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2011 Annual Outsourcing Survey

Welcome to our 7th Annual Contract Pharma Outsourcing Survey! More than 200 sponsor-side respondents offered up their opinions on outsourcing trends for this year's poll. Here's a breakdown of the respondents, by company type & job function:

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Company Type


  • Top 20 Pharma: 32.9%
  • Small/Mid-Tier Pharma: 21.5%
  • Emerging Biopharma: 11.4%
  • Virtual Pharma: 7.4%
  • Generic Pharma: 6.7%
  • Top 10 Biopharma: 6.0%
  • Specialty Pharma: 5.4%
  • Consumer/OTC Healthcare: 1.3%
  • Other: 7.4%

Job Function


  • R&D: 22.8%
  • Purchasing/Sourcing: 12.1%
  • Production/Manufacturing/Packaging: 9.4%
  • Corporate Management: 8.7%
  • QA/QC/Validation: 8.1%
  • Project Manager: 7.4%
  • Supply Chain Manager: 6.7%
  • Contract Manager: 5.4%
  • Business Development: 4.7%
  • Marketing/Sales: 3.4%
  • Clinical Research: 2.7%
  • Engineering: 2.0%
  • Regulatory Affairs: 0.7%
  • Other: 6.0%

Signs of Improvement?



Last year, a whopping 55% of total respondents believed that they’d spend the same or less on outsourcing spending in the coming year; this year, that dipped to 45%.Meanwhile, 51%, told us that they spent the same or less on outsourcing in the previous year, down from 56%in our 2010 survey.

Only 25% of respondents told us they had cancelled outsourcing projects in the previous year due to the economy; down from 35% in our 2010 survey. Half of those respondents said they foresee resuming those projects with the original contract service provider, and 75% of them describe their outsourcing as strategic, not tactical. (Only 56% of all respondents describe their outsourcing relationships as strategic.)

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