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Manufacturing Data Management
Data on a Diet
Joe Rothman at Aegis
Analytical Corp applies the Lean philosophy to data and advocates data
warehouse solutions that are focused on process intelligence as a way to
iron out the creases in complex supply chains. |
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Manufacturing Plant Design
Plants with Agility
When considering the design of a new manufacturing plant, it is
important that one also anticipates the ‘future needs’ of the facility.
Wim Spook at Matcon Ltd UK looks at some of the measures to be taken,
from intelligent layout to how to handle a capacity boost. |
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Containment Systems
Think Inside the Box
Maurice Pitcher at Powder
Systems Limited discusses the importance of reliable and efficient high
containment systems in pharma processing and manufacturing, and points
out some essential design considerations that can make for safer and
more streamlined systems. |
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Water Purification
Pure and Simple
Pure water for the laboratory is a
key ingredient in pharmaceutical production. Mark Bosley at Purite puts
forward reverse osmosis water purification systems as an economical tool
for developers. |
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Sustainable Supply Chain
Green Agenda
Supply chain management
technologies are providing pharma companies with stronger green
credentials – as well as improved agility and responsiveness within the
supply chain – thereby leading to financial savings, as Sudeep Kumar
Mandhania at Infosys explores. |
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Temperature-Controlled Logistics
Chain Challenge: Part 2 of 2
Robert J
Hayes of Cold Chain Consultants (UK) Ltd stresses the importance of
avoiding mistakes in the early phases of the cold chain process, and how
temperature excursions can be minimised through effective packaging
solutions and awareness of the most commonly problematic stages.
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Supply Chain Risk
Quality Assured
Highlighting the increasing levels of
risk in today’s logistics and supply chain operations, Luc Huybreghts of
Pauwels Consulting advises on how to ensure product integrity
throughout the process, and which pitfalls a distributor should look out
for |
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Sustainable Packaging Design
Clean Living
Mark Church of Laminar Medica
looks at how the need for businesses to comply with
environmentally-friendly regulations will drive them to embrace these
challenges, thus leading the way to ensure sustainable survival in the
global economy. |
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Nanotechnology Drug Delivery
Thinking Small
With an ever increasing
number of new applications, nanotechnology is becoming a key element in
the drug delivery landscape of the future. Tim Harper at Cientifica Ltd
considers the impact this will have on the market and where the largest
gains will be seen. |
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53 Freeze-Drying Microscopy
Freeze Frame
John G Augustine of Smithers
Pharma Services shows how key data from freeze-dry microscopy can
facilitate the proposal of new lyophilisation cycle parameters,
improving the overall quality of the resulting product.
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Primary Packaging: Glass
Inner Strength
New drugs and sophisticated
production processes have created extensive challenges for high-quality
glass containers. Florence Buscke at SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Packaging
picks out the features new glass products must possess in order to
remain relevant. |
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Biomanufacturing
Get with the Programme
As with any manufacturing
operation, biopharmaceutical production stands to benefit from adopting
a Lean philosophy. Nigel J Smart at Smart Consulting Group analyses
some areas for process streamlining, including training of personnel. |
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Packaging and Labelling: Braille
Raising Information
Duncan Robinson at
Pillbox Design draws out the key issues in Braille packaging design,
giving a breakdown of some of the technological advances in packaging
for blind and partially-sighted people that are modernising the market. |
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Foil-Based Packaging
Selection Pack
Jez Clements at Cambridge Design
Partnership discusses material choice when designing a packaging
solution, pointing out the advantages of using foil, while also
addressing the particular issues that come into play with this option. |
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Blister Packaging
Pack and Blue
Blue dye testing methods for
pharmaceutical blister packaging can ensure a stronger, fail-safe
parameter that can elevate package integrity assurance to new levels, as
Oliver Stauffer of PTI explains. |
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The End of the Line
Exactly What it Says on the Tin
Richard Harrop has
some interesting experiences at the 2012 PDA Pharmaceutical Cold Chain
Management & Good Distribution Practice conference in Berlin. |
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News and Press Releases |
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Complete Family of Next Generation Centrifuges Deliver Optimal Sample Safety, Functionality and Ergonomics
Thermo Fisher
Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has further expanded
its Thermo Scientific General Purpose Pro Centrifuge Series with the
addition of two new models designed to meet the needs of
biopharmaceutical, cell and gene therapy, and academic research
laboratories, as well as clinical diagnostic facilities, for enhanced
sample safety and reproducibility, improved ergonomics and reduced noise
levels.
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White Papers |
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Working Towards a Standardised Identification Solution
PCI Pharma Services
The security of the pharmaceutical supply chain is an issue of growing concern, with recent reports addressing its vulnerability to counterfeiting. The complexity of the European supply chain is one of the key factors of this counterfeiting pandemic, with millions of medicine packs being moved around the EU, annually. Aside from this, fragmentation has resulted in decreased transparency in the supply chain and increased difficulties to track and trace medicines, leading to significant threat from counterfeiting. As a key source of income for the European economy, it is essential that the supply chain remains safe and free of counterfeits. A significant stumbling block within the industry remains to be the lack of a unified, single‐source pan‐European or indeed global database where scanned bar codes on drug packaging can be verified at point of dispense. At some point in the future the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory bodies, clinicians and retailers will need to join forces to overcome this.
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Industry Events |
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A Magic Triangle: Practical insights into lactose-based DPI formulations
30 June 2021, Online webinar
Three leading companies with complementary areas of expertise have
joined forces to conduct a unique multidisciplinary study into
lactose-based DPI formulations including magnesium stearate. Their
findings will give generic players a head start in the development
process so that they can tap into this rapidly growing market. Lactose
specialist DFE Pharma, powder processing technology manufacturer
Hosokawa Micron and machine-building expert Harro Hoefliger will be
presenting the key insights from their research to interested parties
during a joint webinar on the 30th of June.
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