48 CHEMICALS KNOWLEDGE HUB Issue 2 / October 2025 Transparency reduces coordination costs, speeds decision-making and lowers the risk of surprise findings during inspections. In an environment where scrutiny stretches from emissions disclosure to data integrity, digital maturity is becoming the connective tissue of trust. Elevating standards across the industry These pressures will be on display at CPhI, the industry’s annual showcase. Sponsors walking the halls are no longer swayed by glossy booths or cost comparisons alone. They want proof: inspection records that withstand regulatory scrutiny, sustainability metrics that can be independently verified, and dashboards that show live manufacturing data. The result is a higher bar for the entire sector. CDMOs and CROs that can combine cost efficiency with compliance, ESG transparency and digital visibility will be seen as strategic partners rather than interchangeable vendors. Those that cannot risk being left out of long-term frameworks, no matter how much spare capacity they offer. The contract services industry has always been about enabling innovation at scale. What is changing is the definition of value. In the end, pharma is buying assurance as much as throughput, and only those partners who can co-steward that licence to operate will endure. References 1. https://www.lonza.com/annualreport/2024/ our-businesses/biologics 2. https://agc.ft.com/why-pharmaceuticalcompanies-are-turning-to-outsourcing 3. https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/ industry/health-care/biopharma-labmodernization-digital-transformation-qc-labfuture.html 4. https://www.pharmtech.com/view/cphiexperts-report-that-small-to-mid-sized-uscdmos-must-invest-now-to-benefit-from2025-contract-funding-surge 5. https://www.fda.gov/media/119267/download 6. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/humanregulatory-overview/research-development/ compliance-research-development/goodmanufacturing-practice/guidance-goodmanufacturing-practice-good-distributionpractice-questions-answers CONTRACT SERVICES WILL CHU Editorial team CHEMICALS KNOWLEDGE HUB
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