People have recognized the promise of continuous manufacturing processes ever since Henry Ford’s auto assembly line kicked into action. Even so, pharmaceuticals are still made in batches. Proponents ...

Pharmaceutical manufacturing has traditionally been performed using batch process techniques. Batch processes have been proven over many decades of use, but can have shortcomings when it comes to ...

Although continuous flow chemistry—wherein molecules are made in a continuous process rather than in batches—has gained ground in academic labs, its adoption by industry and contract manufacturing ...

The Futura 3 is a new continuous flow analyzer (UV-vis spectrometer) that can simultaneously run multiple parameters on up to 16 parallel channels. It offers fully integrated automation technology, ...

GE Healthcare’s ReadyToProcess WAVE 25 single-use bioreactor can be used for batch and perfusion cell culture processes. Now representing eight of the top 10 pharmaceuticals based on global sales, ...

Industrial-scale continuous API manufacturing may offer cost and safety benefits. A growing number of companies around the world are using continuous processes to make small-molecule APIs. “There’s ...