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PODCAST

PharmaSource Podcast

Life Science Networks

Welcome to the PharmaSource podcast: the pharma and biotech podcast that explores the latest trends, challenges, and commercial opportunities shaping the biopharma manufacturing and outsourcing. In each episode we"ll be speaking with top executives, researchers, and outsourcing experts, who share their perspectives on topics such as building a smarter, more sustainable supply chain, how to partner with CDMOs, digital transformation, procurement and external manufacturing strategies, and plenty more

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00:33:48

How Integrated Drug Development and Manufacturing...

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2026/01/05

“Process chemistry alone is no longer the whole story—it needs to be connected with engineering solutions, digital tools, and data utilization.”Stefan Randl, Chief Scientific Officer at Siegfried, joined the Swiss-based CDMO in January 2025 after 16 years at Evonik, where he led innovation management for healthcare, ran drug substance operations in the US, and headed sales across Asia.Read more.

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00:18:15

How Charles River Helps Sponsors Accelerate Drug...

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2025/12/29

“Biotechs need flexibility and have limited budgets, while big pharma looks for long-term partnerships, reliability, scalability, and new technologies.”Luis Berrade, Senior Director of Global Biologics Testing Sales at Charles River Laboratories, has spent his career helping pharmaceutical and biotech companies bring therapies to market faster and safer. With a PhD in medicinal chemistry and experience spanning both contract manufacturing and testing services, Luis now leads Charles River’s global

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00:06:14

The Great Reshoring: US Captures 74% of CDMO Investment

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2025/12/22

PharmaSource analysis of 732 industry announcements reveals massive investment in U.S. capacity, with partnerships dominating the news cycle and advanced therapy manufacturing reaching industrial scaleThe pharmaceutical contract manufacturing landscape underwent a fundamental readjustment in 2025, marked by record investment flows, accelerated U.S. reshoring, and a decisive shift toward integrated technology platforms.In this episode, PharmaSource's very own Tamnna Thakur sits down with Editor

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00:26:18

ADC Manufacturing Demand Outpaces Capacity in US Market

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2025/12/14

“Twenty years ago, who knew that ADCs and next-generation bioconjugates were going to be so exciting, so successful?”Campbell Bunce, Chief Scientific Officer at Abzena, reflects on the strategic positioning that has placed his company at the forefront of one of pharma’s fastest-growing segments.Campbell leads a global team spanning discovery, development, and GMP manufacturing at Abzena, where he has spent nearly a decade building the company’s capabilities in complex modalities. His background as

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00:34:37

Breaking the Death Spiral: How to Rescue Failing CDMO...

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2025/12/09

“When I walked into the tech transfer, we were a million dollars over budget, six months behind schedule, and struggling to make a single successful batch,” says Amy Gamber.Amy Gamber, Executive Director, Lifecycle Lead at Kyverna Therapeutics, specializes in crisis recovery for late-stage biotech and cell and gene therapy programs. With 20+ years of CMC leadership experience at Atara Biotherapeutics, CSL Seqirus, and Amgen, she’s built a career fixing what others couldn’t.In this PharmaSource

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00:31:31

Markus Sieger Reflects on 25 Years Building Polpharma...

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2025/12/08

“We have to be transparent down to the last person in the organization, what the organization is doing, and where the issues are. We have to celebrate wins. We have to talk about the good things people do.”Markus Sieger serves as CEO of Polpharma Group, one of Central and Eastern Europe’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers. With 25 years at the company, and 10 years as CEO, he has transformed the Polish generic and OTC medicines manufacturer into a regional powerhouse producing 400 million

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00:14:02

CordenPharma CEO on Scaling GLP-1 Production and...

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2025/12/04

“Our goal is to be recognized for exceptional reliability in our services and manufacturing, while helping our customers bring the most innovative medicines to market.” Dr. Michael Quirmbach, CEO and President of CordenPharma, has overseen remarkable growth at the full-service CDMO since joining in 2014. Under his leadership, the company has tripled its workforce to 3,000 employees and increased revenue from €245 million to nearly €1 billion while expanding capabilities across peptides, injectables,

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00:34:35

What BioPlan's 22-Year Data Reveals About the Future...

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2025/12/01

"If you can't demonstrate international quality standards, nobody is going to take a chance on a million-dollar batch to save a few dollars on their manufacturing. It just won't happen."Eric Langer is President of BioPlan Associates, where he has systematically documented the evolution of the biomanufacturing industry since the early 2000s. In the latest PharmaSource podcast episode, Eric explains why biopharmaceutical outsourcing budgets are projected to surge 11% in 2025, the

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00:33:23

How Piramal Pharma Built a $1 Billion CDMO by Solving...

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2025/11/26

“The world can change overnight. We have to accept volatility as part of the world we live in.”Peter DeYoung, CEO of Piramal Global Pharma, has spent 13 years with the Piramal Group, navigating the complexities of pharmaceutical manufacturing across consulting, investing, and operating roles. His engineering background and cross-continental experience position him to lead a billion-dollar pharma operation spanning CDMO services, complex hospital generics, and consumer healthcare.In this PharmaSource

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00:23:11

The End of Global Pharma Supply Chains: How...

