When it comes to benefitting from new technologies, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers often feel constrained from implementing changes due to possible revalidation regulatory requirements. In this short 1:52 video, Industry 4.0 in Life Sciences, Emerson's John...
ARC Advisory Group's Paula Hollywood moderated a session, IT/OT/ET Convergence at the 2018 ARC Industry Forum. Here's the description from this session: The convergence of IT (Information Technology at the enterprise level) and OT (Operations Technology, the...
For those not in the pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing industries, if you ever visit one of these facilities you'll be struck by the clean, shiny stainless steel vessels and piping. Given the importance of hygiene in the production of medicines, most processes...
Author: Michalle Adkins At the March 21-23 Interphex 2017, Emerson exhibitor staff will be discussing three main themes: delivering capital projects on time with lower risk; comprehensive automation solutions for flexible, single-use facilities; and improving...
One only has to do a Google image search on pharmaceutical equipment to see the clean, sanitary conditions required for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical processing. The measurement instrumentation must be able to handle the tough conditions when cleaning and...
The integrity of the data behind the production of pharmaceutical products is paramount. In recent years, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has increasingly observed data integrity related Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) violations during CGMP...
The pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries have been interpreting recent FDA draft guidance—Data Integrity and Compliance With CGMP Guidance—and exploring new areas such as continuous manufacturing. The Emerson Life Sciences team has a full program of forums,...
How many of you have more passwords than you can possibly remember? Count me in with the affirmatives. Biometric authentication is one way to overcome this large and growing problem. For process manufacturers and producers, especially those in highly regulated...
For pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers, trends in the market place are driving changes in the way they have historically operated their production processes. I caught up with Emerson's Michalle Adkins who shared these trends with me. She identified six major...
Author: Michalle Adkins We are seeing a trend in the life sciences industry moving away from blockbusters to niche busters, population based medicines and even to the extreme of personalized medicines. The Emerson Life Sciences consulting team recently had the...
For pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers, there are a lot confusion around the concepts of design space (DS), Process Analytical Technology (PAT), and Quality by Design (QbD). Emerson's Zuwei Jin believes that this confusion has largely limited the...
The ANSI/ISA-95 standard defines models for the information flows between the instrumentation and automation layers up to the enterprise information layers for process manufacturers and producers. Moving up the levels increases the need for people, processes and...
We invite you to follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube to stay up to date on the latest news, events and innovations that will help you face and solve your toughest challenges.
Just post a link to the entry and send us a quick note so we can share your work. Thank you very much.
Our Global Community
Emerson Exchange 365
This blog features expert perspectives from Emerson's automation professionals on industry trends, technologies, and best practices. The information shared here is intended to inform and educate our global community of users and partners.