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FDA issues continuous manufacturing advice to build an agile pharma industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Creating a more resistant supply chain For available products, the guidelines include considerations on the conversion of batch manufacturing practices to continuous manufacturing. Many pharmaceutical products are made through a step-by-step process known as batch manufacturing.

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Using big data to stabilise pharma supply chains in an age of disruption

Pharmaceutical Technology

Palmadottir predicts that unit-level tracking is next on the horizon, with pharmaceutical supply chain teams knowing where every single unit is at any given moment. Palmadottir also says that the lesson of Covid-19 vaccines is that it is possible to ramp up and down the production of pharmaceutical products on a massive scale.

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