The Long Learning Curve For Artificially Intelligent Drug Manufacturing Begins Now

Drugmakers quickly adopt low-impact AI/ML models in quest to eventually automate manufacturing processes. Already, they are learning a lot about how these models can support their operations. One finding: innovative change management approaches may be required to unlock their full potential.

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The pharmaceutical sector has quickly begun using artificial intelligence and machine learning models (AI/ML) in manufacturing and quality assurance, participants in recent workshop discussions indicated – but is unlikely to give the technology control over manufacturing processes or product release anytime soon.

Meanwhile, pharmaceutical manufacturers are working to optimize the AI/ML models they are using, for example by relying on recent regulatory...

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