The Untold Reality of Scaling Global Pharma Manufacturing - Xellia Pharmaceuticals

97% of our viewers don't realise they aren't subscribed, please double check, thank you!What does it really take to scale pharmaceutical manufacturing globally, without losing sight of patients?In this standout episode of Making It in Manufacturing, we sit down with Preben Haaning, Board Member at Xellia Pharmaceuticals, and a global pharmaceutical executive with 25+ years of experience spanning sales, finance, site leadership, and board-level strategy.Preben shares lessons from an extraordinary career: including his pivotal years at Novo Nordisk, where he helped scale global manufacturing networks and supported the early foundations of today’s GLP-1 supply chain.In this episode, Preben covers:How Xellia Pharmaceuticals is scaling critical anti-infectives while maintaining reliable global supplyHis unconventional journey from the military into life sciences leadership, and what it taught him about resilience and decision-makingReal-world examples of project success and failure, including moments where patient access was directly at riskWhat it’s like operating as a global pharmaceutical executive, managing multi-site, multi-culture manufacturing networksInside Novo Nordisk’s US expansion, including the launch of its first US-produced drug and early GLP-1 manufacturing challengesIf you’re working in pharmaceutical manufacturing, engineering, operations, or leadership, this is an episode packed with hard-won insight from the front lines.👉 Be sure to check out the full episode and subscribe for more conversations with the leaders shaping life-sciences manufacturing.Follow ARTOLinkedIn:   / artotalent  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kEcRZO...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arto.talent...TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@artotalent?_t...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Website: https://arto-talent.comYoutube:    / @life_sciences  Preben HaaningBoard Member at Xellia PharmaceuticalsLinkedIn:   / preben-haaning-18a6193  Thomas McMannDirector - Contracts DivisionLinkedIn:   / thomas-mcmann-05540a10b  Timestamps:02:03 Xellia Pharmaceuticals11:07 From the Military to Life Sciences19:11 Project Success and Failure28:51 Global Pharmaceutical Executive46:41 Novo Nordisk Expansion of US Supply Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.