Making it in Manufacturing

Across pharma, companies face the same sustainability challenges, yet most are still trying to solve them alone. A new summit at CPHI Milan is designed to change that. This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Thomas McMann sat down with Silvia Forroova, Director of Partnerships and Sustainability at CPHI, with almost 20 years of experience in the events industry spanning strategic partnerships, su...

95% of our viewers aren't subscribed. If you're watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don't miss future episodes. This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Thomas McMann sat down with Tara Dougal, Event Director for CPHI Milan. In this episode, Tara covers: • Why CPHI Milan 2026 is built around doing a year's worth of business in three days, and wha...

What does it take to manage multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical projects while balancing technical complexity, stakeholder alignment, and constant change? In this episode, Hans Lindenberg Stentoft shares lessons from leading major capital projects at @Novo Nordisk, why CIP is often overlooked, and how preparation, communication, and early decision making can determine project success. This week on...

95% of our viewers aren't subscribed. If you're watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don't miss future episodes. This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Thomas McMann sat down with Chris Leman (UK Chair), Trina Ives (NE Chair), and Zam Thahir (EAC Chair), the UK leadership of ISPE UK , recorded at AstraZeneca's site in Macclesfield during the first ISPE UK Emerg...

This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Thomas McMann sat down with Thomas Emerik Rasmussen, a project and operations leader specialising in lean manufacturing and operational excellence, with over 15 years at Novo Nordisk spanning nine different roles across Denmark, Italy and the United States, building and leading large CapEx expansion projects before moving into consulting to help companies t...

95% of our viewers aren't subscribed. If you're watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don't miss future episodes. What does it actually take to deliver a pharmaceutical facility project without it going off the rails? This week, Thomas McMann sat down with someone who has spent over 30 years doing exactly that, from both sides of the table. This week on Making It...

What does it take to transform a biologics manufacturing business into a global CDMO leader while keeping culture, transparency and patient impact at the centre of every decision? This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Thomas McMann sat down with Lars Petersen, CEO of Fujifilm Biotechnologies, with more than 30 years of experience spanning biologics manufacturing, engineering, operations leaders...

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Thomas McMann sat down with Sarah Griffin, Event Manager for CPHI Americas. In this episode, Sarah covers: • Why CPHI Americas is creating a more focused, content-led experience built around meaningful industry...

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. What does it take to build a CDMO designed around speed, integration, and true scientific collaboration? This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with LakshmiDevi Ethirajan, Co-Founder & CEO of SmaBioLabs, with 25+ years of exp...

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. How do leading CDMOs move beyond manufacturing to become true development partners? In this episode, Jeffrey Speicher shares how integrated development, technical problem solving and long-term partnerships are shaping growth in outsourced pharma manufa...

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. The CDMO landscape is crowded, fragmented, and increasingly complex. What does it take to stand out and lead in such a competitive space? This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with Tom Sellig, CEO of Adare Pharma Solutions with...

What does it take to scale complex biologics manufacturing while keeping speed, quality, and communication aligned? In this episode, Ian Glassford explains how integrated CDMO partnerships are helping biotech companies accelerate ADC and bioconjugate programs from discovery through to commercial manufacturing. This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with Ian Glassford, VP at...

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. How do leading CDMOs move beyond scale to become true strategic partners? This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with John Gagliardi, Sales Director, Key Account Management at Samsung Biologics, with 25+ years of experience spann...

What does it really take to build credibility as a new CDMO in a highly competitive biologics market, while staying grounded in patient impact? This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with Joon Chang, Chief Business Officer at Lotte Biologics, with years of experience spanning Pharma, CDMO, project management, and business development roles across global organisations. In thi...

From hands-on pharmacology research to leading strategic projects in advanced manufacturing, this episode explores what it really takes to evolve, adapt, and lead across decades of change in life sciences. This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with Alison Clayton, Strategic Projects Director at Symbiosis, with over 40 years of experience spanning pharmacology research, pre-...

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. The CDMO model is evolving fast, but what actually separates the leaders from the rest in today’s market? This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with Thierry Van Nieuwenhove, CEO of Quotient Sciences, with 25+ years of experience...

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. What does it really take to move from science into CEO leadership while delivering real impact for patients? This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with Dr Adriana Kiedzierska-Mencfeld, CEO of Rezon Bio, with 20 years of experien...

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. What does it take to scale pharmaceutical packaging operations globally while maintaining flexibility, quality, and speed to market? In this episode, we explore how strategic packaging partnerships directly impact patient access and commercial success....

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. What does it really take to build a world-class pharmaceutical manufacturing business from the ground up while navigating risk, regulation, and rapid innovation? This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with David Stevens, CEO of K...

95% of our viewers aren’t subscribed. If you’re watching and not yet subscribed, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future episodes. What does it really take to move from science into CEO leadership while delivering real impact for patients? This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with Dr Adriana Kiedzierska-Mencfeld, CEO of Rezon Bio, with 20 years of experien...

What if you could access GMP manufacturing without giving up control, ownership, or flexibility? In this episode, a new model challenges how biotech companies think about scaling. This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with Sarah Stevens, CEO of Chrysalis, with over 20 years of experience spanning CDMO services, technical operations, and leadership roles across biopharma man...

95% of our viewers aren't following, please check! How do you bring a $400M biotech facility online… without getting automation wrong? This week, in another episode of Making It in Manufacturing, we feature Daniel Shearer, Head of Automation at FUJIFILM, with over 15+ years of experience spanning automation engineering, capital projects, and large-scale biotech manufacturing environments. In this...

Building a CDMO capable of taking therapies from early discovery to commercial supply requires more than scale. It requires scientific depth, operational discipline and a culture that embraces problems rather than avoids them. This week on Making It In Manufacturing, Harry Sloan sat down with Philippe Clavel, CEO of Curapath, bringing decades of experience across pharmaceutical manufacturing, lead...

95% of our listeners aren't following, please check! What does it take to standardise an entire industry, and keep pace with AI, cloud, and digital transformation? This week on Making It in Manufacturing, we feature Thana Subramanian, GAMP Global Steering Committee Co-Chair, with over 32 years of experience in idustry, with 25 years as an ISPE member and 15 years as part of the GAMP CoP. In this e...

What does it take to turn around a global antibiotic manufacturer and redefine its future in one of the toughest market environments in Europe? This week, in another episode of the Making It in Manufacturing Spotlight Series, hosted by @Thomas McMann we sit down with @Michael Kocher, CEO of @Xellia, who brings over two decades of leadership experience across global pharma and large-scale operation...