PwC joins Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre The global professional services firm has signed on the newest partner in the collaboration, aimed toward promoting innovation in pharma manufacturing. CPI, one of the founding partners in the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, has announced the signing of an agreement with PwC, making the company the latest partner in the collaborative effort. The Centre (established via a partnership among CPI, the University of Strathclyde, UK Research and Innovation, Scottish Enterprise and founding industry partners AstraZeneca and GSK) seeks to promote more innovative drug manufacturing processes and enable a more agile supply chain. PwC and the existing partners will work to maximize technological opportunities across the pharma supply chain. Efforts include the organization’s flagship Grand Challenge projects, intended to advance emergent and disruptive technologies. The program is partially funded by Innovate UK through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and Scottish Enterprise via the Scottish Government.