In March this year, a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in London was fined £51,000 and ordered to pay costs of £104,898 by a Crown Court, after it was convicted of supplying a medicinal product which was not of the nature or quality specified in a prescription. The medicine made by the company contained just 12% of the strength specified in the prescription, which resulted …
Most common data integrity violations in life science manufacturing and how to avoid them
Data integrity is defined as the extent to which all data are complete, consistent, and accurate throughout the data lifecycle. It includes all original records and true copies, including source (raw) data, metadata and all subsequent transformations and reports of these data. The requirements for data include that they are attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original and accurate (ALCOA). Data integrity is …
Metronik at the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition in Dublin
Metronik is participating in the international fair “National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition,” held on 25 and 26 May 2022 in Dublin, Ireland. The two-day event, intended to manufacturing companies and solution providers for various industries, is divided into several content areas such as Industry 4.0, 3D printing, digitalization of production, smart factories, lean manufacturing, robotics and automation, …
Zero carbon footprint as a precondition for competitiveness of manufacturing companies
One of the key global challenges today are the climate changes. To help fight them, more and more manufacturing companies and other organizations are actively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint. In most ambitious manufacturing companies, they intend to achieve zero carbon footprint, and to do that, they must take into account both direct emissions caused by …
How can you reduce setup time for tablet press by 50%?
In Oral Solid Dosage manufacturing, plants need to produce millions of tablets daily. As tablets vary in shapes, weight, active substance dosing and other parameters, the production is broken down in multiple batches. Yet for every batch, the production setup process need to be completed. With hundreds of parameters to be defined, reviewed, approved and downloaded to machines, this process …
Metronik at Making Pharmaceuticals expo in Coventry (UK), 5-6 October
Metronik will exhibit its innovative solutions for digitalization of life science manufacturing – MePIS at the Making pharmaceuticals exhibition and conference, which is going to take place from 5th to 6th October 2021 at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, UK. Meet our experts at stand no. 305, and find out how MePIS solutions can help you optimise your …
State-of-the-art digitization technologies as a key element for a substantial leap in production efficiency
The issue of productivity has been around in the manufacturing world for decades. However, in practice, we have often seen failed investments and unexploited opportunities to improve production efficiency. Fortunately, a proven approach exists that delivers productivity growth and cost optimization on a constant basis – digitally supported approach of Operational Excellence (OPEX), which can also be upgraded with artificial …


