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Jim Cahill
- 3 Jul 2018
IIoT in the Life Sciences Industry

When it comes to benefitting from new technologies, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers often feel constrained from implementing changes due to possible revalidation regulatory requirements. In this short 1:52 video, Industry 4.0 in Life Sciences , Emerson’s John Nita explains how technologies such as Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies have actually been around longer than the phrase describing...
Jim Cahill
- 11 Jun 2018
Optimizing Media Flow in Biologics Manufacturing

Author: Emily Anderson Flexible facilities are a growing trend in the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Manufacturers increasingly look to produce multiple products and maximize production time. To meet these requirements, an automation strategy must maximize the flexibility of the process equipment. The preparation, storage, and distribution of media often requires real-time flowpath selection and bumpless...
Jim Cahill
- 30 May 2018
Moving to Electronic Batch Records

Yesterday we highlighted advancements in exception management technology for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers. Exception management is one element in an electronic batch record (EBR) . Other elements for the EBR which also have high data integrity requirements include equipment management, material management and batch record process flow and recipe management. In a PharmTech article, Making the...
Jim Cahill
- 29 May 2018
Improving Batch Manufacturing Quality Review Cycle Time

Exceptions in batch manufacturing processes are the deviations that occur outside the prescribed specifications. For pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers, quality and manufacturing personnel must review these exceptions. Traditionally, this quality review process occurs after the batch has completed. A recent news release, Emerson Helps Life Sciences Companies Reduce Time to Market with Faster Quality...
Jim Cahill
- 22 May 2018
Tech Transfer in Drug Development Pipeline and Industry 4.0

Author: Zuwei Jin Among all of the important trends in life sciences industry such as modular plants, integrated modules, out-of-box smart factory, single-use equipment, PAT, and manufacturing execution systems (MES) , IIOT has been receiving high interest including among pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers. It is our view that the same technology advancement that makes Industry 4.0 possible will lead to a...
Jim Cahill
- 17 Apr 2018
Technology Trends for Life Sciences Manufacturers

We seem to be fully in the swing of industry conferences. This week is the pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing industries’ INTERPHEX conference in New York City. It: …brings over 11,000 global industry professionals and 650+ leading suppliers together to “Learn It, Experience It, Procure It” through a combination of no cost technical conference, exhibits, demonstrations, and networking events...
Jim Cahill
- 13 Mar 2018
Data Integrity for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Manufacturers

For pharmaceutical, biotech and other manufacturers in highly-regulated industries, the production data is as important as the product itself for release to sale. Data integrity of this production data is paramount. I connected with Emerson’s Michalle Adkins about what manufacturers are doing to assure this data is accurate and timely. She shared with me some key regulatory standards and best practices. Michalle...
Jim Cahill
- 20 Feb 2018
Identify and Resolve Cell Therapy Batch Manufacturing Exceptions

We conclude our series on improving cell therapy manufacturing with a closer look at the review by exception process. In the manufacturing process of cell therapeutics, product cycle times are extremely short and any exceptions occurring during the production process must be found and addressed quickly. Emerson’s Bob Schiros notes that manufacturing execution systems, such as the Syncade MES , must include...
Jim Cahill
- 13 Feb 2018
Increasing Autoclave Reliability via Machine Learning Technology

ARC Advisory Group’s Paula Hollywood moderated a session, IT/OT/ET Convergence at the 2018 ARC Industry Forum. Here’s the description from this session: The convergence of IT (Information Technology at the enterprise level) and OT (Operations Technology, the information and automation technologies employed in the plant), is not new, but the relationship is intensifying. What is changing is the addition...
Jim Cahill
- 7 Feb 2018
Designing and Building Pharmaceutical and Biotech Smart Factories

Pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers seek to improve both project and operational performance through implementation of smart factory technology. The smart factory fits right into the S95 enterprise automation model and provides out-of-box manufacturing functionality representing the best practice in the industry and complying with the regulation such as cGMP. The smart factory technology connects the plant digitally...

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