Additive manufacturing is filling an unmet niche in the healthcare industry. Traditional manufacturing transformed global markets by providing cost-effective ways to produce goods en masse. A hallmark of mass production has long been conformity. Manufacturers set a quality standard, and then develop their processes to ensure a uniform output that meets...
In a heavily regulated industry, automation could facilitate compliance while improving quality and spurring innovation. Once the purview of large manufacturers, advanced automation has come to touch nearly every industry. Increasingly, forward-thinking business owners are identifying automation as the key to maintaining a competitive edge in a crowded marketplace. Yet, even...
Medical devices are subject to strict regulations and high-quality control standards. Automation can help. The healthcare industry is among the most highly advanced manufacturing fields in the world, with tight controls and restrictions governing the development and production of medical devices at every stage. At the same time, researchers and developers...
Tracking and tracing in the food industry has been made easier with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. However, these tags can only be placed on certain items, leaving some dispensary products without a tracking method. How can you track how much of a liquid is dispensed? A few businesses have...
Drug shortages have frequently been in the news in recent years, as have the medical industry’s fight to create better, stronger antibiotics to fight super bugs. Both have placed immense pressure on the drug manufacturing industry to produce medicines faster. This pressure has transferred to the research and development lab...
Water is the base ingredient for many drug products. It is also used in cleaning the equipment and to alter the makeup of other drugs. Like other substance, water carries pathogens, minerals and other contaminants that can actually change the composition of the drug. Bacteria within the water can cause illness in the...
Sustainability in manufacturing is dominating the manufacturing world, as companies work to reduce, reuse and recycle in any way that they can. The reusable products sector that provides shipping equipment is one solution that continues to take a foothold. Redesigning plants for better use of space (and reduction of energy) is another. Many...
In January 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began warning of an impending shortage in the availability of certain drugs. These included cancer-fighting drugs, asthma medications and drugs often administered in the emergency room. To help patients and doctors track the availability of the drugs, the FDA set up...
In August 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned drug manufacturer Hyaluron to clean up its act after finding contaminants in several products. December of the same year saw a recall of the famous antacid Rolaids due to contamination. In fact, the pharmaceutical industry news portal In Pharma found...
Elsewhere in manufacturing, quality control consists of tasting, sampling, trying, and testing the products coming off the assembly line. In pharmaceuticals manufacturing, quality control is a bit more intricate. Prescription drugs consist of precise chemical compounds formulated to perform a certain task within the body. Quality control thus consists of...
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