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The Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

In: Leading Pharmaceutical Operational Excellence

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  • Prabir Basu

    (Pharma Manufacturing and cGMP Consultant)

  • Thomas Friedli

    (University of St.Gallen)

  • Daniel Bellm

    (University of St.Gallen)

Abstract

The pharmaceutical industry is definitely a high-tech industry, for its role in discovery of new medicines for the treatment of unmet medical needs. Pharmaceutical manufacturing is complex and sophisticated due to various reasons, but in its current state probably cannot be categorized as really high-tech, too. In fact, pharmaceutical manufacturing was considered as relatively low-tech even by the pharmaceutical companies themselves as recently as in 2002. When ex-FDA commissioner Mark McClellan sought a benchmark for future pharmaceutical manufacturing performance, he looked outside the industry, and challenged Pharma, “You need to improve…Other high-tech industries have achieved enormous productivity gains in manufacturing in the last 25 years. We should expect nothing less from the Pharmaceutical industry.”

Suggested Citation

  • Prabir Basu & Thomas Friedli & Daniel Bellm, 2013. "The Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing," Springer Books, in: Thomas Friedli & Prabir Basu & Daniel Bellm & Jürgen Werani (ed.), Leading Pharmaceutical Operational Excellence, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 445-464, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-35161-7_29
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35161-7_29
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