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Welcome to the February 2010 issue of Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management, your information resource about the pharmaceutical supply chain. In this issue, we provide an outlook for the supply and demand of active pharmaceutical ingredients and offer predictions about pharmaceutical outsourcing for 2010.

Global Feature
Tracking API Growth
Patricia Van Arnum, senior editor, Pharmaceutical Technology and editor of Sourcing and Management
Growth in emerging markets and across the generic-drug sector shifts the global demand and supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
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Sourcing
DCAT Rolls Out Educational Programming for DCAT Week
Patricia Van Arnum, senior editor, Pharmaceutical Technology and editor of Sourcing and Management
The rising importance of generic drugs, evolving requirements in the ever-more global supply chain, and supplier-management strategies in biologics manufacturing are some key topics to be addressed next month during DCAT Week.
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Outsourcing
A Look Ahead for 2010
Jim Miller, president of PharmSource Information Services and contributing editor to Pharmaceutical Technology
Some predictions for contract services in 2010.
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Pharma Views
What factor do you think will be most significant in 2010 for determining the health of the market for contract manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients?
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Sourcing and Management’s Community of Experts
The panel consists of leading professionals involved in the synthesis, manufacture, and sourcing of active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates, and experts in formulation and dosage-form manufacturing. The community of experts lends its expertise to the eNewsletter by providing reviews of technical articles as well as offering perspectives on topics of relevance to pharmaceutical manufacturers and their suppliers.
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INDUSTRY EVENTS

For the full listing of calendar of events, see the Calendar of Events page at:
http://pharmtech.findpharma.com/events

>>Feburary 2010

Feb. 16–19
InformEX USA
San Francisco

>>March 2010

Mar. 4 –5
Interphex Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR

Mar. 15-18
DCAT Week
New York