"Since its inception, the biotechnology industry has depended on new technologies for the discovery and development of products. Manufacturing, although essential, has been positioned as a step in the commercialization process. With rapid growth in the number of biopharmaceutical products on the market and the advent of follow-on biologics, however, manufacturing is becoming a strategic, enabling technology that is allowing innovative companies with high-efficiency expertise to participate in product development. This panel will look at a number of companies that are leveraging unique manufacturing expertise to develop biopharmaceuticals and their product development strategies."

Objective1:Explore how biotech manufacturing has become a productenabling technology.

Objective2:Examine how manufacturing has become an integral part of product development.

Objective3:Explain how to leverage manufacturing expertise as a competitive advantage.