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PRODUCTION TRENDS
Automated robotic arms manipulate nested trays and containers inside closed aseptic filling systems.
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PDA reviews an industry survey of concerns and best practices regarding the EU GMP's required test for filters used in sterile filtration.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
Robotic fill/finish systems reduce human intervention, improve flexibility, and allow more gentle handling of containers. / read more /
Robots are proving advantageous in filling, inspection, packaging, laboratories, and the manufacture of personalized medicine. / read more /
The authors discuss the major changes automation brought to the life-sciences industry and examine the rapid pace of technological development. / read more /
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IN THE NEWS
The UK's University of Sheffield opened a new chemical engineering teaching plant for continuous oral solid-dosage pharmaceuticals using GEA's multipurpose platform.
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Editor's Picks
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The sterility test isolator (STISO) for testing aseptically filled drug products and for testing toxic aseptic drugs (STISOtox) from Metall+Plastic, a subsidiary of Optima, are modular and ergonomically designed.
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ABB's modeling software, Shop Floor Integration V2.0, allows engineers to validate the connection of existing pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment with Werum's PAS-X manufacturing execution system in a simulation prior to running it live.
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Equipment Showcase
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Leistritz manufactures twin screw extruders and systems for continuous mixing/devolatilization of APIs with excipients. Lab scale and production scale equipment is available, and applications include melt extrusion and granulation. A variety of upstream and downstream equipment is available. Services include a process NJ development laboratory and ongoing training/workshops.
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Quality Review Manager reduces the time and effort required to identify, review, and resolve process exceptions. Delivered as part of the Syncade manufacturing execution system (MES), this product supports a review-by-exception methodology, allowing quality and manufacturing personnel to release batches faster, resulting in a reduction in inventory and time to market, while continuing to promote quality.
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World's Fastest Capsule Filling Machine Fette Compacting’s new FEC40 Capsule Filler produces up to 400,000 capsules/hr – nearly twice that of any other capsule filler. This dramatically elevated output is accomplished in a remarkably small footprint, making machine reconfiguration due to floor space unnecessary. The high performance-to-footprint ratio is due to Fette Compacting's patented Duplex Concept, which utilizes a mirrored capsule filling process and double-sided discharge.
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