Author: Michalle Adkins In April 2016, the FDA issued Data Integrity and Compliance With CGMP Guidance for Industry. This is on the heels of a lot of related 483s, warning letters, and more severe actions with respect to this issue. There are some interesting things...
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Deploying Syncade Manufacturing Execution System in a Non-English Language
Author: Jonathan Lustri I recently worked on a Syncade manufacturing execution system (MES) project where the system was deployed in Danish. Emerson executes all its projects with a global team and this one was no different. Our customer was Danish and we had team...
Accurate and Repeatable Measurements in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Manufacturing
A Pharmaceutical Manufacturing magazine study revealed that pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers were challenged to achieve batch after batch repeatability. I came across a recently published whitepaper, Consistency and Repeatability Through Accurate Measurements....
Overcoming Pharmaceutical Continuous Manufacturing Challenges
Why is there a movement in the pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing industries to consider continuous manufacturing over traditional batch manufacturing processes? A 2012 U.S. Food & Drug Administration presentation, FDA Perspective on Continuous...
Improving Data Management, Analytics and Flexibility in Life Sciences
Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers are challenged on many fronts, such as managing regulatory requirements, operating efficiency, and maintaining the right data required as part of the medicines and products produced. Emerson's Michalle Adkins was...
Optimizing Life Sciences Processes by Improving Data Integration
Pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers face many economic and technical challenges including reduced prices and diminishing profits, rising research & development costs, increasing regulatory requirements and a greater need for optimized manufacturing...
Data Integrity for Compliance, Audit Readiness and Performance
Pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers have stringent regulatory compliance requirements. These requirements must balance with the need for improvement and optimization to run safely, efficiently, profitably and in line with the business and quality objectives. In a...
Advancing Process Intelligence and Analytics in Life Sciences
In a recent post, Collaborating for End-to-End Supply Chain Improvements, we highlighted a Life Sciences symposium where challenges to business improvements were discussed as inputs for technology and solution innovation to address these challenges. One of the...
Collaborating for End-to-End Supply Chain Improvements
You can hardly connect online without coming across articles about big data. Businesses are grappling with how to use this information to improve their businesses—from upfront marketing and sales through improving the efficiency of the supply chain and optimizing...
Enabling Release by Exception Manufacturing
The Emerson Exchange conference October 6-10 in Orlando, Florida USA is rapidly approaching. I caught up with Emerson's Michalle Adkins who mentioned that her team of Life Sciences consultants would be highlighting the enablement of release by exception. Although...
Improving Technology Transfer by Earlier Adoption of Standards and Software Platforms
In 2011, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published their Guidance for Industry – Process Validation: General Principles and Practices. A PharmManufacturing.com article, A Framework for Technology Transfer to Satisfy the Requirements of the New Process...
Implementing Process Analytical Technology and Continuous Process Verification
In the 4:42 video, Life Science Drug Process Development and Manufacturing, Emerson's Gary Mitchell highlights the changes occurring for pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers. Gary opens noting how these manufacturers are challenged to respond to new methods for...
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