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TS Jaishankar at Quest Life Sciences assesses the pros and cons of outsourcing to Asia

The growing global CRO industry provides opportunities for manufacturers to reduce costs, increase R&D productivity and focus on expanding the business in other areas. Many CROs are known for delivering a high level of quality, performance and therapeutic specialisation. In 2004 (the most recent year for which data are available), leading CROs managed nearly 23,000 Phase I-IV studies at 152,000 clinical sites worldwide. Judging by the current trends, research outsourcing may grow more than fivefold in the coming years.

ASIA:THE BEST BET FOR PHARMA MAJORS?

Pharmaceutical outsourcing in Asian countries, especially China and India, has exploded in recent times. For years China and India have been global factories for raw materials and, more recently, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). In addition to manufacturing, Singapore, India and China increasingly provide economically viable alternatives for R&D, specifically for earlystage drug development.

As Pan-Asian countries expand their experience and knowledge in pharmaceutical R&D, GMP compliance and supply chain management, they are subsequently expanding their service capabilities to include late-stage R&D and finished-product manufacturing. Dozens of generic Indian pharmaceutical products, including injectables, are now distributed in the US. China is catching India up in the finishedproduct manufacturing arena, as several Chinese pharmaceutical companies have filed ANDAs with the FDA to seek entry into the US market. According to recent surveys, China is emerging as the best choice in comparison to India (55 per cent of the respondents voted for China, while 36 per cent voted for India).


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TS Jaishankar is the Chairman of Chemech Laboratories Ltd, a subsidiary of Solvay Pharma Ltd. He is also the Managing Director of Quest Life Sciences Ltd, a CRO in India, as well as Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry (CIPI). Mr Jaishankar was recently appointed to the advisory boards of both European and Indian pharma publications. He has been a speaker at several industry forums and represented CIPI at the Economic Advisory Board Meeting of the Government of India. He has a Graduate degree in Science from the Institute of Science, Mumbai, and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management.
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