Today's competitive market presents a fresh set of challenges to pharmaceutical companies. Good Practice consultants can assist those companies in achieving compliance by providing training on aspects of GMP for production and QC.

A strong partnership between a supplier and a lab is necessary in order for the lab to remain competitive. It is important to build that strong foundation early in the relationship, as this creates a critical path free of obstacles.

Laboratory managers and team leaders, because of their knowledge of how research on a project unfolds, often play critical roles in deciding inventorship issues. Correct inventorship has to be considered whenever one or more of your staff members submit an invention disclosure to be considered for filing as a patent application.

Setting up a high-throughput screening lab - scale and flexibility should influence buying decisions.

To increase efficiency and drive down costs, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are increasingly turning to multi-vendor asset management service providers for maintenance of their equipment throughout its life cycle from financing to disposal.