Pharmaceutical Technologist - May 2008 - (Page 22)

Facing the CRO behemoths How can small- and medium-sized enterprises differentiate themselves from a multinational CRO? Dave Scott from Tepnel. ince the beginning of the 21st century, the size of the outsourced drug development market has grown and estimates place its value at more than $57 billion (€36 billion). During 2002–2006, there was an estimated annual growth rate in pharmaceutical R&D expenditure of 3.5% in Europe and 7.7% in the US. As the outsourcing market has expanded, the top tier global CROs have grown through an ever increasing number of strategic and opportunistic acquisitions and mergers (M&As). These mergers have broadened the range of the companies’ available services as they attempt to S take the ‘one-stop-shop’ philosophy to the next level: trying to be all things to all customers, with changes in strategy that broaden the risk sharing and collaborative potential between the outsource provider and the client. With the onward march of the global CRO, their acquisitive nature and their ever increasing portfolio of available services, is there room for the small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) in the outsource marketplace? This article examines how the SME can differentiate itself from the global CRO, and how it competes not just on a local platform, but on the global stage with 22 MAY 2008 PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIST Digital vision/Getty Images

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pharmaceutical Technologist - May 2008

Pharmaceutical Technologist - May 2008
Contents
Industry Highlights
Morpheus
Market Watch
Pharma’s Need for Integrated Safety
Is Pharma’s Future Mobile?
Facing the CRO Behemoths
Q&A

Pharmaceutical Technologist - May 2008