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2025/11/23

"We are not in a transient moment - this will affect industry profitability for decades. The previous era of rule-based international trade is gone"Frank Binder, Managing Director at GSCA (Global Supply Chain Advisors) and former Head of Supply Chain at Santen and Celgene, has watched the pharmaceutical supply chain undergo unprecedented disruption in 2025. The wave of US tariff announcements, regulatory complexity, and forced regionalization has created what he calls a fundamental shift

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00:29:52

How KBI Biopharma’s “Analytical Powerhouse” Underpins...

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2025/11/21

“We became an analytical powerhouse before we started offering integrated process development and manufacturing. That’s what differentiates us.”Sigma Mostafa, Chief Scientific Officer, and Katie Edgar, Chief Business Officer at KBI Biopharma, explain how technical depth in analytics and proprietary cell line technology create competitive advantage in an increasingly crowded CDMO market.Sigma brings 15 years of experience with KBI, joining as Director of Process Development in 2010 and advancing

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00:27:11

Ardena CEO on Navigating CDMO Volatility:...

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2025/11/19

“Despite the volatility, the industry is getting some positive energy and renewed confidence”Jeremie Trochu, Chief Executive Officer at Ardena, has spent two decades building and scaling businesses across the biopharma sector. He was part of the leadership team that transformed Catalent from a private equity spinoff into a publicly traded global CDMO, where he led multiple successful acquisitions and integrations. Since joining Ardena as CEO in 2024, he has been steering the company through one of

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00:36:23

Biotech Funding Strategies for European Companies

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2025/11/17

"Life has not become simpler and easier. It's become more complex. Success requires acknowledging this complexity early and building flexibility into every aspect of the business model.”Renée Aguiar-Lucander is the CEO of Hansa Biopharma, appointed in April 2025. Renée brings rich expertise from seven years leading Calliditas Therapeutics through a dual NASDAQ listing and the first approved drug for IgA nephropathy, plus extensive healthcare investment experience at Omega Funds and 3i

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00:15:48

Poland's Biotech Sector: From Emerging Market to...

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2025/11/13

“Poland is no longer an emerging market. It’s a partnering market.”Dr. Magdalena Kulczycka, founder of the Biotech Innovation Institute, is a molecular biologist with experience spanning academia, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. Her institute fosters biotech growth from lab to market through consulting, venture building, and business development, with particular focus on Poland’s life sciences sector and the broader Central and Eastern European region.Poland’s biotech sector has undergone

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00:19:41

How to Build True CDMOs-Biotech Partnerships

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2025/11/10

“We invest emotionally and intellectually in their journey—when their product reaches patients, that’s our success too.”Janet Hoogstraate, CEO of NorthX Biologics, brings ~30 years of pharmaceutical experience spanning from preclinical development to GMP production for marketed products, with leadership roles at Valneva and AstraZeneca. Her experience from both the CDMO and sponsor sides contributes to NorthX’s approach to developing advanced biologics in extended collaboration with the innovative

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00:35:08

Inside Thermo Fisher’s Strategy for Analytical...

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2025/11/06

“The differentiator in our business isn’t the equipment and the facility—it’s the scientists working with customers to create assays and solve complex scientific challenges.”Leon Wyszkowski has spent nearly three decades in drug development, including 20 years at Thermo Fisher Scientific in roles spanning clinical services, CDMO operations, and now analytical services. His perspective on the evolution from internal pharma operations to service provider offers insights into how the industry’s

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00:22:46

How Basel Became Europe’s Dynamic Biotech “Super...

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2025/11/03

“This cluster has such a long history—it’s about chemistry meeting innovation, trading roots, and an open mindset. That unique mix created something remarkable.”Dr. Christof Klöpper, CEO of Basel Area Business & Innovation, brings a rare combination of academic rigour and practical experience to understanding biotech ecosystems. With a doctorate focused on innovation processes in biotechnology from the University of Basel and years leading the region’s business development efforts, he has helped

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00:33:29

Pharma Trends: A Commercial Perspective on Oncology,...

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2025/10/30

"It costs about $2.5 billion to bring a drug to the market, and only about 30% of those actually succeed or meet their commercial goals when they get to the market."Manufacturing leaders typically focus on the technical challenges directly in front of them—process validation, tech transfer timelines, capacity utilization. But understanding the commercial landscape offers critical intelligence for strategic planning: which therapeutic areas will drive demand, what modalities require

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00:30:26

MSD External Manufacturing: How Technical Operations...

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2025/10/26

“The key word is curiosity. That curiosity helps you to question and improve not only yourself, but also your processes, your systems, and how you interact with different stakeholders.”Jeroen Janssens, External Manufacturing Technical Operations Lead at MSD, provides insights through a technical lens on how one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies approaches biologics manufacturing partnerships. With over 15 years of experience spanning validation engineering to director-level leadership,

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00:16:03

Italy’s Biotech Future: How New Initiatives Are...

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2025/10/22

“We have strong scientific foundations and manufacturing excellence. Now we’re creating the ecosystem to help biotechs scale and compete globally,” says Federico Vigano, Board Member of Assobiotec.Federico Vigano, Country Manager for Vertex in Italy and Greece, brings extensive pharmaceutical leadership experience from roles at AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim and GSK. As a board member of Assobiotec, the Italian Association for the Development of Biotechnology representing over 100 companies and

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