Editorial Contributors

Past and present contributors include :

• AstraZeneca, Dr. Campbell Wilson, Director, Discovery Alliances
• IBM Life Sciences, Michael Hehenberger, Discovery Solution Executive
• Hoffmann La-Roche, Leonardo DeCandia, Vice President, Supply Management
• University of Helsinki Pharmacy, Marjo-Riitta Helle, Quality Manager
• Medicines Evaluation Board, The Netherlands, Dr. Stan van Belkum, Information Manager
• The Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group, Barry Overton, Past Chairman
• PricewaterhouseCoopers, Graham Pascoe, Partner
• National Institute of Clinical Excellence, Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive
• Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mary Simpson, Director, Clinical Supply Operations
• Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Chris Teleha, Associate Director, Discovery Scale-Up
• Aventis Germany, Hansjoerg Nortmeyer, Clinical Liaison Manager
• Pfizer, Inc., Bharat Shah, PhD., Principal Research Investigator
• Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Inc., Christopher De Souza, MBA, PhD., Director, External Collaborations, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Research
• Abbott Laboratories, Frank A. Gomez, Program Manager, Information & Policy, Corporate Regulatory & Quality Science
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Edward P. Nathan, Senior Director, Learning & Performance Group EMEA
• Aventis Pasteur, Mark Brazenor, Vaccine Direct and Distribution Manager
• Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory agency (MHRA), John Taylor, Quality and Systems Manager
• Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Viliam Kovac, Head of Quality Management, Global Logistics
• AstraZeneca, Cynthia Phillips, Promotional Regulatory Affairs Field Director
• Aventis Pasteur, Christophe Vial, Manager – Sales and Marketing Effectiveness International

Editorial Profile

Within the regular sections, the March 2006 edition of Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Decisions will focus on the following topics:

Regional Profile: Eastern Europe
Analysis of regulations, workforce potential, average labour and capital costs, etc

R&D: Shared risk and revenue
Discussion of potential value of outsourcing deals based on shared revenues

Validation: Designing outsourced trials to produce data for multiple regulators
How do you go about building clinical trials that can be used to produce data for both the FDA and EMEA/Nice?

Manufacturing: Coordinating drug manufacture and packaging
How should outsourcers work to ensure finished products work well with available packaging?

Supply chain: Are RFID suppliers ready to work with pharma?
Addressing the serious doubts about the quality of current RFID tags

Contract sales: Protection from the risk of irresponsible selling
Given recent news stories about dodgy marketing, how can pharma companies protect themselves from irresponsible activity by CSOs?

Further editorial sections include:
Clinical Trials, Packaging, Legal & Regulatory, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, E-Learning & Training

Examples of previous articles:
Industry Overview
Outsourcing can allow pharmaceutical companies to concentrate more on their core business, if they plan carefully and contract with the right partner, write Jo Pisani and Graham Pascoe of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Drug Discovery
Dr Campbell Wilson of AstraZeneca tells Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Decisions about the importance of forging discovery alliances with research scientists worldwide to get new products to market quickly.

e-learning/Training
Edward Nathan of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals argues that selecting priorities, managing resources, developing metrics, working with vendors and collaborating with overseas partners are crucial for organisations that need to reach a global audience with their training initiatives.

Supply Chain Management & Logistics
The hard science of supply chain has to be integrated with the soft science of leadership and training, argues Len DeCandia of Hoffmann-La Roche. Ignoring the soft side can lead to disaster.

Temperature Control Logistics
Mary Simpson, Edith Penxten and Elie Dechesne of Bristol-Meyers Squibb examine the logistical challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry when distributing temperature-sensitive products.