Manufacturing

Jennifer Markarian is manufacturing reporter for Pharmaceutical Technology.

Articles

The Industrial Internet of Things and new tools such as smart glasses can improve training and daily tasks for pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.

Smart Tools Enhance Work on the Plant Floor

The IFPAC annual meeting on advancing the understanding and control of manufacturing processes using process analytical technology will be held Feb. 11-14, 2018.

IFPAC Conference Program Highlights Advanced Manufacturing Science in Biopharma

The Industrial Internet of Things can be used in the bio/pharmaceutical industry to monitor equipment health, optimize processes, and enable modular facilities.

Pharma Equipment Gets Smart

BioTek Instruments has released a second edition of its BioSpa software that now offers users a simplified but effective interface for kinetic imaging or detection workflows.

BioTek Adds “OnDemand” Mode to BioSpa Software

The Endress+Hauser iTHERM TrustSens hygienic RTD self-calibrates to verify in-line that the sensor is working as designed

Self-Calibrating Temperature Sensor Prevents Undetected Drift

A survey by LNS Research and sponsored by Honeywell showed that industrial companies are not moving quickly to adopt cyber security; calls on CEOs to take action. 

Honeywell Survey Shows Low Adoption of Industrial Cyber Security Measures

Agnes Shanley is senior editor of Pharmaceutical Technology.

Instead of rigidly applying statistical tools, experts suggest that pharma embrace statistical thinking, but focus on reducing variability and adding value for patients.

Reinventing Lean Six Sigma for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Lawrence Yu, deputy director of the Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), and his FDA
colleague, Michael Kopcha highlight the importance of Six Sigma approaches to continuous improvement in the pharmaceutical industry. 

Six Sigma and the Path to Quality

Randi Hernandez was science editor at Pharmaceutical Technology from September 2014 to May 2017.

As cost pressures mount as a result of multiple biologics being developed for the same indication, manufacturers can harness process efficiencies to maintain the value of legacy products.


Boosting Bioproduction Workflows with Automation Technologies

Jennifer Markarian is a contributing editor for 

The process control and automation requirements of single-use systems differ from those of stainless-steel equipment.

Process and Automation