By Fenil Patel, External Tech Transfer Director at Rezon Bio
What does it take to build true manufacturing resilience in biologics?
At CPHI 2026, Fenil Patel, External Tech Transfer Director at Rezon Bio, explored how the right CDMO partnership can help build resilient manufacturing networks that support the full product lifecycle.
The presentation looks beyond capacity alone, focusing on the combination of quality and reliability, competitive and scalable operations, technological and regulatory fit, and product-oriented partnerships needed to mitigate risk and maintain supply continuity.
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Key focus areas
- Manufacturing resilience: Reducing single-site dependency and strengthening supply continuity through dual-site and network manufacturing strategies.
- Competitive and scalable operations: Looking beyond service price to yield, productivity and other key drivers of COGS.
- Technology transfer and regulatory execution: Aligning process fit, comparability and regulatory strategy to enable manufacturing flexibility.
- Product-oriented partnerships: Moving beyond transactional CDMO relationships to support evolving manufacturing, regulatory and supply needs.
