Every so often, one gets a major reminder of the strategic importance of manufacturing and the largely invisible "CGMP set" to the drug industry and, yes, its bottom line. Former FDA chief Mark McClellan gave pharma a good one years ago with his famous "potato chips and soap flakes" comment, immortalized in a Wall Street Journal piece. Typically, manufacturing continues to be thought of something that will get done....quietly, invisibly, wherever and by whomever.
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'On Pharma'