What regulatory executives think about outsourcing · 85 WHERE COMPANIES DO BUSINESS % 33% 48% 22%...
Transcript of What regulatory executives think about outsourcing · 85 WHERE COMPANIES DO BUSINESS % 33% 48% 22%...
85WHERECOMPANIES DO
BUSINESS %
33%
48%
22%31%
Primary rationale for outsourcingREGULATORY AFFAIRS WORK
33%To temporarily
manage overflow
26%To increase
capacity
19%Other
responses
17%To enable in-house staff
to focus on strategic work
5%To save cost
outsource less than10% of their budget50%
outsource more than25% of their budget32%
Estimated percentageof totalREGULATORY AFFAIRS BUDGETthat is outsourced:
MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS WHEN SELECT ING AN
OUTSOURCING PROVIDEREXPERIENCE
COSTTHERAPEUTIC KNOWLEDGE
FIT
Internet search
8%
Leveraging our in-house procurement team
10%
Working with a large CRO
13%
Using referrals from trusted sources
69%
FUNCTIONS HANDLED BY THEREGUL ATORY DEPARTMENT AT YOUR COMPANY?
Label review of regulatory signoff
Advertising regulatory signoff
Regulatory CMC
Pharmacovigilance
Quality assurance
Study startup
Environmental considerations
Market access or reimbursement
FOR OUTSOURCING OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHSTOP AREAS
Regulatory strategy
Pharmacovigilance
Regulatory operations(publishing)
Overflow submissions
Regulatory writing
Mature marketedproducts support
Regulatory CMC
Quality assurance
Labeling
In the first quarter of 2013, Optum Life Sciences surveyed 46 small, mid-size and large life science companies to gauge their regulatory outsourcing practices and plans. Companies represented a range of therapeutic areas — predominantly oncology, CNS, GI, CV and respiratory. Below is a closer look at their regulatory outsourcing activities.
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What regulatoryexecutives thinkabout outsourcing
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outsource 11-25% of their budget
18%
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