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Ali Afnan: Pharma Faces a New Year: Will it Mirror, or Break Away From, the Past?
Effective change must improve business performance, and not just a process.

Therapeutic Dose: Fractal Pharma
When the whole so closely resembles the individual parts, where is the big picture, or the path to continuous improvement?

Chatterjee: Automation Standards, Statistics and Process Validation
Revived interest in SPC only heightens the need for new data architecture models

From the Editor: Knowledge Transfer and Minimizing Risk
When GMP's fail offshore, insufficient knowledge transfer is usually at the root of the problem.

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White Papers: In Depth Research

Three Steps to Leveraging Expertise in Global Pharmaceutical Production
Author: AspenTech
Posted: 07/07/2011
Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences companies have a broad geographical distribution of manufacturing assets combined with very lean support organizations and a shrinking pool of in-house experts. By providing key resources with real-time data and effective workflow tools, companies can leverage specialized knowledge and expertise regardless of location. Learn how leading process manufacturers are achieving the following benefits access to resource expertise—anytime‚ anywhere, quickly troubleshoot issues that affect performance, leverage real–time data to improve decision making, improve overall efficiencies to reduce costs.

Pharma 2020: Supplying the Future
Author: PriceWaterhouse Coopers
Posted: 02/22/2011
The pharma supply chain needs a radical overhaul, and PWC predicts that it will undergo three key changes over the next decade. It will fragment, with different models for different product types and patient segments. It will become a means of market differentiation and source of economic value. And, it will become a two-way street, with information flowing upstream to drive the downstream flow of products and services.

Industry Insight: Facilitating Continuous Improvement
Author: Waters Corp.
Posted: 10/04/2010
How quality by design eases method transfer to more efficient analytical instrumentation in the pharmaceutical industry.

The Workforce: From Discovery to Production, Increasing Operational Efficiencies in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Author: Kronos Inc.
Posted: 07/23/2010
Life Sciences companies are facing shifting business models, expanding generic competition, and an ongoing search for high-growth markets. That's why organizations are seeking ways to increase revenues and maintain profits. The workforce is one resource that can yield significant return with minimal investment. After all, labor is the most controllable expense across Life Sciences manufacturing and R&D. This paper sheds light on how automated workforce management can help gain insight into labor costs, maintain complete audit trails, and shorten development cycles.

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