Market Conditions and Cost Pressures are Prompting Redesign of Manufacturing Facilities
This article was originally published in The Gold Sheet
Executive Summary
The pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing facilities of the future will be smaller and simpler than existing facilities, have more closed processes, combine clinical and commercial operations under one roof, and use more disposable equipment. Cost pressures and market conditions are behind some of these anticipated changes, some of which are occurring right now.
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