Pharmacist in the Jordan-based version of the boon of drugs package generic Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride 750 mg to be exported to the US market and the West in Amman on February 8, 2011.
LONDON (Reuters)-big drugmakers, under pressure to streamline operations in the face of rising costs and slow sales to the automotive industry, looking for tips on tuning up their profit machines.
Cars and drugs May seem to have much in common, but executives began to join the dots between sectors, apply the lessons of “lean” production system of the car and the value chain for the world of drugs.
GlaxoSmithKline, for example, worked with McLaren in September to get innovation and process knowledge of the technicians of Formula one, mirroring 2009 move by AstraZeneca to tap manufacturing expertise of Jaguar Land Rover, part of India’s Tata Motors.
the 250-Strong consulting arm to German carmaker Porsche, for its part, has been targeted as the pharmaceutical sector is ripe for advice.