Companies choose manufacturing processes -- such as job order, batch process, assembly line and continuous process -- based in part on the level of product individualization allowed. Manufacturers use ...

Historically, pharmaceutical products have been produced in a traditional ‘batch’ system, in which every operation is executed separately using a defined quantity of materials. In batch manufacturing ...

“A unit operation is continuous if it is capable of processing a continuous flow input for prolonged periods of time. A continuous unit operation has minimal internal hold volume. The output can be ...

Continuous manufacturing and a quality-by-design development approach are a natural fit. FDA, as well as other regulatory agencies around the world, have for many years been encouraging drug makers to ...

Considerations of cost, quality, speed, and flexibility are driving the bioprocessing industry to look for ever better ways of producing their wares, whether they be monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), ...

A photo of technicians working in front of a process train. Novartis's continuous manufacturing center in Basel, Switzerland, replicates an end-to-end manufacturing process developed at the ...