The leading drug manufacturing professionals across the globe will be gathering to examine the latest technological developments and strategic advancements affecting the industry.

This year’s multi-streamed manufacturing themes include

Operational Excellence

• Aligning manufacturing with other functions to achieve operational excellence across the business
• Achieving a sustainable cultural change, engaging employees from shop floor to top floor
• Technology transfer efficiency in-house or to external manufacturing partners

QBD

• Developing a risk based approach to quality management
• Applying QBD to old and new processes
• Real-time release in pharma manufacturing

Globalisation

• Driving growth through developing a manufacturing presence in emerging markets
• Managing across boundaries – overcoming the cultural and regulatory barriers of manufacturing in new locations

COGS reduction

• Development of cost-effective processes using a combination of cost of goods modelling and QbD tools
• Impact of cost of drug development and Cost of Goods Sold of pharmaceuticals

Facility management and engineering

• Responding to diversified product portfolios through design of flexible, multi-product manufacturing facilities
• Utility cost reduction through efficient energy and water management Integrating the latest manufacturing technologies in to manufacturing facilities
• Continuous manufacturing in pharma

Manufacturing IT

• Improving manufacturing control and decision making through effective data management
• Implementing MES in pharma manufacturing
• PAT and automation

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