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What’s In Store For CROs, CDMOs – “Stay In Your Swim Lane”, Consolidation, Divestitures

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

Brian Scanlan, operating partner (life sciences), Edgewater Capital Partners, in an interview with Scrip, outlines where things may be headed in the CRO/CDMO segment amid big pharma streamlining efforts, “belt tightening” by emerging biopharma, down rounds and heightened geopolitical tension.

Brian Scanlan, operating partner (life sciences), Edgewater Capital Partners

As emerging biopharma (EBP) navigates a phase of weak funding, contract research organizations (CROs) and contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) are keeping a hawk eye on the goings on.

The fortunes of the CRO/CDMO sector are inextricably linked to the growth of EBP firms, which by their very nature tend to operate on a more virtual model, outsourcing bulk of their R&D and manufacturing requirements

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