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June 2009 Volume 5 Issue6

Welcome to the June 2009 issue of Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management, your information resource about the pharmaceutical supply chain. In this issue, we provide a financial review and outlook for the biotechnology industry and offer best practices in supply chain-management based on a recent review of top-performing companies.

Global Feature
Bleak Times for the Global Biotech Industry
by Patricia Van Arnum
The US biotechnology industry reached aggregate profitability for the first time ever in 2008, representing the only bright spot in an otherwise dismal year for biotechnology financing and performance.

Supply Chain
Best Practices in the Supply Chain
by Patricia Van Arnum
Consumer-care products, electronics, and select industrial firms comprise AMR Research’s Supply Chain Top 25 for 2009,and they offer an opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry to examine best practices in supply-chain management.

Outsourcing
Limits to Growth
by Jim Miller
A major CRO ventures further into proprietary drug development.

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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.

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

Featured Events
June 2009
June 17 –18
IVT presents 5th Annual Aseptic Processing of Sterile Drug Products
Arlington, VA

June 21–24
2009 AAPS National Biotechnology Conference
Seattle, WA

July 2009
July 20–21
Green Pharma Summit
Philadelphia, PA

August 2009
Aug 11–12
PharmTech Annual Conference
Philadelphia

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