How Far Can a CDMO Take Your Diagnostic Innovation
ADLM 2026 Presentation Highlights
At ADLM 2026, Pradnya Parulekar, Associate Director, Business Development, presented How Far Can a CDMO Take Your Diagnostic Innovation? The session explored key considerations for scaling diagnostic products from early development through to commercial manufacturing, including quality and regulatory compliance, supply chain resilience, operational excellence, and program governance. Watch the short clips below for key insights, or view the full presentation.
Three Things to Evaluate When Choosing a CDMO
What separates a good manufacturing supplier from a CDMO that can support long-term growth?
The three pillars that underpin successful scale-up are quality and regulatory compliance, supply chain resilience, and operational excellence.
These factors can influence cost, quality, speed to market and long-term commercial success.
Your Manufacturing Strategy Should Evolve as You Scale
The manufacturing approach that works at launch may not be the one that supports long-term growth.
Production can evolve from manual assembly to semi-automation and eventually high-volume manufacturing.
Planning for scale early can help reduce costs, improve efficiency and support future demand.
When Is the Right Time to Engage a CDMO?
Is your product ready for manufacturing support, or is it too early to engage?
CDMOs can support companies at different stages, from early concepts and pilot builds through to commercial scale-up.
The right expertise can help reduce wasted time and effort as products mature.
Transparency Is Not a Nice-to-Have
Successful products rely on more than technical expertise alone.
Governance, communication, and transparency are essential to managing risk, change and growth.
Strong collaboration between teams helps keep development programs moving forward.
Watch the Full Presentation
These clips highlight insights from Pradnya Parulekar's ADLM 2026 presentation, How Far Can a CDMO Take Your Diagnostic Innovation? To view the complete discussion and explore each topic in more detail, watch the full presentation.