PharmaSource Podcast
Episodes
The Gender Pay Gap in Pharma: Women in Pharma Procurement [LIVE]
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a live recording from our first Women in Pharma Procurement meetup. Pharma is an industry where 90% CEOs are men, and the gender pay g...
ERP is Dead... Dr. Elouise Epstein on the Future of the Pharma Supply Chain
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
1990’s technology stacks will not give us the supply chain that 21st century customers need and deserve, says Elouise Epstein. Speaking to the Pharm...
Big Tech + Big Pharma: 7 Procurement Lessons from the Bayer and Google AdTech Partnership
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How should a 100 year-old pharma company partner with a tech giant such as Google? Sharmeen Lalani-Fade, Global Procurement Lead for online media, cr...
Avantor: Flexible Fluid-Handling Biologics Solutions - interview with David Coorey, SVP Biopharma Business Development & Commercial Operations
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Avantor is a Fortune 500 company with a wide range of mission-critical products and services for the biopharma industry. David Coorey, SVP Biopharma B...
How Bristol Myers Squibb Re-Designed their Procurement Operating Model for R&D Success: Interview with Brian Whitlock, VP R&D Procurement
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Whitlock, Vice President of Global R&D Procurement at Bristol Myers Squibb shares his experience in building a high-performance operating mo...
Asymchem: Pioneers in Green Chemistry and Contract Manufacturing
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Asymchem is a large USFDA-inspected Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), renowned for its expertise in developing sustainable...
Skyepharma: Independent French PDMO Expands into Biologics and HPAPIs
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Skyepharma is a fully-integrated CDMO specialised in formulating, developing and producing complex oral dosage forms and expanding into Bioproduction...
World Courier: Location Intelligence and the Personalised Supply Chain
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
World Courier, a specialist in logistics, warehousing, and transportation services for the pharma and biopharma industry, covers the entire supply cha...
SUANFARMA CDMO: A Flexible and Strategic API Partner, interview with David Blanco
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SUANFARMA provides Contract Development and Manufacturing (CDMO) services for fermentation and chemical synthesis projects – both generic and innova...
West: 100 Years of Injectable Medicine Excellence
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
West Pharmaceutical Services is a leading provider of innovative, high-quality injectable solutions and services and a trusted partner to established...
Clariant: Greater Chemistry with New Range of Excipients
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Clariant, the 5 billion multinational company specialising in chemicals, is releasing a range of new functional excipients The company is a global lea...
Alcami: US CDMO Increasing Biostorage Capacity for Biologics Growth
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alcami is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) headquartered in North Carolina with four-decades experience advancing product...
Brenntag Pharma: Adding Value and Reducing Distribution Complexity
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brenntag Pharma is a leading distribution partner in the pharmaceutical, veterinary and healthcare industries, offers over 10,000 products for the fo...
Novartis Global Biotech Cooperations: a Worldwide CDMO Partner, interview with Rathish Ravindrakumar
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Novartis has been active in the contract manufacturing space for twenty years, now under the brand name Global Biotech Cooperations. Novartis Global...
C2 Pharma: The World’s Leading Manufacturer of Ophthalmic APIs
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
C2 Pharma (C-Squared) specialises in the production and distribution of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and complex chemical compounds deriv...
How Thermo Fisher Scientific Is Getting Ready for the Home Delivery Future - Interview with Christy Eatmon
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thermo Fisher Scientific is at the forefront of providing comprehensive pharmaceutical services from drug development, clinical trial logistics to com...
Lannett CDMO: Contract Manufacturing with Heritage
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Established in 1942 , Lannett is a US-based pharmaceutical contract manufacturer boasting an extensive portfolio of over 100 product families curren...
Polpharma: New Hybrid CDMO Offers European Standards on a Lower Cost-Base
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Polpharma Group is a CEE-based pharmaceutical manufacturer with 70 years of experience offering various products, including prescription drugs, cons...
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Sustainable APIs and Digitisation, interview with Kalpesh Kumar Modi
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, the global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Hyderabad, India, has been a key player in the industry since its estab...
allpack group ag: Passion for Pharma Packaging and Digital Transformation
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christoph Staub, is CEO of allpack group ag, a Contract Packaging Organisation (CPO) based in Switzerland with an ambitious agenda for the digital tr...
Pfizer CentreOne: An altogether different kind of CDMO. Interview with Karen Lauxmann
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pfizer CentreOne, is a global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) and a prominent supplier of specialised APIs with a manufactu...
From Ramp-Up to Right-Sizing: 6 Essential Procurement Strategies for Navigating Economic Downturns with David Ward, Procurement Director Catalent
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the face of challenging economic times, procurement leaders can emerge as the unsung heroes, helping to steer their organisations through the stor...
