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For pharmaceutical businesses, third party manufacturing represents an economical way to leverage the expertise of specialist manufacturers for the production of their products via outsourcing. This arrangement allows drug manufacturers to devote their time and resources to Core Commercial Functions (i.e., marketing, distribution) while knowing that the products they are producing meet high quality manufacturing standards. Key benefits of utilizing third party manufacturers are as follows: lower investment costs; more rapid production; and access to the latest manufacturing facilities, thereby fostering scalability and growth. These benefits make third party manufacturing increasingly attractive to both pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers in this highly competitive environment.