Building Supply Chain Resilience for Global Biomanufacturing

Strengthen cell culture media supply chain resilience through manufacturing redundancy and global supply flexibility. See how Thermo Fisher Scientific helped a global CDMO transfer cGMP media production across sites while maintaining consistent product quality. Building a resilient cell culture media supply chain is critical when global manufacturing programs depend on consistent product availability, quality, and regulatory readiness. In this case study, a leading global CDMO collaborated with Thermo Fisher Scientific to strengthen supply resilience and mitigate potential tariff impacts for manufacturing programs using both proprietary media formulations and Gibco™ catalog media. The supply-chain challenge included: -Reducing dependency on a single manufacturing geography -Mitigating potential tariff impacts -Maintaining reliable access to critical cell culture media -Preserving consistent product quality across manufacturing sites -Supporting technical and regulatory qualification of an additional manufacturing location The multi-site manufacturing strategy included: -Transferring required media SKUs from the United States to Thermo Fisher Scientific's manufacturing site in Paisley, United Kingdom -Providing validation packages for technical and regulatory assessments -Supplying three lots of Paisley-manufactured cGMP media -Enabling customer comparability studies -Supporting product and process validation required to qualify the additional manufacturing site The result was a more resilient global supply network with consistent product quality, enhanced supply continuity, and greater manufacturing flexibility worldwide. Learn how Thermo Fisher Scientific media manufacturing solutions can help you navigate supply complexity with confidence.