Performance improvement in pharmaceutical R&D through new outsourcing models

The stimulation of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry through outsourcing of research and development (R&D) activities within the drug discovery and development process is analysed. The empirical data were collected through interviews with experts of pharmaceutical companies and servi...

Verfasser: Festel, Gunter
Schicker, Alexander
Boutellier, Roman
FB/Einrichtung:FB 12: Chemie und Pharmazie
Dokumenttypen:Artikel
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2010
Publikation in MIAMI:07.06.2010
Datum der letzten Änderung:18.03.2016
Quelle:Journal of Business Chemistry, 7 (2010) 2, S. 89-96
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Fachgebiet (DDC):330: Wirtschaft
Lizenz:InC 1.0
Sprache:English
Anmerkungen:Section "Practicioner’s Section"
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-97469682027
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-97469682027
Onlinezugriff:2010_vol7_iss2_89-96.pdf

The stimulation of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry through outsourcing of research and development (R&D) activities within the drug discovery and development process is analysed. The empirical data were collected through interviews with experts of pharmaceutical companies and service providers between 2002 and 2005. Additionally, in 2008, the outsourcing behaviour of the already interviewed and additional companies was analysed through desk research. The results show that the outsourcing behaviour of traditional and emerging pharmaceutical companies is completely different. Whereas the make-or-buy decisions of traditional companies are mainly competency or know-how driven, that of emerging companies are primarily capacity or cost driven. Nevertheless, for both types of companies the cooperation model of “strategic partnership” offers access to high-level expertise while reducing fixed costs and complexity. Within this model, external providers are temporarily integrated into internal R&D teams and thus able to support R&D projects flexibly and more timely.