Many tech transfers look fine on paper. The package is complete, both teams are experienced, and the process has run cleanly for years. But then the engineering run tells you something nobody expected. “Often, the unexpected happens with something the prior team discovered years ago and never wrote down,” says Ryan Swanson, Director of Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T) at Lifecore Injectables CDMO. “Those details aren’t included in a handoff, and they can show up in an engineering run when it’s expensive to fix.”

To assist sponsors in minimizing tech transfer risk, Lifecore has published a five-part guide on what separates the transfers that go right the first time from the ones that don’t. The series works through five areas where gaps tend to form: knowledge sharing, commercial scale-up, equipment planning, method transfer, and team dynamics.

Get the Insider’s Guide to prepare for your next transfer: www.lifecore.com/techtransfer