Modular facilities are a key enabler of speed to market in life sciences. As organizations try to bring new therapies to market faster, those therapies require a wide variety of equipment—many of which are new to the process. These new machines must not only work...
A common theme across the Emerson Exchange Virtual Series has been the way software and digital technologies have helped us all deal with an unexpected and unprecedented pandemic. Wherever there is adversity, there are also innovators who step up to the challenge of...
The Rosemount 550PT Pressure Transmitter was recently recognized by Pharma Manufacturing for filling the need for measurement technology designed specifically for single-use biomanufacturing.
Imagine driving the wrong direction for hundreds of miles after a wrong turn, simply because you didn’t notice missing the exit. Overlooked deviations can cause a lot of frustration, whether during a drive or while executing a batch of pharmaceuticals. Detecting and...
Author: Jonathan Lustri Almost all Life Sciences manufacturing execution system (MES) projects include an interface to SAP, the enterprise resource management system. This interface is strategic in that this is how the business and production are tied together. It...
In a U.S. Food and Drug Administration's FDA Voice blog post, FDA Budget Matters: Investing in Advanced Domestic Manufacturing, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb opened noting: Advanced manufacturing, which includes various technologies, such as continuous...
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...
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