As companies develop new facilities, they face difficult decisions: Take on the technical challenge of building fully automated, future-oriented factories, or embrace the simpler, less costly path of relying more on traditional factories indexed more on human labor. Now or soon, manufacturers should identify the ways technology can meet the industry’s sustainability, quality and workforce support needs, while meeting regulations and keeping medicines readily available for patients.

Novartis plans to cut up to 680 jobs in its drug development unit, adding more layoffs on top of a restructuring program that is already underway.

The five-year deal aims to improve Novo's drug production and advance scalable manufacturing tech.

During tableting processes, APIs become airborne. These dust particles can harm workers, reduce air quality, contaminate products and cause explosions. Learn how dust collectors safely capture and contain airborne API dust before it causes problems.