Outsourcing India

Globalization has been a key trend in the chemical industry for many years, with regard not only to business with suppliers and customers on all continents, but also to operations. The shift of production to the Far East and business process outsourcing to India or Eastern Europe are only the latest examples of this trend. 

Outsourcing to reliable RCs in underdeveloped nations (e.g., India and China) provides enormous benefits to these nations, greatly enhancing their economies and stimulating the educational process needed to develop national culture—not only to... 

Globalization in the modem era has led to worldwide outsourcing. Two chapters were dedicated to the changes in the pharmaceutical industry in terms of outsourcing. In Chapter 28, Lu and Shinkai (Beta Chem, Japan), formerly from Merck, discuss the trends. Robins and Hannon (Davos), in Chapter 29, outline the importance of sourcing pharmaceutical products to China and India. 

Biotech and pharma companies outsource a number of different functions. In the discovery phase, the syntheses of building blocks, intermediates, and especially libraries are frequently outsourced, often to India or Eastern Europe. Offshoring of chemistry is frequent, that of biology less so. But ADME Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion) studies and animal models for preclinical development are now sometimes done in China, for example, at Shanghai s WuXi Pharmatech, whose customers currently include nearly all of big pharma and big biotech. ... 

There is a cost that is associated with managing this, says Dr Sarvajit Chakravarty, Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry at Medivation, Inc. and former VP of Chemistry at Sai Advantium Pharma, Ltd of Pune, India and Mountain View, California, who s familiar with both sides of the outsourcing equation. So internally when you look at that, your 85,000 FTE is now beginning to cost you more like 100,000 or 120,000, depending on the number of people you have internally managing this. ... 

Gereffi, G., Wadhwa, V, 2005. Framing the Engineering Outsourcing Debate Placing the United States on a Level Playing Field with China and India , Duke University Report,... 

Consider Bharti Tele-Ventures, the largest private telephone company in India. It recently outsourced and integrated its core functions - such as network and program management, help desk support, disaster recovery, IT, and billing - which freed it to focus exclusively on marketing and customer service strategies. As a result, Bharti tripled its subscriber base - from six to 18 million subscribers - in just 20 months. 

Please note that the term help is limited to the regulatory 6 assistance outcomes as defined in chapter 148, paragraph 6d of the MOPP, and should not be taken as a guarantee of unlimited assistance, Any assistance able to be rendered is subject to review and change without notice. Furthermore, the term here is relevant only in the abstract the Human Resources department cannot guarantee physical co-presence at any location, and departmental functions will be outsourced to India as of the 1st of next month. 

In India, many global pharmaceutical players (Pfizer, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, GSK, Aventis, Novo Nordisk, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Roche and Amgen - to name but a few) have expanded their existing clinical research investment and infrastmcture Table VI). According to estimates from Chiltem International, in 2005, outsourced clinical trials generated an estimated 71 million in revenues for Indian companies in this sector, and were predicted to grow to 318 million by 2010. 

Pharmceutical Outsourcing Landscape in India - an Overview, Zinnov Management Consulting, April 2006, www.zinnov.eom/presentation/Phannaceutical Outsourcing 0... 

One controversy brewing in telemedicine is the outsourcing of medicine to other countries. Radiologists have seen an increasing amount of reading and interpretation being transferred to companies based in India, which hire United States board-certified radiologists. 

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