When designing and manufacturing a pMDI or DPI combination drug-delivery device, the commercial stage should be kept in mind from the beginning of development. For inhalation drugs that are dosed via ...

Manufacturing issues are one of the top reasons that we see warranty returns and loss of market share in the electronics industry. Issues like supply chain failures and printed circuit board assembly ...

There are compelling reasons why educational institutions should invest in their manufacturing curricula. Gaining a basic understanding of manufacturing practices can: Make all engineering students, ...

Siegfried Schmitt, vice president Technical at Parexel, discusses the difficulty of operating non-GMP and GMP quality systems in the same facility. Q: We have been manufacturing specialty chemicals ...

Data shows that there is a lack of women in manufacturing leadership positions, and this trend becomes more pronounced the higher up the corporate ladder one looks. Roles that require strategic ...

Late last month China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (Health Commission) posted a “policy explanation” (something like a “Frequently Asked Questions”) on the General Hygiene ...

The move to mass customization, combined with the desire to take inventory out of the supply chain, is having an enormous impact on the automotive industry. Automotive manufacturers and their Tier One ...

People are billed as companies' most important asset so routinely that we should be surprised they don't all sleep nights in a corporate vault. Yet, in the hard-nosed, bottom-line discipline of ...