With CMOs dependent on quick campaign turnaround, efficient process development, and high productivity, it is not surprising that they are spending proportionately more on disposables than developers. But by just how much is a revelation. For example, according to data released in our 8th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Capacity and Production1, CMOs budgeted an average of more than $308,000 for single-use buffer containers in 2011, compared to under $82,000 on averag...