07.03.2012
- Water, Water Everywhere - Without cooling water, not much works in Wacker Chemie's Burghausen plant. That's why the owners equipped their water supply plants with the Simatic PCS 7...
27.01.2012
- The production of pharmaceutical products requires strict compliance with specified ambient conditions. Since the building automation systems (BAS) must meet very special...
Customer Support - From specific technologies and services to comprehensive solutions: A broad family of brands represents the myriad ways Emerson Pro¬cess Management can...
25.01.2012
- Billion-Dollar Industry - The illicit trade in counterfeit pharmaceuticals is worth an estimated $200 billion a year and has obvious implications for public health. A range of anti...
25.01.2012
- Framework - When asked, most people say that they believe regulations should avoid dictating specific technologies but instead should dictate desired outcomes and let industry...
24.01.2012
- Costs of Switching - Competitive bidding has historically been used to reduce the cost of purchased materials. In the case of active pharmaceutical ingredients, it is not always...
24.01.2012
- The War Continues - The European Union's Falsified Medicines directive, ratified in 2011, was arguably the most significant landmark to date in the war on fake drugs. The law will...
