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Engineering Chemistry Innovation
April 04 2019
April 25 2019
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Abstract
Automation
of chemistry at a pharmaceutical company commonly entails
bringing commercial solutions in-house, reproducing manual processes
with a robot, or integrating multiple instruments to eliminate human
intervention. A strategy of industrializing proven approaches, while
financially justifiable, however, does not encourage innovation. On
the other hand, trying to automate unproven or difficult processes
may seem to be risky but can actually accelerate the adoption, modification,
or rejection of novel technologies. Having chemists and engineers
work together to develop automation that accelerates the development
and evaluation of innovative concepts is one blueprint for delivering
a competitive advantage to an organization.