Samsung Biologics wants Big Pharma to up biomanufacturing outsourcing and says lessons learned from the semiconductor industry will give it the advantage in the CMO space.
CMOs will struggle to compete with large in-house capacity investments, according to Results Healthcare which predicts a decline in outsourced biomanufacturing.
Since 2011, Samsung Biologics has built two plants, gained Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche as clients and launched an IPO. With a third facility under construction, Biopharma-Reporter visited to see the CMO’s ambition in action.
Samsung will set up a $300m biosimilars development JV with Massachusetts, US-based Biogen Idec, building on the partnership it forged with CRO Quintiles earlier this year.