...in an article, (raw) audio interview, and related background material on PharmaManufacturing.com. Note an embedded link within the article to Professor Macher's article on "disruptive manufacturing methodologies" in the semiconductor industry---methodologies that accelerate learning, and, once adopted, increase the rate of process improvement. Process Analytical Technologies (PAT) fit that category within pharma, he says, but won't provide overnight results.
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