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New software tools by Tecan, a provider of automated laboratory instruments and solutions, complement each other to enhance process monitoring of its liquid-handling platforms.

New Software Tools Enhance Real-Time Process Monitoring in Labs

FDA awarded nearly $3 million in grants for continuous manufacturing and other advanced manufacturing technologies as part of the agency’s efforts to ensure a robust and reliable supply of biological products.

FDA Awards Five Grants for Advanced Biomanufacturing Research

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

Lonza Announces Technology for Automated Endotoxin Testing

Jennifer Markarian is manufacturing reporter for Pharmaceutical Technology.

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

Robotics Solve Aseptic Filling Challenges

FDA grants support US research in continuous manufacturing monitoring and control techniques for bio/pharmaceutical manufacturing at Rutgers, MIT, and Georgia Tech.

Three FDA Grants Support Research in Modernizing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Edward Godek is manager of process and technical operations at Glatt Air Techniques, NJ, info.gat@glatt.com.

Chris O’Callaghan is senior product manager at Innopharma Technology, Dublin, Ireland, ocallaghanc@innopharmalabs.com.

Ian Jones, PhD, is founder and CEO of Innopharma Technology and Innopharma College of Applied Sciences, Dublin

Piyush Patel, is formulation technologies manager at Colorcon, PA, ppatel@colorcon.com.

A process control system based on PAT can compensate for variations in particle size, resulting in more consistent coating thickness in a Wurster coating process.

Exploring a Modern Control Strategy for Wurster Coating

Modern technologies, including Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things, offer opportunities to increase biopharmaceutical manufacturing efficiency.

Industry 4.0 in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

Agnes Shanley is senior editor of Pharmaceutical Technology.

Traditional barriers between upstream and downstream bioprocessing are slowly starting to break down, as biopharma embraces more advanced analytics and process control.

Moving Toward Unified Process Control for Biopharma

Siemens will become a preferred supplier for Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s automation solutions, and SSB will create a globally standardized automation platform for its biopharmaceutical manufacturing systems. 

Process and Automation