Contract Manufacturing After COVID-19: Gil Roth on the challenges and opportunities for CDMOs
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The contract manufacturing sector is navigating through turbulent times as Gil Roth, Founder and President of the Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing A...
How To Get More Value From Professional Services in Pharma - Interview with Cameron Smith
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Larger pharma companies are renown for spending a large amount on management consultants and other professionals services, due in part to the pharma i...
Supply Chain Transformation: How to Adapt to the New Era of Healthcare with Fernanda Teles, DHL Supply Chain
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The pharmaceutical supply chain is undergoing major change, driven by advances in science, technology, and evolving patient expectations. To keep up...
The Talent Gap Challenge in Life Sciences: 5 Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Talent with Neil Kelly, Vector Partners
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“One of the challenges we face is trying to recruit talent in a market that is short on the skills we require. There’s a major shortage of talen...
CRO Session: Olon Ricerca Bioscience - interview with Alessandro Agosti, Senior Director of Scientific Operations
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Olon Ricerca Bioscience is a US-based Contract Research Organisation (CRO) offering speciality chemical manufacturing capabilities. We spoke to Ale...
The Secret to Outsourcing Success: Elevating The Supplier Ecosystem
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“You can’t develop medicines without an ecosystem. Suppliers are probably one of the most neglected sections of the ecosystem.” Tanya Momtahen, ...
The Importance of Cleaning ‘Dirty' Procurement Data: Interview with Susan Walsh
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Walsh, AKA the The Classification Guru about her advice on how to improve, classify and normalise ‘data data’ and why it’s so important. ...
CDMO Session: CARBOGEN AMCIS, an interview with Stephan Fritschi
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the PharmaSource CDMO Sessions, we speak Stephan Fritchi, Executive Vice President Business Units for CARBOGEN AMCIS. Step...
Procurement Transformation at Dechra Pharma: Interview with Kateryna Holovnia, Head of Procurement at Dechra Pharmaceuticals
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Inside Dechra Pharma's 3-Year Procurement Transformation Dechra Pharmaceuticals is a global specialist in the development, manufacturer and sales ...
7 Lessons in CPO Leadership with Len DeCandia, former Chief Procurement Officer, Johnson & Johnson
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Len DeCandia is an award-winning Supply Chain and Procurement Executive with 40+ years of experience, most recently as Chief Procurement Officer for J...
Don’t upload anything! UCB's Laurent Bosseler explains ChatGPT security risks for Pharma
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Laurent Bosseler is Digital Procurement and COE lead at UCB. He focused on making technology for colleagues at the pharma company as simple and seam...
How Novartis Procurement is Cutting Failed R&D Experiments with AI: Interview with Mark Burfoot, VP Research Procurement
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the PharmaSource podcast we spoke to Mark Burfoot, Vice President Research Procurement at Novartis about how advances in Ma...
Olon Biotech and Small Molecules Explained [CDMO Sessions]
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The CDMO Sessions are a series of interviews with leaders at Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations about what makes their business un...
How DSM uncovered the 'Pharma Premium' - an interview with Alejandra Garcia, Senior Vice President, Procurement at DSM
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“It's no secret that suppliers know that Pharma has good margins” says Alejandra Garcia, Senior Vice President, Procurement at DSM. “We'...
R&D Procurement: How To Build Trust Between Science and Sourcing
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Virginie Mathieu has deep experience in R&D Procurement having worked at some of the world's biggest Pharmaceutical companies in France and Ca...
Staying a Step Ahead of the Counterfeiters - How Pharma Procurement Can Protect Supply Chain Integrity. Interview with Jim Fries, CEO Rx-360
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rx360 was founded following the Heparin incident in 2008 when the drug supply became contaminated, resulting in 81 deaths in the US and left many mor...
Speed is Greater than Savings - How Grünenthal Created a Procurement Centre of Excellence Focused on Speed
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Thortsen Fallisch, Head of Global R&D Procurement at Grünenthal spoke to PharmaSource about his experience in setting up a Procurement Centr...
7 Tips for Better Pharma Procurement - a conversation with Jill Robbins
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cost savings are less important than creating business value. In the latest episode of the PharmaSource podcast, we sat down with Jill Robbin, Fractio...
Data Science at Novartis: What can Pharma learn from the River Rhine?
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the PharmaSource podcast Johannes Galatsanos, Novartis talks about how the River Rhine went from being the polluted, post-war...
Open Innovation in Pharmaceutical Packaging: an Interview with Andrea Sentimenti, Bormioli Pharma
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pharmaceutical Packaging is critical for safe and stable drug delivery, and continues to be fast-growing market driven by manufacturers creating incre...
Putting a Price on Life: Dr John LaMattina on the Truth of Drug Pricing
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Pharma Source podcast dives into the latest trends, challenges, and commercial opportunities in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry In each ep...