Automation

WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES

• Rethink Custom Microscopes With OpenStand

  Prior Scientific is renowned for motorizing commercially available microscopes to maximize the generation of high-quality imaging data from a wide variety of optical systems. As imaging instruments become more diverse and specialized toward particular applications, Prior now offers the OpenStand®, a highly versatile imaging system development platform.

• Flowback Water Treatment In The Permian Basin, TX: A Case Study From A Large Oil/Gas E&P Company

  Produced water from the extraction process of oil and gas reserves, as well as flow back water from hydraulic fracturing operations, must be properly managed in order to mitigate any environmental impacts to existing water supplies caused by oil drilling/fracturing activities.

• Providing Research Participants With New Information – Is Re-Consent Always Necessary

  In an ever-changing clinical research landscape, it is critical that we are agile, flexible, and quick to adapt to change. But what if that change impacts currently enrolled study participants? How do we communicate changes to the study effectively and in line with regulatory guidance? This whitepaper provides tips and strategies for how to handle consent documentation with participants when new information becomes available.

• From Bench To Billions: Facilitating Scale-Up Of Adherent Cultures For Cell And Gene Therapies

  We review what researchers should consider when they are creating a risk-mitigating adherent culture process for cell and gene therapy scale-up.

• Major French Banking Group Deploys Web-Based Capture From Kodak Alaris To Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiency And Ensure Regulatory Compliance

  A French banking group and its subsidiaries are realizing significant business benefits thanks to an advanced information capture solution from Kodak Alaris. The solution is enabling the bank to seamlessly process physical and digital documents more efficiently, delivering cost and time savings, improving customer satisfaction, and reducing risk around data security and non-compliance with regulatory requirements.

• The Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson’s Research Works With Service Provider To Remove Reimbursement And Travel Obstacles For Clinical Study Participants

  In 2010, MJFF launched a large-scale clinical study conducted at a network of clinical sites around the world focused on identifying and validating Parkinson’s disease biomarkers. The study realized it needed a new way to ensure that participants were remaining engaged throughout the long protocol and that the experience was as seamless as possible for both the volunteers and the site coordinators. They were able to source a solution to support patient-centricity, as well as study site efficiency.

• What Is Pharma 4.0 And How Can You Implement It?

  How can you get drugs to market faster without sacrificing quality, all while saving time and money? Pharma 4.0 could be the solution.

• Vanderbilt’s Advice For Sponsors: How To Make Working With Your EDC Easier For Sites

  Learn how research sites like Vanderbilt University Medical Center speed study timelines and drive higher quality data entry with a modern EDC.

• Manufacturing Automation Solutions For Allogeneic Cell Therapy Production

  Breakthrough manufacturing automation for cell expansion, formulation and working cell bank dispensing paves the way for the treatment of debilitating illness.

• Navigating Regulatory And Development Milestones In Biopharma

  This article addresses how early-stage biotherapeutic companies can avoid common pitfalls as they navigate the funding and regulatory processes to bring novel therapeutics from research to market.

• CDMO Supports Complex Bispecific Antibody Development

  Read how the expertise, resources and flexibility of one partner have been fundamental in advancing novel and complex bispecific antibody candidates that target the WNT pathway.

• City Of Auburndale Leading The Way With Smart Water Technologies

  Located in central Florida, the City of Auburndale is a thriving and steadily growing community that boasts great spaces to live, work and play. With more than a dozen lakes and ponds within its borders, a crucial component of the city’s appeal can be found in its abundance of water. In 2016, the Public Utilities Department saw a need to upgrade aging infrastructure across its water system. The city’s water meters and endpoints had provided many years of reliable service, and it was an opportune time to investigate how more advanced technology could benefit the utility and its customers.