Welcome to our 4th Annual Contract Pharma Outsourcing Survey! More than 175 sponsor-side respondents offered up their opinions on outsourcing trends for this year's poll. Here's a breakdown of respondents by company type:
Last year, 22% of total respondents believed that they'd spend the same or less on outsourcing in the coming year; this year, that number dropped to 16%. Last year, 30% of respondents reported they'd increase outsourcing spending by 10% or more in the coming year; that number dropped to 23% this time around.
The percentage of respondents who believe that their outsourcing expenditure will increase from 1-5% from the previous year nearly doubled, from 17% in the previous survey to 32% this time around. The portion who will increase outsourcing spending from 6-10% in the coming year was nearly steady, dropping from 32% to 29%.
For a PDF of this year's Outsourcing Survey, including information on spending growth, preferred vendors, sponsor attitudes, and outsourcing to Asia, just click here!
(Looking for the 2007 edition? click here)
--Gil Y. Roth
Editor
Contract Pharma
Thanks to all who took the time to respond to this year's Outsourcing Survey. The winner of our 80gb iPod Classic drawing is Syed Yousuf of Pfizer! Congratulations! If you'd like to participate in this year's Salary Survey and win a chance at another 80gb iPod, click here!
- Small/Mid-Tier Pharma - 25.7%
- Big Pharma - 23.6%
- Virtual Pharma - 12.1%
- Generic Pharma - 12.1%
- Emerging Biopharma - 10.0%
- Specialty Pharma - 5.7%
- Big Bio - 3.6%
- Other - 7.1%
Slow & Steady?
Last year, 22% of total respondents believed that they'd spend the same or less on outsourcing in the coming year; this year, that number dropped to 16%. Last year, 30% of respondents reported they'd increase outsourcing spending by 10% or more in the coming year; that number dropped to 23% this time around.
The percentage of respondents who believe that their outsourcing expenditure will increase from 1-5% from the previous year nearly doubled, from 17% in the previous survey to 32% this time around. The portion who will increase outsourcing spending from 6-10% in the coming year was nearly steady, dropping from 32% to 29%.
For a PDF of this year's Outsourcing Survey, including information on spending growth, preferred vendors, sponsor attitudes, and outsourcing to Asia, just click here!
(Looking for the 2007 edition? click here)
--Gil Y. Roth
Editor
Contract Pharma
Salary Survey Update!
Thanks to all who took the time to respond to this year's Outsourcing Survey. The winner of our 80gb iPod Classic drawing is Syed Yousuf of Pfizer! Congratulations! If you'd like to participate in this year's Salary Survey and win a chance at another 80gb iPod, click here!