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The Medicine Maker's Charlotte Barker speaks with Dr Matthias Bucerius from Merck KGaA

The Medicine Maker's Charlotte Barker speaks with Bernhard Paul from Johnson Matthey

The Medicine Maker's Charlotte Barker speaks with Gary Lord from Dow Corning Healthcare

The Medicine Maker's Charlotte Barker speaks with Simon Edwards from Cambrex

The Medicine Maker's Charlotte Barker speaks with Dr Jean Luc Herbeaux from Evonik

There is a constant drive in the industry to reduce costs, but inexpensive supplies can prove a poor bargain.

A new approach to outsourcing leverages external expertise and benefits internal learning.

Pharma companies are notoriously protective of their intellectual property, so it’s a big deal to open up and give knowledge away for free. Nevertheless, it is the path that LEO Pharma took with its Open Innovation platform – and they’ve learnt that, if you give a little away, you can expect much in return.

“The best-laid schemes o’mice an’ men” often go awry – and that can apply to your outsourcing plans.