PAT SLAPS DRUGMAKERS WITH CONTROL SYSTEM AFTERSHAVE: Advancing analyzing technologies wake up pharmaceutical manufacturing to process control benefits

摘要

Hey, hey! The control system train has pulled into the pharmaceutical station! All aboard! Though users in other process industries have seen it coming or been riding it for years, Process Analytical Technology (PAT) is now bringing similar improvements and benefits to many pharmaceutical applications. And, though PAT most directly applies to pharmaceuticals, its effects will be felt in other industries regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), such as food and beverage, as the government tightens its regulatory grip to include all ingestible products.