Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
The Joy of the Factory
Thursday, February 12th, 2009This article is cross-posted in the Baselodge Blog.
Disclaimer: I am well aware of the historical and current conditions in some factories and that many factories have been and are places of injustice for workers. The impressions I share in this article are not intended to deny such problems or minimize them. The types of factories [...]
Pharmasourcing with CMOs
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007In April 2007 I attended my first INTERPHEX trade show. The show was hosted at the Javitz Center in NYC. Coming from an electronics manufacturing background, I wanted to get a feel for the state of contract manufacturing in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical domain (sometimes referred to as pharmasourcing).
There were over a hundred firms that [...]
Make or Buy?
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Many ideas for new products by would-be entrepreneurs never get off the drawing board because of the real or perceived cost of manufacturing. When we get our new design for a portable battery-powered cheese slicer all fleshed out, we begin thinking about how we will manufacture it and what it will cost.
The fundamental question that [...]