Mitch Tyson, discusses how pharma companies can strengthen their organizations, and their balance sheets, by adopting the TBL.
  • Podcast: This Is Not Your Father’s Coriolis: Flow Measurement Goes Micro We speak with Endress + Hauser’s Joerg Herwig about his company’s partnership with MEMS specialist Integrated Sensing Systems (Issys) and how E+H aims to take all of its products to the micro scale.
  • Podcast: Online TOC and Real-Time Release on the Global Stage In the second of this two-part series, Jonathan Yourkin, pharmaceutical market manager with GE Analytical Instruments, provides insight on navigating the subtle, and sometimes dramatic, differences between pharmacopeia and regulators in the U.S. and abroad in regards to the use of online TOC. Yourkin also shares best practices for applying TOC to PAT applications and real-time product release.
  • Puerto Rico 2.0: Repositioning an Industry to Restore a Competitive Edge No one needs to tell Puerto Rico the global pharmaceutical market has changed. The island is in the midst of a makeover that will focus on biotech, generics, and outsourcing its 40-plus years of expertise with the aim of keeping the island relevant to pharma. INDUNIV executive director Ivan Lugo talks strategy.
  • It’s Good to Be a Scientist: Life Sciences Job Market Holding Firm The turmoil in life sciences and merging of small- and large-molecule manufacturers only enhances the attractiveness of experienced scientists and engineers, says Kurt Moore, president of TalentWRx staffing agency. For those whose careers are in flux, making the most of a temporary position may open doors to something more permanent.
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  • Webcast: Outsourced Manufacturing Strategies for Life Sciences: An Eli Lilly Case Study Outsourcing affords life sciences manufacturers greater flexibility and market responsiveness, and the freedom to focus on core competencies. Outsourcing strategies, however, can vary widely. This webcast will provide an overview of trends and challenges influencing life science companies' outsourced manufacturing strategies, as well as review outsourced manufacturing enabling solutions and technology. The featured speaker will be Tom Blake, who will share outsourcing strategies, processes, KPIs and future direction at Eli Lilly.
  • Webcast: A Look Ahead: The Impact of Biosimilars on the Pharma Landscape Follow-on biologics, or biosimilars, will soon become reality in the U.S. Given their inherent complexity and the current state of analytics, how will their safety and quality be ensured? Will they boost or diminish competition and innovation in biotech? Join us for a thought-provoking presentation and panel discussion of these issues.
  • Webcast: Tech Transfer: Do We Have a Failure to Communicate? Failure to transfer an analytical method or to move a process from lab to plant can cripple drug development efforts, wasting millions of dollars each year. Why do tech transfer projects fail? How can one ensure their success, whether one is transferring to another department or to a contract manufacturing organization? Join us for a controversial presentation and panel discussion of these issues.
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