Argonaut Blog & News
How a tightening labor market impacts Biotech and Pharma Manufacturing
With the latest release of employment data from the U.S. Labor Department, it is apparent that, at least in the short term, unemployment is nearing a fifty-year low. While that should cheer new graduates in the Life Sciences, the news may foretell a [...]
New Product Launch (NPI) and Biotech Manufacturing Operations: Lessons From the Unicorn Frappuccino
Launching a new product (NPI) in biotechnology is arguably one of the hardest tasks, with most of the focus directed towards the Go-To-Market aspects of testing the market, messaging and gaining early adopters. Often overlooked (until it is too late) [...]
Business Ecosystems in San Diego: Part 1
Coral reefs are intensely complex ecosystems with species adapted to specific niches. How can ecosystem principles apply to our local San Diego biotech industry, which niches would different organizations fill, and what can we learn from the analogy? [...]
Argonaut Manufacturing Services acquires lyophilization expert LyoGen
Carlsbad, CA, 07/11/18– Argonaut Manufacturing Services, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) serving molecular diagnostic and biopharmaceutical companies, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire LyoGe [...]
Key factors in choosing the right biotechnology contract manufacturer
Choosing the right contract manufacturer to partner with is critical for your business success. Get it right, and a good contract manufacturer relationship gives you superior supply chain leverage. Choose the wrong contract manufacturer and you risk [...]
Increasing Cost of Innovation. The 3rd Driver of the Foundry Model in the Molecular Diagnostics Industry
Part Three – Increasing Cost of Innovation The third driver that is triggering the growth of the foundry model in Molecular Diagnostics is the ever Increasing Cost of Innovation. The similarity between molecular diagnostics and the 1980’s chip fabric [...]
The 2nd Driver of the Foundry Model and how it’s shaping the Molecular Diagnostics Industry
Part Two- Leveraging Commonality The second driver that spawned the growth of the foundry model was the ability to Leverage Commonality. By the mid 1980’s, the techniques used to manufacture a wafer and eventually a semiconductor chip were largely co [...]
Celsee, Inc. Enters into Supply Agreement with Argonaut Manufacturing Services
Carlsbad, CA, 02/14/18 – Argonaut Manufacturing Services, a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) serving the life science and molecular diagnostics markets, announced today it has entered into a supply agreement with Celsee, Inc. (“Celsee”), an [...]
Looking to Gain Value in Your Drug Product or IVD? Level-Up Your QC Program
Many organizations view their QC program as a necessary evil- required by regulatory bodies and useful primarily to release product. However, defining and building a solid Quality Control program can unlock great value. Setting aside the need for fin [...]
Three Reasons why the Foundry Model will revolutionize manufacturing in the Molecular Diagnostics Industry
Part One - Keeping Pace in Innovation The foundry model is poised to fundamentally transform the biotechnology sector. As it revolutionized the semiconductor industry in the mid 1980’s, the foundry model brings to molecular diagnostic companies a met [...]
Variabilization: Pivotal in your Biotech Reagent and Diagnostic Operations
The concept of variabilization, a willful shift from fixed to variable costs, has been around since the late 1990s. First-in-class companies have moved from a fixed cost model to a variable model, primarily to enhance their agility, responsiveness, a [...]
Argonaut Announces New COO, Chris Duffy
Argonaut Manufacturing Services is pleased to welcome Chris Duffy as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Duffy will be responsible for overseeing and managing operations and advancing a number of capability expansions in 2018. “Argonaut’s business model has [...]
Argonaut Receives Device Manufacturing License from California Food and Drug Branch (FDB)
Argonaut Manufacturing Services is pleased to announce that it has received a device manufacturing license from the State of California Department of Public Health Food and Drug Branch. This licensure, together with Argonaut’s FDA registration and IS [...]
Argonaut Will be at AACC 2017 in San Diego
Let's Talk! Join The Argonauts at AACC at Booth #2020 on Tuesday, August 1st from 3:30pm to 5:00pm for food and craft beers and learn how we solve global supply chain challenges for innovators. Or, we invite you to stop by our Booth #2020 anytime dur [...]
From Special Ops to Serving Argonaut Clients
Argonaut Manufacturing Services is proud to announce the recent honor bestowed on our very own Client Services Manager, Matt Curran. Matt has recently transitioned from the elite Marine Corp Raiders community. To assist in his transition from the Spe [...]
Learn how to keep your manufacturing train from derailing
This animated video explains how biotech and diagnostic companies can reduce manufacturing risk while getting to market faster. The manufacturing journey doesn't have to be hard. If you want reagents, made right, watch this video. Want to learn more [...]
Do You Know the Silent Killer of Biotech Supply Chains?
As operations and manufacturing professionals, we understand the standard supply chain errors such as running too lean, lack of transparency or failing to plan for business disruption. However, there is one, often-overlooked, killer of supply chain c [...]
Argonaut FDA Registration in Genome Web Brief
Argonaut FDA registration highlighted in GenomeWeb Brief. Read more about it here. [...]
Argonaut Announces FDA Site Registration
Argonaut Manufacturing Services is proud to announce their registration with the Food and Drug Administration as a medical device establishment. The registration follows an earlier certification of ISO 13485:2016 as Argonaut Manufacturing Services co [...]
Argonaut in GenomeWeb Brief
An Argonaut first! We were picked up by GenomeWeb covering our ISO 13485:2016 certification achievement and financing from Square 1 Bank. Read more about it on GenomeWeb here. [...]
Square 1 Bank Announces Credit Facility to Argonaut Manufacturing Services
As announced on Nasdaq GlobeNewswire: SAN DIEGO, Jan. 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Square 1 Bank, a division of Pacific Western Bank, today announced that it has provided a $5 million credit facility to new client Argonaut Manufacturing Services, a l [...]
Argonaut Announces ISO 13485:2016 Quality Certification Achievement
Argonaut Manufacturing Services, a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) dedicated to serving the life science and molecular diagnostics markets, announced today that it has received ISO 13485:2016 certification following a successful inspection [...]
Argonaut Celebrates Grand Opening
Argonaut Manufacturing Services celebrated the opening of their facility with a Grand Opening Open House on November 17th, 2016. It was heavily attended and very well received. It was held at their facility in Carlsbad, CA and over 150 guests attend [...]
8 Tips to Help Your Team During Annual Operational Planning (AOP)
Surviving Annual Operational Planning: Part 2. One of the largest challenges a leader faces is keeping their team motivated during annual operational planning season. In my experience, two camps form; one that calls for immediate action and one that [...]
Tips on Surviving Annual Operations Planning: Part 1
How to Assess Your Operations Balance. Annual operations planning – the time of year when those of us in Life Science Operations consider a change of career. Anything seems preferable to the impending countless questions and seemingly endless meeting [...]
Manufacturing On The Edge: Quality by Design
Do you rely on end-testing your finished product as the primary quality step? If so, you should consider a change! There are strong benefits to shifting to a quality method that provides visibility upstream to the entire manufacturing process. Not on [...]
Should I purchase an eQMS?
Establishing an electronic (or enterprise) Quality Management System is an expensive undertaking. So is it worth it? What is the value of having a good quality system; one that is fully transparent, trackable, validated, and available at all times, [...]
The Love/Hate Relationship With Your Long Tail SKUs
Does your company hold on to relatively slow moving SKUs while simultaneously arguing they should be terminated? It’s a love/hate relationship that could be reconciled if these long-tail SKUs continued to generate revenue but without tying up cash or [...]