ISPE's 2018 Facilities of the Future Conference highlighted emerging technologies that are driving change in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Topics included virtual reality, robotics, artificial learning, machine learning, and 3D printing. Education sessions were divided into Industry 4.0 and continuous manufacturing (CM) tracks.
For the jobs of tomorrow, STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—are powerful economic competitiveness drivers: 80% of the fastest-growing occupations depend upon mastery of math and science, and 92% of traditional STEM jobs require at least some post-secondary education and training. But in the United States, almost 50% of students have lost interest in the...
Labeling is an important part of the supply chain. This is especially true for investigational medicinal products (IMPs), which must be labeled with clear expiry dates and other mandated information. IMP shelf life is notoriously difficult to quantify, however, and new findings on their stability frequently emerge during clinical trials. This often requires companies to relabel IMPs with...