Industry Analysts

Outsourcing advantages
Outsourcing offers multiple benefits for pharmaceutical companies. NGP asked Marcel Velterop of Dr Reddy’s how it can help reduce costs, achieve higher levels of performance, free up resources for higher value activities and gain access to capabilities and resources that are not available internally.
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Clean zone design
With the emergence of new technologies and production methods for biotechnology, nanotechnology, cytotoxic/potent compounds and personalised medicines, manufacturing cleanroom environments are changing. NGP asked Hach Ultra’s Joe Gecsey about current and future trends in cleanroom technologies.
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Previous Analysts

Healthcare systems for the 21st century
Since May 2007, Arthur J. Higgins, Chairman of the Board of Management, Bayer HealthCare AG, has been the new President of the General Assembly of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA).
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Getting marketing back on track
Dr Barrie James explains why and how the pharma industry need to get a grip on their marketing before the phenomena of big pharma goes the way of the dodo.
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A suitable alternative
As you will have read in many of the articles in this issue, the pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a slowdown.
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Mind the gap?
The pharmaceutical industry has developed something of a poor reputation due to pricing issues and drug safety problems.
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Meeting new FDA regulations: supplying the full package
Product safety drives the pharmaceutical industry ? and Sigpack Systems? pharmaceutical clients must abide by and, in many cases, be one step ahead of FDA mandates.
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Thermodynamics and heat exchanges in refrigerated packaging
The so-called ?cold chain? allows manufacturers and distributors to keep the temperature of a product as close as possible to its storage temperature, through its transportation to the final destination.
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