Success with Tech Transfer

Contract manufacturing covers a wide landscape, from development to clinical supplies, Active Product Ingredients (APIs) to medical device components, and intermediate and final product manufacturing. So what does it take to be a successful contract manufacturer? In a nutshell, a mature and well defined technical transfer process. This article examines well-established strategies for technical transfer for contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) and their clients.

As more and more life sciences companies look to expand their development, clinical, and manufacturing competencies through the use of CMOs, CMOs are rapidly becoming more involved in biologics development, clinical trial activities, and in some cases are handling the manufacturing of all of their life sciences clients’ intermediates and final products. Why the shift?