Pharmaceutical Consulting and Project Management: Preclinical - CMC - Regulatory

Every company has creative initiative and some core competencies; activities that require these attributes should remain inside.  All else is fair game for outsourcing as long as outsourcing is done effectively.  Although there are many guides for finding contract research organizations (CRO) and contract manufacturing organizations (CMO), there are few for understanding how to work with them effectively.  Outsourcing is a skill that has to be taught and practiced to make it work for each pharmaceutical company.  This is especially important for small startup companies that need the CRO resources, but are not far enough along in their funding efforts to afford mistakes. More...