Check out Melissa Fassbender’s intriguing article on API contract manufacturing trends to “Chindia” and perhaps back West again.  Have we come to understand API outsourcing to China and India as the new normal? 

According to Oursourcing Pharma‘s Fassbender, there are over 1,500 suppliers of API in China and 2,300 in India with an output of $27 billion. Dr. Enrico Polastro was quoted from his recent DCAT session entitles “Pharma fine chemicals outsourcing:  Back to the West?”

Check out the article here.  Need API supplier audits in China or India?  We can help with expert auditors on the ground in both countries.  Contact us to discuss your auditing needs.