Innovation is the key to the hi-tech API manufacturing sector’s success. The constant search for development of innovative technical processes and technology for more efficient, safer and lower cost production that goes beyond ordinary improvements into a transformation of processes.
To cite just one illustration, continuous flow production technology marked a major breakthrough. Instead of working by batch – producing the same units of a product one after another – it used a continuous flow of materials through the production line, so that the factory still made the same type of products but without interruption, thus dramatically reducing the production time and the waste. The potentially huge consequences for productivity meant much safer supply chains and goods that could cost less to the consumer.
Furthermore, artificial intelligence and machine learning is bringing new levels of quality control, by predicting adverse changes before they happen and allowing for instant correction and high-quality outputs every time, with the UK investment demonstrating its conviction to remain a world leader in such manufacturing processes.
Beyond all this, one should not forget the role played by the progress in bioprocessing. Bioprocesses use biological systems to produce APIs. Enzymes and microorganisms allow for molecules that are traditionally made by chemical synthesis to be more sustainably created. This is an exciting move towards a more sustainable approach that will also help with drug innovation. As we are moving toward drugs such as biologics and biosimilars that are increasingly important in modern medicine, the emergence of synthetic biology will be key.
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Not only that, you’re also witnessing the graceful arrival of digital twins, where the accuracy of the process is virtually closed- of the production system, allowing you to test run different real-life-looking scenarios and hopefully avoid any potential troubles before they emerge. All these will enhance our ability to run operations more efficiently, with less downtime, and ultimately more responsive to change in customer markets, offering an agile manufacturing environment able to address orders with reduced lead time. I believe such technologies will be further strengthened and evolve.
