Can QbD Help Build Better Partnerships?

As far as I know, no one has looked into how to apply Quality by Design to outsourcing situations more than Russ Somma, president of SommaTech consulting. Russ has published on the topic in the past, and was the lead speaker on our recent webcast on outsourcing excellence (available on-demand here and also featuring Rakesh Kishan of UMS Advisory and Ron Perry of Wyeth Consumer Healthcare).

Here is the printed summary of Russ's webcast presentation. His underlying premise: "QbD does not become the driving factor of partnerships, but it becomes the philosophy against which one sets up strong partnerships."

Also, here is a related article by Russ and colleague Andy Signore from Contract Pharma last year.

--Paul Thomas

How QbD Can Leverage Outsourcing Partnerships

Forgive the self-promotion, but today I've been reviewing our recent webcast on Operational Excellence for Building Better Partnerships, and think it's a fantastic overview of how Quality by Design and principles of operational excellence can be applied to pharmaceutical contract relationships, for the betterment of everybody involved. In particular, consultant Russ Somma discusses how challenging QbD concepts such as Design Space can be simplified and applied to outsourcing relationships, and the ideals of QbD can be shared with partners. Consultant Rakesh Kishan gives a good talk on keeping core employees in mind in all outsourcing situations, and Ron Perry of Wyeth Consumer Healthcare details his company's innovative supplier quality excellence program.

The webcast is free; registration is required.

--Paul Thomas