The benefits of flexible facilities

In a recent article at Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Eric Unrau, Director of International Operations for CRB Consulting Engineers, sat down to talk some of the benefits of the new trend of creating flexible facilities when developing manufacturing facilities for pharmaceutical products.  The facilities are specifically created for the drug being made and at the requests of the Pharma companies which leads to reduced investments and faster schedules.  Due to the designed production equipment for the pharmaceuticals, product quality rises as well as a reduced risk for patients and regulatory.  When creating the facilities, CRB Consulting Engineers consider technologies, business drivers, design, quality, maintenance, safety, environmental and operations initiatives.  In the article, they take a look at how Shire pushed this envelope on taking advantage of these technologies.Read it here.

This fall at the BioProcess International Event taking place September 16-19, 2013, we'll be bringing companies including Biogen Idec, CMC Icos Biologics, Pall Life Sciencs and more together to share their insights on Flexible Facilities, Multi-product Manufacturing and Single-Use Implementation: Practical Experiences and Lessons Learned.  For more information on these sessions and the rest of the program, download the agenda. As a reader of this blog, when you register to join us and mention code BPI13BLOG, you'll save 20% off the standard rate!

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