Increased Outsourcing Driving Investments in CRO Industry

In this episode, Sergey Vlasenko from Agilent chats about bio/pharmaceutical manufacturing trends, with a particular focus on oligonucleotides.

On April 14, 2025, the Trump Administration launched a national security-driven investigation into pharmaceuticals, a move that will likely result in tariffs being placed on pharmaceutical drugs, ingredients, and other components that are imported from outside of the United States.

In this episode, Siegfried Schmitt, vice president, Technical at Parexel, discusses the state of biopharma investment in 2023.

Bringing in external expertise may be necessary when internal knowledge is lacking, but it is critical that any contract employee or consultant is comprehensively assessed to ensure the right person is employed.

The move towards “pharma 4.0” requires a major shift, both ideologically and technologically, to adapt current processes to a framework that will automate much of today’s manufacturing.