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European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 1 2025
EPR Issue 1 includes articles on manufacturing, drug delivery, process analytical technology (PAT), RNA therapeutics and more.
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Robotics
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MSD bolsters US manufacturing capacity with $1b investment
Investment in the new manufacturing plant strengthens Merck (MSD)’s vaccine production capacity in the US.
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New hub to drive manufacturing innovation in Scotland
The new digitally-led centre will help to accelerate economic growth and productivity in process manufacturing, while supporting a sustainable future in Scotland.
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Adopting AI for R&D in 2025 – what needs to be addressed?
Dr Vladimir Makarov, AI Community lead, The Pistoia Alliance, explains that despite the willingness of the life sciences R&D industry to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), data integrity is a key area that must be addressed to ensure successful integration of this fast-evolving technology.
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Analytica 2024 in overview
Between 9 - 12 April 2024, the world’s leading trade fair analytica will once again open its doors in Munich to the international laboratory industry. At analytica, industry experts, exhibitors and visitors gather to explore the latest developments in laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology. The fair, covering the entire spectrum…
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Delivery systems for biologics
Designing systems for delivery of biologics is often a significant challenge during clinical development. Here, Dave Li, Edyta Działo and Anna Baran of KCR Consulting highlight the need for balancing safety, effectiveness, cost and reducing patient discomfort.
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Leveraging PAT for environmental monitoring in light of Annex 1
The pharma industry’s adaptation to Industry 4.0 has been slow, due to the extensive regulatory requirements imposed on manufacturers. However, regulatory agencies are starting to embrace movement towards more rapid/automated systems, as illustrated in the revised EU GMP Annex 1, which entered into force in August. Here, Isabella Jul-Jørgensen from the Technical…
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Could novel robotic oral pill replace traditional injections?
An osteoporosis study has demonstrated a high delivery success rate for a breakthrough technology that converts injections into an oral pill, data from ENDO 2023 showed.
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Automation to guide technology shift in aseptic environments
Referencing Annex 1–2022, a paper has described how automation will be implemented in aseptic environments in view of regulatory requirements.
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Research outlines framework for robotic laboratory automation
A paper has discussed a laboratory automation plug & play (LAPP) framework, of which a digital twin layer plays an important part.
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Automation to accelerate biopharma in next decade
Between 2023 to 2033, automation in the biopharma industry will be driven by solutions such as robotics and AI, a market report shows.
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Robotic capsule could replace injected biologics
MIT researchers have developed a robotic capsule that tunnels through mucus in the GI tract to deliver large oral protein-based drugs like insulin.
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Mass producing biodegradable stem cell therapy microrobots
Korean researchers developed ground-breaking new technology that manufactured biodegradable microrobots intended for targeted precision therapies at a rate of 100 per minute.
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“MANiAC” robots could deliver drugs directly to the central nervous system
The magnetic millirobots can climb slopes, move against fluid flow and precisely deliver drugs to neural tissue, a new study demonstrates.
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Trends to watch out for in the pharmaceutical robot market
EPR’s Hannah Balfour summarises a market research report exploring trends in the pharmaceutical robot market between 2021 and 2028.
