Continuous Manufacturing Poised to Disrupt Pharma Sector

As pharmaceutical companies begin taking advantage of continuous manufacturing, they are realizing how it can transform an industry rooted in batch processing. Now they have drafted a survival guide.

A revolution from batch to continuous processing now underway will likely reshape pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, experts believe.

A consensus is growing that continuous methods enable quicker launches, more chemistries, better quality, greater personalization, lower prices, fewer shortages and more tenable approaches to globalization. There could even be...

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