Integrating Isolation: Automation and Modular Design Are Changing How Pharmaceutical Processing Looks At Containment

摘要

Remaining competitive in pharmaceutical development and production can be a challenge as products become more complex to get through clinical trails and eventually produce. To remain competitive, pharmaceutical companies need to develop products faster and more cost effectively. At the same time they need to protect workers from increasingly more hazardous drugs in both the clinical trials phase and during the manufacturing process. In order to meet these trends cost effectively, many pharmaceutical companies will need to increase automation and flexibility within their facilities while separating the production environment from operators. Combining these initiatives within a single technology platform is making it economically feasible to meet these challenges and still compete effectively. Capsule filling sits at the crossroads of these trends as companies seek safe, efficient methods of creating liquid and powder filled capsules as well as tablets.