Machinery & Technology
From batch to flow: continuous manufacturing and what it means for tablet plants
Regulators now have a global guideline, and continuous lines have shortened release times and approvals. Where the technology stands.
Machinery & Technology
What is new in the world’s pharmaceutical machinery and manufacturing: continuous lines, AI, isolators and 3D printing.
Machinery & Technology
AI and digital twins on the factory floor: how drug makers are using them in 2026
Eli Lilly credits AI with producing more medicine than it otherwise could; agentic AI is halving deviation investigations. What is real, and what it…
Machinery & Technology
Annex 1 and the move to isolators: what modern sterile manufacturing requires
Europe’s revised sterile-manufacturing rules require a contamination control strategy and favour barrier technology. Why it matters beyond Europe.
Machinery & Technology
3D-printed medicines: from the first approval to programmable tablets
Printing tablets layer by layer lets designers control how a drug is released. A look at the technology and how far it has come.