Issue Highlights
- Rakesh Kishan on Whether to Outsource
- CMO Deals and Sales

To Outsource or Not—Is Your Culture Ready?
When deciding whether or not to outsource, manufacturers must strip decision factors down to a basic few: Is there a business case to justify the risk? Will the outsourcing free you up to focus more on your core competencies? And finally, is your culture ready for outsourcing? This video is the start of a series with outsourcing expert Rakesh Kishan, CEO of UMS Advisory, Inc., about the need for pharmaceutical manufacturers to see outsourcing in a new light—as an opportunity to focus operations and empower employees.

AstraZeneca’s David Brennan: Think Globally, Outsource Locally
While AstraZeneca has committed to outsourcing extensively, and to establishing prominence in China and other Asian countries, it does not have a “one-size-fits-all” approach to outsourcing, says CEO David Brennan in this exclusive interview. In many parts of the world, the company is still learning by doing and developing local strategies for when and how to outsource manufacturing and other operations, and when (as in China) to keep things mostly in-house.

Featured Webcast  

Free Webcast: Operational Excellence for Building Better Pharma Partnerships
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are using Operational Excellence and Quality by Design to optimize internal operations, and many are extending these practices to outsourcing. OpEx and QbD, particularly the ideals of performance metrics and risk management, can not only be passed on to outsourcing partners, but also be used to strengthen the relationship between partners. This May event will show how.