How Piramal Pharma Built a $1 Billion CDMO by Solving Client Problems, Not Selling Services
“The world can change overnight. We have to accept volatility as part of the world we live in.”Peter DeYoung, CEO of Piramal Global Pharma, has spent 13 years with the Piramal Group, navigating the complexities of pharmaceutical manufacturing across consulting, investing, and operating roles. His engineering background and cross-continental experience position him to lead a billion-dollar pharma operation spanning CDMO services, complex hospital generics, and consumer healthcare.In this PharmaSource podcast interview, Peter explains how Piramal competes for mindshare as pharma companies reassess their manufacturing footprints, why geographic flexibility matters more than ever, and how the company measures success through customer delight rather than satisfaction.Read more.
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The End of Global Pharma Supply Chains: How Regionalization Will Impact Industry Profitability
"We are not in a transient moment - this will affect industry profitability for decades. The previous era of rule-based international trade is gone"Frank Binder, Managing Director at GSCA (Global Supply Chain Advisors) and former Head of Supply Chain at Santen and Celgene, has watched the pharmaceutical supply chain undergo unprecedented disruption in 2025. The wave of US tariff announcements, regulatory complexity, and forced regionalization has created what he calls a fundamental shift in how the industry must operate.Read full article
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How KBI Biopharma’s “Analytical Powerhouse” Underpins Their Full-Service CDMO Growth
“We became an analytical powerhouse before we started offering integrated process development and manufacturing. That’s what differentiates us.”Sigma Mostafa, Chief Scientific Officer, and Katie Edgar, Chief Business Officer at KBI Biopharma, explain how technical depth in analytics and proprietary cell line technology create competitive advantage in an increasingly crowded CDMO market.Sigma brings 15 years of experience with KBI, joining as Director of Process Development in 2010 and advancing through the company’s exponential growth. Katie leads business strategy, focusing on long-term partnerships and proactive risk mitigation for customers ranging from virtual biotech startups to global pharmaceutical companies.In this PharmaSource podcast recorded live at CPHI Frankfurt 2025, Sigma and Katie reveal how KBI’s analytical foundation, combined with high-touch customer relationships and digital integration tools, supports molecules from early development through commercial manufacturing.Full article
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Ardena CEO on Navigating CDMO Volatility: Specialization, Nanomedicine, and Resilience
“Despite the volatility, the industry is getting some positive energy and renewed confidence”Jeremie Trochu, Chief Executive Officer at Ardena, has spent two decades building and scaling businesses across the biopharma sector. He was part of the leadership team that transformed Catalent from a private equity spinoff into a publicly traded global CDMO, where he led multiple successful acquisitions and integrations. Since joining Ardena as CEO in 2024, he has been steering the company through one of the most volatile periods in pharmaceutical manufacturing history.In a recent PharmaSource podcast episode, Jeremie explains how CDMOs can build resilient partnerships, when to specialize versus diversify, and what it takes to earn a seat at the table with pharma and biotech clients.Read more.
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Biotech Funding Strategies for European Companies
"Life has not become simpler and easier. It's become more complex. Success requires acknowledging this complexity early and building flexibility into every aspect of the business model.”Renée Aguiar-Lucander is the CEO of Hansa Biopharma, appointed in April 2025. Renée brings rich expertise from seven years leading Calliditas Therapeutics through a dual NASDAQ listing and the first approved drug for IgA nephropathy, plus extensive healthcare investment experience at Omega Funds and 3i Group.Speaking to PharmaSource at Nordic Life Science Days (NLSDays), Renée shares candid insights on the investment climate that's reshaped biotech over the past few years, the structural challenges facing European companies, and what early-stage biotechs need to focus on to survive an increasingly selective funding environment.Read more.
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