Lecture
It’s Time for a Change – Transforming Pharmaceutical Sample Preparation Through Automation
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- B1.131
- Type: Lecture
Lecture description
In pharmaceutical quality control, tests such as Content Uniformity (CU), Blend Uniformity, Stability-Indicating Assays, and Impurity Analysis rely heavily on manual, volumetric flask-based sample preparation. While this traditional approach dominates the industry, it is intricate, time-consuming, and poorly documented. It involves extensive glassware handling, cleaning, and storage, making the process slow, costly, and error prone. Studies by R.E. Majors (LC/GC Magazine, 1991–2011) reveal that over 50% of analytical errors stem from inconsistent execution of manual preparation steps. What if this could change? Imagine replacing this cumbersome process with a streamlined, automated workflow – initiated at the push of a button. Faster, simpler, error-free, and fully compliant. Automation not only improves reliability and traceability but also frees analysts to focus on higher-value tasks, driving productivity and performance to new levels. Introducing a new sample preparation approach with JetX™: JetX™ revolutionizes sample preparation for CU and stability-indicating assays by eliminating traditional glassware and manual handling. This advanced system automates and accelerates workflows, ensuring consistent, reproducible results while enhancing documentation accuracy. By integrating automation into pharmaceutical laboratories, JetX™ addresses key challenges such as: • Labor reduction & speed for significant time savings compared to manual methods. • Consistency & accuracy for minimized variability across operators and sites. • Data integrity for full traceability and compliance with regulatory standards. The presentation will showcase a comparative analysis of JetX™ versus conventional manual preparation across multiple pharmaceutical products. Key metrics include preparation time, labour input, throughput, and analytical precision. The discussion will highlight: • Workflow Simplification through pre-programmed, validated methods reducing training needs and procedural errors. • Self-Cleaning Mechanism for minimized cross-contamination risks. • Regulatory Compliance for secure, automated record-keeping, audit-ready reports, and seamless integration with LIMS, Waters Empower CDS, and q-doc® for real-time data transfer. Why It Matters? Pharmaceutical labs face mounting pressure to improve efficiency without compromising accuracy. Manual preparation is labour-intensive, variable, and difficult to standardize. JetX™ delivers a game-changing solution—automating traditionally complex tasks, reducing human error, and enhancing data management. The result: faster turnaround, improved reproducibility, and robust compliance. Takeaway from the Forum presentation Automation in sample preparation is no longer a future vision – it’s here. The new automated sample preparation approach with JetX™ empowers laboratories to achieve higher productivity, better data integrity, and streamlined workflows, setting a new benchmark for pharmaceutical quality control.
