Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and API sourcing: why not Central Europe? - August 2011

At present, only a few companies based in Central Europe and the Balkans emphasise their contract manufacturing and API sourcing services. There is relatively strong competition from companies from the Far East and from Western Europe. On the other hand, the potential of the region seems to be considerable, with Poland and the Czech Republic still the most attractive locations, according to our latest report, entitled “Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and API sourcing in Central Europe and the Balkan states 2011”.

According to the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare (EDQM), India and China are also progressing as non-European users of EDQM Reference Standards. In May and September 2010, two conferences were organised in cooperation with the EDQM in India and China on the quality of APIs. These highlighted important matters relevant to the quality of APIs, dossier assessment, inspections and pharmacopoeial requirements.