The Talent Challenge in Biologics Manufacturing

While companies are working hard to create new manufacturing capacity for biologics, protein production, which requires more highly trained and experienced workers, will remain constrained by a lack of qualified staff. Companies will need to act on a variety of fronts to deal with the problem--among them, more co-op hiring, and more partnering with companies with the requisite manufacturing capacity.

by Ameet Mallik, Gary Pinkus, and Scott Sheffer

Sales of biologics, one of the industry's most clinically promising drug classes, are projected to grow 13-15% annually over the...

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