Manufacturing

Jennifer Markarian is manufacturing reporter for Pharmaceutical Technology.

Articles

Collaborative robots work beside laboratory employees to improve efficiency in pharmaceutical research and quality control labs. 

Robotic Automation Finds Use in the Pharma Lab

The contract development and manufacturing organization expanded its analytical chemistry suite and added a new office in Boston, MA.

Avista Pharma Solutions Expands Service Offerings in New England

FDA sent a warning letter to Lernapharm (Loris) Inc. detailing the company’s lack of procedures to prevent microbiological contamination.

Sterile Manufacturing Issues found at Canadian Manufacturer

De Lama’s DLVHP/DE pass-box decontamination unit uses vacuum hydrogen peroxide sterilization.    

Cleanroom Pass Box Uses Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization

Lonza’s new PyroTec Pro Robotic Solution provides a fully automated workflow for endotoxin detection. 

Lonza Announces Technology for Automated Endotoxin Testing

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group added a new actuator suitable for applications where reduced weight is a concern.

Lightweight Actuator for Aseptic Valves

Amy Thanavaro is R&D scientific manager, STERIS.

Chris Edlin, PhD, is currently director of drug development and head of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Respiratory R&D for Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland.

Dijana Hadziselimovic is a technical services laboratory specialist for the Life Sciences Division at STERIS.

Adeyinka Aina, PhD, MRSC, is an innovation fellow at the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre, University of Limerick.

Paul Lopolito is a technical services senior manager for the Life Sciences Division at STERIS.

This article focuses on applying new and traditional techniques to design a cleaning process, ensure the surfaces are clean, and develop rinse solution analysis to continuously monitor cleaning performance.

Rethinking Cleaning Validation for API Manufacturing

Iain MacGilp, PhD, heads manufacturing at the Glasgow facility of AMRI.

Martin Reid heads quality assurance at the Glasgow facility of AMRI.

Single-use technologies, modular systems, and robots are on the rise.

Risk-Averse Fill/Finish Industry Embraces Change

Automated robotic arms manipulate nested trays and containers inside closed aseptic filling systems.

Robotics Solve Aseptic Filling Challenges

Why shouldn’t biopharmaceutical manufacturers be able to leverage standardized construction practices to improve time to market?

Aseptic/Sterile Processing