Eric S. Langer

Articles by Eric S. Langer

  • Outsourcing Trends in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

    Sunday, September 24, 2017
    The biopharma industry’s continuing focus on productivity and efficiency is driving manufacturers to focus on core competencies and to consider outsourcing activities that can be handled more effectively by CMOs.
  • Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Globalization Continues

    Friday, September 30, 2016
    Around 45% of biopharmaceutical manufacturing organizations expect to off-shore at least some of their operations over the next five years, with the figure dependent on the nature of the activity, according to BioPlan Associates’ 13th Annual Report ...
  • Biopharma Vendors Offering Services Bundled With Products

    Thursday, July 21, 2016
    Vendors to the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry are seeing an opportunity to offer valuable services that complement their products. This is increasingly a strategic priority for introducing new products, according to BioPlan Associates’ ...
  • CMOs and Innovation

    Monday, May 30, 2016
    Contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) are typically on the leading edge of new biopharmaceutical manufacturing technology adoption, as evidenced by many CMOs hiring for positions like ‘technology scout’ and ‘director of innovation’. CMOs ...
  • CMOs Step Up in Areas Where BioPharma is Short-Staffed

    Monday, March 14, 2016
    The biopharmaceutical manufacturing community continues to find it difficult to staff key positions, and is turning instead to outsourcing to fill the gaps. According to preliminary results from BioPlan Associates’ 13th Annual Report and Survey ...
  • Biosimilars Impacting CMO Capacity

    Thursday, February 05, 2015
    Although relatively few biosimilar products have entered major markets, including no approvals yet in the US, this new class of biopharmaceuticals is already having a major impact on many (bio)pharmaceutical contract manufacturing organizations (...
  • Biopharmaceutical Outsourcing Continues to Expand

    Tuesday, January 28, 2014
    Outsourcing of non-core activities continues to be a value-driven calculus, as the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry remains very much focused on productivity gains. However, there are signs that the outsourcing landscape has moved beyond its...
  • CMOs Drawn to Disposable Bioreactors

    Wednesday, August 07, 2013
    The embracement of single-use applications by the biopharmaceutical industry is no secret. They now dominate clinical scale manufacturing, and as the pipeline of new products advances, are now moving into mainstream commercial bioproduction. ...
  • Biopharmaceutical Industry Outsourcing Trends: China and India Continuing Full-court Press

    Monday, September 17, 2012
    China continues its remarkable advance last year as the most likely outsourcing destination, edging out stalwarts U.S. and Germany. In our 9th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Capacity and Production, research analysis from...
  • CMOs and Biodevelopers Taking Different Approaches to DSP Problems: CMOs Get Serious About New Technologies

    Monday, July 23, 2012
    The biomanufacturing industry continues to have problems with downstream operations, as evidenced by the 7 in 10 (71.9%) respondents to our 9th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing who report this year that they are seeing at ...
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