Jim Watson

Opinion author

Jim Watson is a vice president at Project Farma and has more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He has worked for small and established pharmaceutical and biotech organizations launching early phase manufacturing strategy, conceptual design, user requirement specifications, verification, validation, facility turnover and facility operations.

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