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Q1 2018 VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1 THE EXECUTIVE EDITION M&A STRATEGY: STRUCTURING AND ALLIANCE WUXI APPTEC AVARA PHARMACEUTICAL FEDERAL EQUIPMENT SAMSUNG BIOLOGICS Creating Comprehensive SERVICES COMPANY Fully Supporting Customer Needs Solutions through Laboratory Uniting the Industry for the Microbial and Biological for Biologics Development and Testing p10 Prevention of Pharmageddon p48 Decontamination of Equipment Manufacturing p64 Bring Peace of Mind p52 > TABLE OF CONTENTS Pharma’s Almanac With over 1,000 pages Refreshingly Adaptable CDMO published in just one year, Pharma’s Almanac is now online. www.PharmasAlmanac.com THE EXECUTIVE EDITION M&A STRATEGY: STRUCTURING AND ALLIANCE A Note from the Editor 04 Cynthia A. Challener, Ph.D., Nice Insight Pharma’s Almanac Publisher’s Page M&A Feature 05 The Pharma’s Almanac Team Nice Insight Overview: An Industry Stacked 06 Enhancing Competitiveness Nigel Walker, That’s Nice LLC/Nice Insight Mergers & Acquisitions in Creating Comprehensive Solutions 10 Through Laboratory Testing Discovery, Manufacturing BioVectra Inc. is a CDMO that serves global A rare provider who is an expert in both Xin Zhang, Ph.D. , WuXi AppTec and Fill/Finish Page 40 Artificial Intelligence in pharmaceutical and biotech companies with and , we offer Cynthia Challener, Ph.D.,Guy Tiene, chemistry biologics 15 Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Emilie Branch, Nice Insight full-service, cGMP outsourcing. fast-moving development companies Constantin Loghinov, MILS Group LLC significant opportunity to streamline their Ensuring Confidence in 16 Viral Vector Manufacturing With over 45 years of experience, we offer: supply! Christopher Murphy and Michael Wourms, Brammer Bio To learn more about our capabilities, send us Expanding US Supply Options for Scaled, distinct facilities for Biologics 20 Large-Volume Parenterals and Small Molecules a message at [email protected] or meet Marga Viñes, Grifols Partnership with us at an upcoming tradeshow! 24 Overcoming Challenges in the 52 Microbial and Biological 66 Meeting the Need for Small-Volume Large scale, cGMP Microbial Fermentation Complex Market for Clinical Trials Decontamination of Equipment API Manufacturing and Clinical Logistics Brings Peace of Mind Jim Scandura, Avara Pharmaceutical & Purification Wes Wheeler, Marken Matt Hicks, Federal Equipment Company Services 28 Facilitating Implementation 56 Investing in New Technologies for 68 Focused on Fermentation Complex Chemistry and Customer Service with Innovative Pharma Solutions Elise Mous and Thomas De Maria, Offline Serialization Sarath Chandar, SPI Pharma Capua BioServices DCAT Week BPI West Tyler Ewald and Joseph Quales, UPM Process & Analytical Development March19-22nd 2018 March 19-22nd 2018 59 Supporting Parenteral 70 Leveraging Lyophilization New York City San Francisco 32 Driving Change in the Pharma Industry Development and Manufacturing Development Expertise for and Biotech One Relationship at a Time with End-to-End Services Clinical Manufacturing Syed T. Husain and Catherine Hanley, Oskar Gold, Vetter Pharma Jeff Schwegman, Ph.D., Alcami Corporation International GmbH AB Biotechnologies, Inc. Why Business Continuity Death to Cleanrooms in Connecting Buyers & Suppliers 36 Management is Important for CDMOs 60 Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing 71 Bridging Capacity & Demand Mayeul Cauvin, Servier Marc Pelletier, CRB Nice Match InformEx Proteins & Antibodies Congress April 24-26th 2018 April 16-17th 2018 Overcoming Formulation Challenges Meet Chemo CMO: Preferred Partner Company Profiles, Nice Insight 39 with Liquid-fill Capsules 63 for Injectables Manufacturing 72 Philadelphia London Eli Elias, CapsCanada Masha Kononov, Chemo Trending Live: Real-Time Data with 75 Full Transparency 48 Uniting the Industry for the Prevention 64 Fully Supporting Customer Needs Nice Insight BioVectra Inc. of “Pharmageddon” for Biologics Development and Timothy C. Tyson, Avara Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 76 Roundtable: M&A, Operational Services James Park, Samsung BioLogics Excellence, Nice Insight 11 Aviation Avenue 866-883-2872 Charlottetown, PE 902-566-9116 www.biovectra.com C1E 0A1 902-628-2045 PHARMASALMANAC.COM 3 > A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR MARKET IN MOTION: LARGE TRENDS CONTINUE TOWARD Q1 2018 VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1 NICE INSIGHT LLC/THAT’S NICE Pharma’s Almanac 89 Fifth Avenue – 5th Floor – NY 10003 – USA Telephone: + 1 212 366 4455 CREATING OUR NEW INDUSTRY Publisher’s Page New York – Philadelphia – Raleigh San Diego – San Francisco – Dallas > BY CYNTHIA A. CHALLENER, Ph.D., NICE INSIGHT Frankfurt – Shanghai – Shenzhen WWW.NICEINSIGHT.COM Outsourcing solution providers PUBLISHING MANAGING DIRECTOR Nigel Walker | [email protected] contributing to the global supply STRATEGIC CONTENT DIRECTOR chain dialogue with compelling Guy Tiene | [email protected] elcome to the first Phar- potent APIs (HPAPIs), as well as cell and SCIENTIFIC CONTENT DIRECTOR ma’s Almanac edition of gene therapies, specialty knowledge and and insightful content. Cynthia Challener, Ph.D. | [email protected] 2018, in which we take a capabilities are critical. STRATEGIC CONTENT MANAGER Emilie Branch | [email protected] look at the mergers and When it comes to contract research SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTORS acquisitions, consolidation and special- organizations (CROs), the top ten handle Carrie Cao, Ph.D. | [email protected] ization taking place in contract services, much of the market — and much of the David Torrone | [email protected] and the entire pharma-biotech industry. 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