Future-Proofing CDMO Operations: The 2025 Trends You Can’t Afford to Ignore

With the global CDMO sector on track for continued growth and complexity in 2025, only the most agile and tech-enabled manufacturers will thrive. This industry brief highlights the top trends shaping contract manufacturing in life sciences – and what leading CMOs/CDMOs are doing to stay ahead.

 

Key trends shaping 2025:

 

Digital transformation
• 60 per cent of executives plan to increase AI investments
• Digital tools reduce documentation time by up to 30 per cent
• Predictive maintenance, digital twins and real-time quality control are driving efficiency and uptime

Flexibility meets personalisation
• Surge in demand for cell and gene therapies and drug-device combos
• Requires agile, multi-modal facilities and rapid changeovers
• Collaboration and process standardisation now key to scalability

Regulatory and sustainability evolution
• Regulatory changes (such as EU Annex 1) demand digital readiness
• Environmental performance now part of compliance
• Manufacturers must align with eco-friendly practices and supplier codes of conduct

 

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