ARTICLE BY LOUIS

  • View From Tokyo: Rise Of The “Values” Chain
    5/15/2020

    The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has brokered a virulent "value" chain debate around the world, including a global CDMO's CEO situated in Tokyo. 

  • A COVID-19 Vaccine, Outsourcing, And Made In The USA
    4/27/2020

    That’s an unwieldy title for an editorial. But we’ll bundle those three components quickly, thanks to U.S.-based GeoVax Labs CEO David Dodd. He's the quintessential professional to assist readers in assessing and contemplating current and future realities.

  • New U.S And Canadian Facilities Boosting Biologics Capacity
    4/13/2018

    Biopharma executives have warned they need more biologics development and manufacturing capacities, particularly in North America. They haven’t been howling at the moon. Four announcements – within two days of each other – offer a sign of relief. And Amgen has provided Outsourced Pharma with its first public estimate of costs for one of those facilities.

  • Some Biopharma Haven’t Caught Outsourcing Enthusiasm
    5/6/2016

    I often write – and you read – about those individuals at biopharma companies openly enthusiastic about outsourcing. Not too long ago, though, I ran into a person who seemed to outdo the others in absolute embrace of this model. But here’s the catch: Her company won’t allow her enthusiasm to be shared “on the record.”

  • Leadership At “The Best CMO In The World”
    7/8/2015

    An Exclusive Interview on Leadership with Samsung BioLogics President & CEO Tae Han Kim.

  • Can Bayer Innovate the Incubator For Japan?
    7/6/2015

    There’s not much of a biotechnology industry in Japan. That doesn’t deter Shunichi Takahashi, head of Bayer's Open Innovation Center Japan (ICJ). He’s innovating the incubator to mine the abundant research at universities there.

  • The Drums Of BIO 2015: Dollars, Nano and Data
    7/2/2015

    Among the drumbeat of discussions at BIO 2015, three sounds reverberated above all: the first came from the bass drum of money; next was the razor-sharp tones of the nanotech snare drum; and hitting the cymbals for exclamation was “the whole digital field interacting with pharma and bio."

  • Samsung BioLogics: How To Build A CMO Business
    6/26/2015

    In this exclusive interview with Outsourced Pharma, Tae Han Kim, PhD, president and CEO of Samsung BioLogics, shares his story of how he selected the biologics contract-manufacturing industry, the building of his business, and his first customers.

  • Super Quality Accidental Collisions at BIO 2015
    6/8/2015

    At first blush, the BIO 2015 theme of “Super” doesn’t sound all that, well, super. But after meeting a super hero of the industry who warns of the need to prepare for super quality accidental collisions, the theme comes into full focus.

  • Marking The Present And Promise of Biomarkers
    6/4/2015

    Biomarkers are becoming an industry unto themselves: they have their own FDA tables and World Congress, and have been before the Supreme Court. They also provide outsourcing companies with growing business opportunities. At the same time, it’s good practice to temper enthusiasm with a reality-check on the real-world status of the development and application of any science. 

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Louis Garguilo



Louis Garguilo is chief editor of Outsourced Pharma, and is considered a leading authority on the art and science of drug development and manufacturing outsourcing. He studied public relations and journalism at Syracuse University (and holds a Master’s in English). His widely read editorials are based on in-depth analysis and interviews with industry executives and professionals. Editorials are written in an engaging and unique style that guide readers through the macro aspects and subtle nuances of outsourcing, and working with contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs). Garguilo also serves as moderator for the various Outsourced Pharma Live webinars held throughout the year.

Prior to joining Outsourced Pharma in 2014, Garguilo spent a decade at a global pharmaceutical contract research, development and manufacturing organization, leaving the industry after attaining the role of vice president, business development and marketing. Additionally, he has served under the governor of New York in the state’s economic development agency, as liaison to the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry; as chief strategic officer for an e-learning software company; and spent most of the ‘80s and ‘90s in Japan as an educator, author, and communications consultant.