Anything that you do well is worth doing better over time. The term "continuous improvement" describes a process practiced by quality engineers but it speaks to something that every conscientious ...

Continuous manufacturing is finally gaining traction in the pharmaceutical industry, but development of the necessary production technologies is, fittingly, a continuous process. Ultimately, the drawn ...

Eli Lilly’s breast cancer med Verzenio may look like your standard drug tablet—ovular, off-white, emblazoned with the dosage on the front and Lilly’s logo on the reverse—but behind that modest façade ...

In the manufacture of biotherapeutic drugs, the goal is to maximize production while minimizing costs, even though achieving this goal may involve a difficult transition—specifically, a transition ...

The biopharmaceutical industry has seen substantial growth in recent years, generating novel biotherapeutics and biosimilars at an unprecedented rate. One of the biggest challenges in the industry is ...

A lifecycle approach can be used to develop GMP-compliant cleaning procedures for continuous manufacturing of solid-dosage pharmaceuticals. It is now possible, as demonstrated by Janssen (1), for drug ...

For certain APIs, including semi-synthetic antibiotics, continuous filtration and drying improves productivity and quality. Continuous processes for production of antibiotics, including downstream ...

A photo of technicians working in front of a process train. Novartis's continuous manufacturing center in Basel, Switzerland, replicates an end-to-end manufacturing process developed at the ...