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March 2010 Volume 6 Issue 3

Welcome to the March 2010 issue of Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management, your information resource about the pharmaceutical supply chain. In this issue, GE provides insight into the trends in upstream and downstream manufacturing of biologics. And in an exclusive podcast, Pfizer details its manufacturing strategy following its acquisition of Wyeth.

Biotech
The Opportunities, Challenges, and Trends in Biomanufacturing
A Q&A moderated by Patricia Van Arnum, senior editor, Pharmaceutical Technology and editor of Sourcing and Management
Nigel Darby, vice-president of biotechnologies at GE Healthcare Life Sciences and speaker at the Drug, Chemical, and Associated Technologies Association (DCAT) upcoming educational program on biologics, offers insight into the current and future state of upstream and downstream processing of biologics.

Manufacturing
Pfizer Outlines Manufacturing Strategy in Integrating Wyeth
Tony Maddaluna, senior vice-president of strategy and supply-network transformation at Pfizer Global Manufacturing, outlines the company’s manufacturing strategy in an exclusive podcast.

Contract manufacturing
Roundup of Informex 2010
Patricia Van Arnum, senior editor, Pharmaceutical Technology and editor of Sourcing and Management
At last month’s Informex, exhibitors announced expansions and new partnerships relating to contract manufacturing of active pharmaceuticals and intermediates and fine-chemicals supply.

Outsourcing
A Bio View of Outsourcing
Eric Langer, president of BioPlan Associates, and a periodic contributor to Pharmaceutical Technology’s Outsourcing Outlook
Strategic rather than tactical considerations are driving biopharmaceutical outsourcing.

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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Pharma Views
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Surety Webcast

Live Webcast: Protect IP and Reduce the "Sign and Witness" Burden in Lab Informatics Systems

Industry Events
For the full listing of calendar events, see the Calendar of Events page

Featured Events
March 2010
Mar. 15-18
DCAT Week
New York

Mar. 30–31
BioFine Europe
Cambridge, UK

April 2010
Apr. 20–22
Interphex
New York

May 2010
May 3–6
BIO 2010
Chicago

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