Outsourcing (or contracting out) is often defined as the delegation of non-core operations or jobs from internal production within a business to an external entity (such as a subcontractor) that specializes in that operation. Outsourcing is a business decision that is often made to lower costs or focus on competencies. A related term, off shoring, means transferring work to another country, typically overseas. Off shoring is similar to outsourcing when companies hire overseas subcontractors, but differs when companies transfer work to the same company in another country. "Outsourcing" became a popular buzzword in business and management in the mid-1990s.
Outsourcing is defined as the "the process of transferring an existing business function, including the relevant physical and/or human assets, to an external provider in order to strategically use outside resources to perform activities previously handled in-house" (Baziotopoulos, 2006).
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Beyond Genomics - Drug discovery and development of biomarkers and pathway knowledge useful for detecting disease and measuring drug response. Includes overview of pre-clinical and clinical phases, company news and careers in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Meta Description: [ Innovative Paths to Better Medicines - BG Medicine's novel and proprietary scientific approaches allow us to characterize and compare biological states using our systems response profiles to describe disease and drug effects. ]
BioFocus plc - Offers multidisciplinary chemistry and biology expertise for pre-clinical drug discovery, in eastern England.
Meta Description: [ Target discovery | Drug discovery ]
Biopharma: Biopharmaceuticals in the U.S. Market - Online reference database and book concerning products and companies. Includes sample monographs. ordering details and contacts for publisher in Rockville, Maryland.
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Bioreliance Corp. - Provides nonclinical testing and manufacturing services for biologics. Contract facilities in Scotland and Germany, with laboratory animal diagnostic services, and headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.
Biotechnology Application Centre - Subsidiary of Unilever offering pilot plant for custom manufacturing or upscaling as well as the plug-in of genes into yeasts and filamentous fungi, followed by process development, and scale-up in Naarden, The Netherlands.
Meta Description: [ CaptureSelect products are camelid derived affinity ligands for use in life science research and bioprocess affinity chromatography. ]
Cambrex Life Sciences Corp. - Offers analytical and cell culture products and contract services to the life sciences industry. Includes product, management, corporate, and investor information, for many countries, with headquarters in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (NYSE: CBM)
Meta Description: [ The Cambrex Biosciences group is a leading global supplier to the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, and Life Science communities. Main products and services offered include active pharmaceutical ingredients, generic pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceutical manufacturing services, cell therapy manufactu... ]
Clonex Development, Inc. - Offers custom cell line development, and innovative technology for increased yield of bioproducts, manufactured in cellular systems. Includes vector catalog, technical resources, corporate and employment details in Chicago, Illinois.
Crimson Pharma - Develops and commercializes novel therapeutics to meet unmet medical and economic needs, including treating cancer, AIDS, and stroke. Offices in Fort Lee, New Jersey and Shanghai, China, with headquarters in Hong Kong.
CRL - Biopharmaceutical Development - Overview of protein chemistry, analytical, biotesting and mammalian cell banking skills, including those for clinical trials. Includes downloadable submission forms and links to other resources from Wilmington, Massachusetts.
Gene Logic Inc. - Offers gene expression data management and bioinformatic software, with focus on pharmacogenomics and toxicological implications. Includes CRO services, information for investors and corporate governance based in Gaithersburg, Maryland. (Nasdaq: GLGC)
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Gene Products, LLC. - Company offering gene synthesis, site-specific mutagenesis, expression optimization, prospective drug target validation services. Based in Dallas, Texas.
Meta Description: [ Gene Products LLC is dedicated to the prevention and curing of human disease. ]
Genius International - Specializing in the manufacture of recombinant proteins. Includes summary of bone morphogenetic proteins and profile of company in Hong Kong.
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GlycoFi, Inc. - Developing novel platforms for the production of therapeutic proteins, through metabolic engineering of fungal glycosylation pathways. Includes details of company, technology, careers and contacts in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Meta Description: [ Glycofi is the leader in the development and production of next generation biotherapeutics - glycoproteins with superior performance characteristics based on controlling both amino acid sequence and glycan structure of the protein. GlycoFis technology is a broadly applicable therapeutic protein... ]
ICOS Corporation - Discovers and develops treatment for inflammation and other diseases, targeting the earliest stages of the inflammation process. Includes expression and production in Bothell, Washington. (Nasdaq: ICOS).
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Innogenetics - Company encompassing both diagnostics and therapeutics, focusing mainly on infectious diseases, neurodegeneration, and genetic testing. Includes investor information and directions in Gent, Belgium.
Insmed, Inc. - Protein manufacturing facility concentrated on developing treatments for metabolic and endocrine disorders. Details of investor relations and cGMP process manufacturing at Boulder, Colorado. (Nasdaq: INSM)
Integragen - Genetic blueprint of complex human diseases, validated markers and therapeutic targets for diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia, using genome hybrid identity profiling. Based in Evry, France.
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Jerni - Peptide-originated drug discovery and development, with array technology, development of agonists or antagonists for drug targets and complex interactions. Contract and analytical services available from Berlin, Germany.
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Key Drug Prototyping BV - Offering crystallization of proteins for structure-based drug design studies. Includes company profile, products and job vacancies. Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
MP5 - Contract manufacturer specialized in clinical trial supply for cytotoxics, hormones, peptides and biotech products in Riom, France.
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P170 Recombinant Protein Production System - Offers technology for the expression and large-scale production of pharmaceutical proteins using lactic acid bacteria. Includes, overview, publications and contacts in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Meta Description: [ Bioneer A/S is an independent, research-based service company within biomedicine, biomedical technology and biotechnology. ]
PPD - Offers research and product support for drug discovery, development from lead and target identification, through clinical trials. Explains services and resources available in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Meta Description: [ PPD has specialized services for drug development phases and drug development processes. ]
Scottish Biomedical - A pre-clinical drug discovery services company focussing exclusively on early stage drug research.
Meta Description: [ Scottish Biomedical is a Glasgow based pre-clinical Drug Discovery Services Company. ]
SellWiss Pharma Biotechnology - Offers for contract manufacturing of biotechnologically-derived active pharmaceutical ingredients, therapeutics and biogenerics, from bacterial and mammalian cells. Also contacts for consultancy in Marburg, Germany.
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Synthon Chiragenics Corporation - Uses a patented process for chiral synthesis to transform readily available carbohydrates into building blocks for anti-viral, antibiotic and anti-cancer drugs. Company overview, and contacts in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.
Meta Description: [ Synthon Chiragenics Corporation is a world-leader in carbohydrate-based chiral technology for pharmaceuticals. ]
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