The Outlook for Contract Services: Is That Light at the End of the Tunnel?

On November 9, 2009, Jim Miller made a presentation entitled “The Outlook for Contract Services:Is That Light at the End of the Tunnel?” at a breakfast meeting sponsored by Pharmaceutical Technology magazine, where he discussed current market conditions and prospects for 2010.

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State of the Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Industry 2009

At the 2009 Interphex Conference and Exhibition, Jim Miller delivered his Spring update on the state of the pharmaceutical outsourcing industry. Jim described the downturn in R&D spending in the pharmaceutical industry, the reasons for the downturn and the consolidation of the CRO and CMO industries that will be the lasting implication.

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Outsourcing to India and China

At the 2008 AAPS annual convention in Atlanta, GA, Jim Miller, president of PharmSource, moderated a panel exploring the challenges and benefits of outsourcing pharmaceutical research and development and manufacturing to Asia. The videocast event was sponsored by Pharmaceutical Technology magazine. Two esteemed panelists participated: Timothy Tyson, executive chairman and acting CEO at Aptuit and Dr. Wouter Huizinga, senior director, sales and business development at Dr. Reddy’s Custom Pharma Services.

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CMOs and CROs as Business Solutions Providers:
A New Strategy for Contract Services Providers

At Jim Miller’s annual breakfast presentation at the 2008 AAPS Annual meeting, sponsored by Pharmaceutical Technology magazine, he discussed how the pharma industry’s changing business environment creates new opportunities for contract services providers. Read about the new business model Jim proposes, where CMOs and CROs move from being providers of capacity and technical expertise to providers of business solutions that address the wider strategic and financial concerns of their clients.

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The Evolving CMC Development Business

In this presentation at a Pacific Region Clinical Supplies (PARCS) meeting, Jim Miller provided his insights into the evolving CMC development business. His CMC market overview, including a discussion of business models and challenges, is available in this download. Learn about this $5 billion market, and the related risk factors and opportunities in the current environment.

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Trends in Pharma Outsourcing

In this two-part podcast, Michelle Hoffman, editor of Pharmaceutical Technology magazine, interviews PharmSource’s president, Jim Miller. In the first podcast, Jim talks about the current state of the pharmaceutical outsourcing industry. In the second podcast, he discusses strategic recommendations to contract service providers, including the relevance to CMOs and CROs of revising their business models to differentiate themselves in order to successfully face overcapacity.

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State of the Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Industry 2008

Jim Miller addressed the “State of the Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Industry 2008″ in this presentation prepared for the Interphex conference in March 2008. The presentation described recent trends and performance in the contract manufacturing and research industry, and argued that the contract manufacturing sector is crying out for new business models. The slides and presentation notes can be downloaded here.

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How Long Will the Good Times Roll?

On November 12, 2007, Jim Miller made a presentation entitled “How Long Will the Good Times Roll?” at a breakfast meeting sponsored by Pharmaceutical Technology magazine, where he discussed current market conditions and prospects for 2008.

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State of the Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Industry 2007

Jim Miller, president of PharmSource and publisher of Bio/Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Report, made a presentation on industry conditions and trends on April 24, 2007, at the Interphex trade show in New York City.

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State of the Contract Dose Manufacturing Business

Jim Miller, president of PharmSource, reviewed trends in the contract dose manufacturing industry at the BioPharMos conference in March 2007 in Monaco.