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Maintaining pharmaceutical operations during a pandemic through innovation and remote technologies
G Balaji and Ravi Kalla explains how Pharma 4.0 can be implemented at a CRO to enable work to continue even during a global pandemic.
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Lack of skill and talent biggest challenge to digital transformation in pharma
A report has found that the biggest hurdle for digital transformation in pharma is a lack of specific skills and talents, followed by organisational silos.
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From simple automation to smart labs: the future for drug discovery
Phoebe Chubb explains how emerging technologies are enabling laboratory automation to occur on a smaller scale, with a less prohibitive price tag, and discusses the potential of smart labs to significantly transform the R&D environment.
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How an integrated LIMS platform can transform drug development and manufacturing workflows
In this article, William E Weiser discusses the advantages global pharmaceutical developers and manufacturers can gain from a laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution and highlights the key considerations to be made when integrating and standardising LIMS in their organisations.
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PerkinElmer to acquire Horizon Discovery for $383 Million
PerkinElmer will expand its automated life sciences discovery and applied genomics solutions with the acquisition.
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Should life sciences businesses require employees to use the NHS COVID-19 App when at work?
The NHS COVID-19 App was introduced in the UK on 24 September. Many welcome its arrival as another step to contain the spread of COVID-19, while others are concerned about using the app for data and privacy reasons. In this article Helen Farr, a partner at Taylor Wessing, explores the…
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Expert view: Enabling Pharma 4.0 through digital transformation
Digital transformation refers to the advent of various new and advancing technologies and their application in business to drive organisational efficiencies that would otherwise be impossible to achieve.
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Reality check: is robotic process automation a panacea for transforming regulatory affairs?
Regulatory operations are burdened by resource-draining document and data processing tasks, but is robotic process automation the definitive solution? If not, where does it have greatest application and appeal – and how can life sciences firms exploit the full benefits? Agnes Cwienczek scrutinises the technology’s potential.
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Communicating with healthcare providers in the time of COVID-19
AJ Ploszay, IQVIA’s Vice President of Digital Strategy, discusses how COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation and driven the adoption of digital detailing.
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120 million COVID-19 rapid diagnostic tests made available to lower income countries
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator reports that new agreements have made millions of rapid COVID-19 antigen tests available to low and middle-income countries.
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UK to create the most advanced genomic healthcare system in the world
The UK’s Health and Social Secretary has launched a new healthcare strategy based on harnessing the potential of advanced genome sequencing for both research and clinical purposes.
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The future of label management is with intelligent automation
Kiran Chinnalla and Julian Backhouse explain why automation for labelling in pharma can help the industry to remain compliant in the face of regulatory changes.
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Transforming pathology with RFID could save the NHS millions
This article explores how implementing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology could help NHS pathology services cope with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The rush to create a vaccine to combat COVID-19 highlights the need to equip researchers with digital solutions
In this article Phoebe Chubb outlines some of the digital solutions that are enabling researchers to continue their work remotely or with social distancing measures, including the Electronic Lab Notebook, Internet of Things (IoT) and automation.
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In vitro diagnostics and the coronavirus pandemic
Liz Thorn outlines the benefits that in vitro diagnostics can bring to the world in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic.
