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PharmaView: Coming to America: European Companies Buy In and Lease
"OUS" companies are enjoying the U.S. market, and creating a few jobs along the way.

Rating Pharma Contract Manufacturers: Does Perception Equal Reality?
A look at data on how the industry chooses with whom to outsource, and what it really thinks about potential partners.

Win-Win Audits
Customer audits can elevate a relationship, improve product quality, and lower costs for both parties.

Taking the Emotion Out of Pharma Outsourcing: John Gray Discusses Recent Research into Quality Risks Offshore
PharmaManufacturing.com
Outsourcing and offshoring are touchy subjects for any community anxious about losing potential industry and jobs. A study in November's issue of the Journal of Operations Management suggests that quality risks increase when operations are moved offshore, but emphasizes the fact that this is a knowledge management problem. Lead author, Professor John Gray of Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business, discusses the study, industry reaction, misunderstandings and upcoming research on this important, but difficult, topic.

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White Papers: In Depth Research

Best Practices from Baxter BioPharma: Optimizing Lyophilization and the Empirical Path to Cycle Development
Author: Baxter BioPharma
Posted: 11/10/2010
Using empirical, or science-based, freeze-drying approaches versus trial and error can help you navigate potential commercialization roadblocks.

Six Key Predictors of Outsourcing Success In A Maturing RE & FM Outsourcing Market
Author: UMS Advisory, Inc.
Posted: 01/07/2010
In this white paper, Nicole Ballard and Rakesh Kishan of UMS Advisory, Inc., provide an overview of the RE & FM Outsourcing Market and address main waves of market maturity. In particular, they examine significant outsourcing deals.

Maximizing the Value of Supplier Relationships
Author: CIO Leadership and Vantage Partners
Posted: 12/21/2009
CIO Leadership talks to Jonathan Hughes, of Vantage Partners, about how companies and suppliers can best foster the kinds of relationships with suppliers that deliver sustainable value and competitive advantage.

Special Report: The Coming of Age of the Indian Pharma Outsourcing Industry
Author: Ernst & Young and OPPI
Posted: 08/18/2009
This report by the Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) and Ernst & Young presents trends in the global pharmaceutical industry that are leading to an increase in outsourcing and an assessment of the capabilities and potential for growth of the Indian custom manufacturing and drug discovery and development outsourcing industry.

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