Category: Manufacturing

  • Departing From the Usual: A Biotech Department Skill Guide

    Recruiting for biotech jobs has a lot of aspects to it, including the different job levels as I wrote about previously, and also including understanding the different departments and specialties.  Knowing what each department focuses on, as well as which departments have similar base skillsets, will help you out whether you’re job searching for your… Read more

  • What Timeline are You On?

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    This is no time to talk about time.  We don’t have the time!-Deanna Troi, “Star Trek: First Contact” Timelines are one of the major topics during biotech product development, whether that is performed in-house or via contract with a CDMO.  While most scientists working in biotech came into the field to do research and to… Read more

  • Why Do Pilot Plants Exist?

    Why would you need a pilot plant? I was asked this question at a local industry happy hour recently, as we were discussing some of the available biotech manufacturing capacity here in the greater Seattle area. A former company in the area had an amazing pilot plant, which was later purchased by a different company… Read more