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Fanny Eberhardt

Fanny Eberhardt

Director Global Procurement – Small Molecules API at UCB, based in Switzerland; featured guest on the PharmaSource Podcast on pharma supply network strategy.

Sep 24, 2026

LukeHOST
2:35
Fanny, could you introduce yourself, please? Tell us what your perspective is on this.
2:40
So I'm working for UCB, being on the pharma side, taking care of the procurement organization for small molecule API.
2:50
And on our side, I think the post-COVID and all this geopolitical tension has been really a catalyst to think through how you want to kind of work in the future.
3:03
Regionalization, we are talking about split of volume.
3:06
And then you think about, okay, if we split volume, obviously on the procurement side, you're afraid because you are going to raise the cost.
3:14
But you can just look on another end, more on the total cost of ownership of a product.
3:19
And yesterday we were talking a little bit about this and looking at the entire supply chain and also see how being global around the region may have a positive or negative impact.

21 MINS LATER

LukeHOST
24:18
Fanny, what about your perspective on this, please? What are the sort of inputs that you need to decide whether to consolidate or not?

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