Information Technology

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

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.

InstantGMP INV is a validated software for real-time material tracking and inventory control in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

The need to improve and understand processes is moving PAT and more advanced control strategies beyond the lab into manufacturing and downstream applications.

Modeling at various stages of the data analytics continuum aids scale comparison of a bioreactor.

The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering announced the release of ISPE GAMP Good Practice Guide: IT Infrastructure Control and Compliance (Second Edition).

The International Society of Automation (ISA) and Siemens entered a global partnership to increase awareness of industrial cybersecurity needs and standards.

IDBS described benefits and best practices for laboratory electronic data systems.

An influx of millennial workers may have an impact on whether pharma manufacturers choose to implement IIoT technology.

MedicalRF.com/Science Photo Library-ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI/Henrik Jonsson/Stocktrek Images; Dan Ward

This month, Sharon Strause, an industry consultant, provides a look back at "Computer System Validation Part I: Testing and Verification of Applications Software" by Leonard J. Goren.

The key to a good graphical presentation is to select the method that best fits the data.

Multivariate data analysis can help biotech manufacturers deepen their process understanding.

The purpose of the PAT initiative is to move analytical laboratory functions close to the manufacturing process to improve manufacturing efficiency and product quality.