3 Barriers to Innovation for Outsourcing Drug Discovery

We work with researchers from big and large pharma to discover new CROs and outsource drug discovery. Whether they have worked with a handful of CROs or none at all, tech savvy scientists are adopting the internet as their tool for outsourcing drug discovery. Despite the enthusiasm of these users, … Continue reading →

Drug development costs: what gives?

As previously discussed, drug development costs have been rising to almost prohibitive levels. In 1975, the average approved drug cost $100 million dollars (inflation-adjusted) to develop and approve. In 2005, that number had soared; it cost more than $1.3 billion to bring a drug to … Continue reading →

Nearsourcing’s Effect on Vendor Relationships

Outsourcing a project is often seen as an all or nothing proposition: either an entire project is outsourced or everything is kept in house. The reality is that a mixed approach can be taken for outsourcing by complementing core competencies and sourcing of weaknesses1. One benefit of … Continue reading →

Virtual Drug Discovery: the Information Age is Transforming Research

In part one of four, published on Pharmaphorum last month, Dr Kevin Lustig and Dr Maria Thompson of Assay Depot discussed the changing face of virtual drug discovery and development and life science research in general. Outlining a process for research in the information age allows scientists to … Continue reading →

How to Nearsource Science Effectively

You've made the decision to outsource to a contract research organization, but you're not sure where to start. Do you send it overseas for lower cost or nearsource to a local group? Where do you even start? The way people outsource projects are often very simple or needlessly complicated. Some … Continue reading →

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3 Barriers to Innovation for Outsourcing Drug Discovery

Drug development costs: what gives?

Nearsourcing’s Effect on Vendor Relationships

Virtual Drug Discovery: the Information Age is Transforming Research

How to Nearsource Science Effectively