Gary Rivers

Biotech and small pharma companies rely heavily on external partners to deliver manufacturing, packaging, testing, storage, and distribution. This panel explores how smaller organizations can build productive, transparent, and resilient relationships with CMOs, CDMOs, and 3PLs. Speakers will discuss how to negotiate the right service models, maintain quality oversight, manage variability, and ensure alignment between internal priorities and partner workflows.

• Strengthen CMO/CDMO/3PL partnerships through clear expectations, shared KPIs, and structured governance
• Maintain quality and compliance standards even with highly outsourced supply chains
• Mitigate dependency risks by diversifying partners, developing backup capacity, and improving transparency