By Tu T. Tran, VP of Sales & Marketing, Pharma Tech Industries09.10.18
I’m going to go out on a limb here, and propose that there’s a strong case to be made for nutritional brands selecting contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) that have traditionally catered to the pharmaceutical sector. You may think I’m comparing apples-to-oranges, but by the time you’ve finished digesting my argument, I believe you’ll agree that I’m actually talking apples-to-apples, and that this idea makes profound (if outside-the-box) sense.
The most pressing reason for nutrition/nutraceutical brands to expand the search radius of their CMO exploration to consider legacy pharma portfolio CMOs revolves around quality control and assurance. There’s a “Quality by Design” aspect here and, as the nutrition industry has sometimes struggled with (usually undeserved) accusations of suspect quality control, why not seek out CMOs with pharma-grade QA/QC systems and relevant manufacturing equipment/lines?
The Quality Equation
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