Molecule to Market: Inside the outsourcing space

In the trenches of pharma manufacturing

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Ray Kaczmarek, Chief Executive Officer at Genezen. Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Ray, covering:

• Translating military life lessons into key business leadership - taking care of your people, having operational discipline and allowing people to be leaders.
• Invaluable learnings from taking a drug from clinical trials to commercial and on-market supply.
• Insight into the booming cell and gene therapy space and how it will change the way we view medicine as a cure, not a treatment.
• The under the radar, up and coming region of Fishers, Indianapolis. Could this be the next big life science hub?

Genezen CEO Ray has over 25 years of leadership experience with the past 20 years in biotechnology and pharmaceutical operations. Ray has previously held positions including President at Nitto Avecia Pharma Services, Founder OC Biotech Consultants, SVP of GMP Operations at TriLink BioTechnologies, and VP of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations at Pacira Biosciences. He has supported new drug development, clinical operations, and commercial operations in biologics, vaccines, and pharmaceuticals throughout his career. Ray leads Genezen’s growth strategy and is focused on finding ways to achieve excellence for our employees, our clients, and their patients.

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From Sweden with Science

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Hans J Johansson, Global Applications Director at Purolite. Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Hans, covering:

• A career spent developing ideas and creating products that produce new applications for customers and commercial success.
• Driving the Purolite business unit from the ground-up from a lab bench to a commercial scale life science based franchise.
• Hans’ lifelong habits and approach that have enabled him to have a successful career.
• An insight into Sweden’s vibrant life science hub - Uppsala.
• The development of new technologies that will increase yield while reducing environmental footprint... a sign of things to come!

Hans J Johansson is Global Applications Director at Purolite Life Sciences, Llantrisant, Wales. He has spent more than 30 years in the Biotech industry. Most of the time in research and development at Pharmacia/Amersham/GE Healthcare with a special focus on design and applications of industrial chromatography resins intended for antibody purification. He frequently publishes in scientific journals and is the holder of more than ten patents around resin design and large-scale protein purification. He is currently working with development and applications of novel, agarose-based, chromatography resins.

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The niche, niche CDMO with enviable patient reach

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Jim Hall, President at Lifecore Biomedical

Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Jim, covering: 

• What a period working on the sponsor/buyer side taught him about getting best out of your CROs and CDMOs

• The challenges of doubling in size twice in just 10 years and not getting ‘too far out over your skis’
• Building a culture with longevity and not losing sight of the purpose - never hurting a patient
• Insight into market growth figures and why the injectable market remains a hot spot
• Timeless advice around not chasing the money, always be learning and keeping an open mind

Jim was appointed President in June 2017. He served as Vice President and General Manager since July 2013, Vice President of Operations since 2006 and was Director of Manufacturing Operations and Engineering since 2001; prior to that he was the Manager of Engineering and Operations at Lifecore. Mr. Hall brings over 30 years of pharmaceutical and combination product manufacturing and development experience.

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Diaries of DCAT

Last week marked the return of DCAT in New York City. A prestigious event that’s open to companies engaged in the Biotech and Pharmaceutical manufacturing space…

With the massive return this year of events. Your host, Raman Sehgal, decided to shake things up this year and do things differently, taking your favourite life science podcast Molecule to market with him… Equipped with only a laptop and a microphone, he hit the event space in style and interviewed some great guests along the way.

Listen to a variety of select guests at the top of their field. 

• Yasmin Davoodi, Head Of Commercial at ramarketing

• Jon Lenihan, Head of Sales & Business Development, CDMO Business Unit Head at Emergent Biosolutions

• David Enloe, President and CEO of Societal™ CDMO (formerly Recro)

• Gil Roth, President, Pharma and Biopharma Outsourcing Association

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Finland’s Viral Vector Manufacturer of Happinesses

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Magnus Gustafsson, formerly at the time of recording Head of Global Business Development now Chief Business Officer at Biovian.

Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Magnus, covering:

• The advantages and disadvantages of viral vector products, including the challenge of needing to balance cost with patient access.

• Insights into a CDMO with a 96% staff retention rate and an enviable NPS score.

• The ballooning opportunity that exists in the viral vector space but also the risk that potentially comes along with such a popular platform.

• What makes Finland and the Nordic region so special?

Magnus Gustafsson has worked in the biopharma manufacturing space for over 20 years. He holds an MSc in Biochemical Engineering, an MBA in Business Administration and a PhD in Medical Protein Science. Having worked for the likes of AZ, GE, Recipharm and Cobra Biologics, he has a track record of driving business with both commercial and strategic success combined with a customer-centric mindset. 

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From corporate rebel to CDMO entrepreneur

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Hanns-Christian Mahler CEO at ten23 health.

Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Hanns, covering:

• Transitioning from the structure and scale of Merck, Roche and Lonza into an entrepreneurial start-up CDMO leader.
• Having a business purpose focused on the triple-bottom line that is not just profit - patients, people and planet.
• Tips and insights of how a CDMO can play its part in encouraging sustainability, reducing environmental impact and managing footprints, across all levels.
• Insights into the opportunity and growth in small-scale sterile biologics, and some of the drivers behind these trends.
• Dr. Mahler is CEO & Board Member at ten23 health. He previously led the Drug Product Services (DPS) Business Unit at Lonza and worked in various leadership roles at Roche and Merck. He has an extensive expertise in formulation development, process development & validation, packaging/device development and integration, sterile manufacturing, and regulatory submissions.

With a Ph.D. in toxicology, he also serves as Editor for Pharmaceutical Research, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, AAPS Open Journal, and PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology. He has published more than 120 manuscripts and is co-inventor of more than 50 patents.

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Mr digital transformation

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with David Leitham, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Aspen Technology.

Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with David, covering:

• Why a transformative approach is now needed to better deal with new therapeutics and modalities.
• The pandemic as the inflexion point for companies in pharma to truly adapt technology and create a competitive advantage.
• How contract services organisations are driving change in the life science sector and why they could be the ‘lighthouse’ for others to follow.
• Being open to failure, embracing the wrong calls and treating every set back as a learning opportunity.

David leads the pharma business unit at AspenTech, defining solutions that best serve the needs of pharmaceutical manufacturers to accelerate digitalization in their environments.

Prior to AspenTech, David spent nearly 20 years with Thermo Fisher Scientific. 

He held multiple leadership positions, most recently as Vice President and General Manager responsible for a team of more than 500 people. In this role, he drove digital transformation efforts for multiple businesses within the company, while also integrating and harmonising product divisions for improved organisation and performance.

His previous roles include Glaxo SmithKline where he served as Vice President, Information Engineering, Technology and Architecture. David attended Penn State University where he holds a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering.

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The Latin American logistics leader

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Jaqueline Escotero, Regional Vice President for Latin America at World Courier.

Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Jaqueline, covering:

• The misconnections, characteristics and challenges of doing business in Latin America’s pharmaceutical sector.
• The immense complexity and level of responsibility involved in vaccine storage and distribution over the last year.
• Timeless lessons from a lifetime spent doing international business all over the world.
• A key trend that everyone in our sector needs to be prepared for in a post-pandemic world.

Jaqueline is responsible for the World Courier business in Latin America and is based in São Paulo, Brazil. She is an experienced executive, with 29 years of international experience in the healthcare industry, leading important roles in marketing, sales, training, government and external affairs, specialty logistics and customer service at major pharmaceutical and medical device companies. She holds an MBA in Strategic Marketing and Bachelor Degree in International Business. She is also the global Chairperson of WIN - “Women’s Impact Network” - at AmerisourceBergen, a global initiative, focused on over 40,000 employees.

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We are also proudly supported by Zymewire, which is the leader in actionable sales intelligence for life science Business development professionals. In fact, thousands of life science BD professionals start their day with sales signals from Zymewire. Learn more at tryzymewire.com

 

The opportunistic entrepreneur

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Ross Burn, Chief Executive at CatSci.

Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Ross, covering:

• Creating a successful business from an opportunistic AZ spin-out.
• Never being afraid to pivot in-line with the needs of the market and have big aims like becoming an innovative medicines development partner with a $1 billion valuation.
• The challenge of raising capital as an oversubscribed CRO with a 50% compound growth rate.

How the pandemic has helped put life sciences and pharma R&D on the map but also the work to be done to meet unmet needs.

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Molecule to Market is sponsored and funded by ramarketing. An international content, design and digital agency that helps companies in life sciences get noticed.

We are also proudly supported by Zymewire, which is the leader in actionable sales intelligence for life science Business development professionals. In fact, thousands of life science BD professionals start their day with sales signals from Zymewire. Learn more at tryzymewire.com

The Floundering Founder, a lifetime of knowledge for as little as a pound/dollar.

In this special bonus episode of Molecule to Market, our host discusses his very first book launch ‘The Floundering Founder’ which is now available on Amazon and Kindle. 

Whilst you know him as the host of Molecule to Market, Raman has built up an impressive career in marketing, leadership and sector disciplines over the past 20+ years working within the global pharmaceutical and biotech outsourcing sector. Over the past twelve months of that career, Raman has spent an hour each day working on his latest achievement: ‘The Floundering Founder.’

The Floundering Founder gives 24 lessons to refocus your business and better yourself.  

With quick, simple lessons, The Floundering Founder can help you re-engineer your business and your life for sustainable, long-term success.

In twenty-four bite-sized lessons that fit any schedule, you’ll learn to navigate forward with renewed intentionality and purpose.

Make no mistake, this book isn’t fictional. You will relive the close and personal revelations of starting and scaling a business and how ramarketing has grown to be one of the most fast-growing global marketing agencies. 

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