PAT: A Cousin to Laboratory Automation
It’s interesting how some technologies exist for many years before coming into the spotlight. One such technology has now been labeled as “Process Analytical Technology”, or PAT. This technology has been implemented for years, particularly by the chemical and consumer products industries. Now, decades later PAT is in the spotlight thanks to the FDA, having become a cornerstone of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (US FDA) Quality by Design (QbD) initiative for both the design and control of quality processes. January Podcast | January Blog

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