How Do You Successfully Scale and Integrate CDMO Sites After Acquisition? J.D. Mowery

If you're leading in pharma, biotech, or manufacturing, this is essential listening.

This week, we kick off Season 2 of Making It In Manufacturing with a heavyweight guest: J.D. Mowery, Division President, CDMO at Bora Pharmaceuticals. With more than 25 years of experience across the biopharmaceutical and CDMO sectors, J.D. brings a proven track record of building high-performing teams, scaling operations, and driving innovation at every stage of the drug development lifecycle. He has held impactful leadership roles at industry leaders such as Genentech, Lonza, and JSR Life Sciences, and most recently served as CEO of KBI Biopharma. His expertise spans operations, manufacturing, technology transfer, facility construction, and business development, with a global perspective shaped by work across North America, Europe, and Asia. J.D. is known for his hands-on leadership style, commitment to operational excellence, and passion for building strong, collaborative cultures.

In this episode, J.D. unpacks:

- Smart integration and scaling: Integration and scaling of sites post-acquisition

- Why quality is still the sharpest competitive edge

- What it means to partner with purpose in today’s pharma landscape

- Where CDMOs are headed next - and how AI is shaping that direction

If you're in a leadership role within pharma or biotech, this is the episode you’ll want your entire team to hear.

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J.D. Mowery

Division President - CDMO

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdmowery/

Thomas McMann

Director - Contracts Division at ARTO

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-mcmann-05540a10b/

Timestamps:

00:00 Filling Sites & Scaling Smartly

06:38 Quality as a Differentiator

13:30 Partnering with Purpose

17:19 The Future of CDMOs and AI

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