Q - Shimadzu Analytical is a regular exhibitor at analytica Anacon India / India Lab Expo. What are the main benefits of participating in this forum?
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Hyderabad has been brimming with all the action since quite some time now and has turned into one of biggest pharma hubs in India. We expect to meet many customers from Central, East, and South who are reluctant coming to Mumbai or Delhi but visiting Hyderabad due its strategic development supportive environment, encouraging business opportunities & geographically convenient location almost in the centre of the country.
We're excited to showcase our latest cutting-edge technology and futuristic solutions on this platform, demonstrating our commitment to providing customers with advanced and ever-evolving analytical instrumentation. We aim to instil greater confidence in prospective clients regarding the pioneering scientific technology. that Shimadzu offers. We look forward with enthusiasm to the annual opportunity of networking with valued customers, key opinion leaders (KOLs), and industry experts in the pharmaceutical sector at analytica Anacon India / India Lab Expo that’s been growing year on year. These interactions not only provide meaningful insights about the latest trending applications & challenges that they are actively seeking ways to overcome, but also present us with a chance to offer most suitable & innovative analytical solutions from Shimadzu. Again, its not just Pharmaceuticals, but we have seen active participation from segments like Biopharma, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Clinical Research, Diagnostics and not to miss out the flourishing testing labs as well.
What are the main innovations and solutions under development at Shimadzu Analytical? Share some solutions that will be exhibited at analytica Anacon India / India Lab Expo.
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At Shimadzu, we are unceasingly focused on developing innovative solutions that empower our customers to overcome analytical challenges by extending time-saving solutions that enhance productivity. Post pandemic, the industry has been witnessing a huge Technology Acceleration or Tech-celeration and Digital Transformation of all businesses. We offer comprehensive solutions that enable you adapt to this fast-changing scenario while keeping up with compliance regulations.
We present the Living laboratory concept, that provides advanced instrumentation, automated workflows and complete data management that will not only turn laborious task into efficient and high-throughput processes, but also offer the flexibility to Work from Anywhere. The Shimadzu Living Laboratory is an ecosystem of the world’s most advanced technologies (called Living Instruments™), which are powered by the world’s most intelligent algorithms and data analysis tools called Living Algorithms (Algos) and provides the user with world’s most intuitive data accessibility platforms (called Living Analytics).
Shimadzu embraces the concept of ANALYTICAL INTELLIGENCE
Our technology offers Automated support functions utilizing digital technology, such as M2M, IoT, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), that enable higher productivity and maximum reliability.
It allows a system to monitor and diagnose itself, handle any issues during data acquisition without user input, and automatically behave as if it were operated by an expert.
It also supports the acquisition of high-quality, reproducible data regardless of an operator’s skill level for both routine and demanding applications.
Q - India is emerging as a leading research and manufacturing destination, especially in the pharma industry. What kinds of value-added solutions are you looking to deliver to this market?
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Undoubtedly, India has been ramping up the drug discovery research, and we all geared up to support customers, maximize the throughput of this drug-discovery process.
We understand that it is necessary to ensure reliability and analytical accuracy, respond to regulatory conditions, and address a variety of other needs. The quality of analytical techniques at pharmaceutical manufacturing companies is the key to new drug development. Shimadzu offers effective solutions for all of the processes related to pharmaceuticals, from drug discovery and development to quality control and manufacturing.
Implementing Automated workflow solutions could greatly benefit pharma companies focusing on Drug Discovery. We offer Mass Directed Auto Purification (MDAP) System, ASAPrep (Automated Scale-up from Analytical to Preparative) system that would drastically increase the efficiency in a laboratory.
Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has now become a gold standard for analyzing chiral compounds, and is again recently attracting attention in terms of its eco-friendliness.
We also have a wide range of solutions, like LC/SFC auto switching system (Nexera UC/s) as well as SFC Prep system (Nexera UC Prep).
Shimadzu’s end-to-end workflow solutions deliver accurate, comprehensive data that can help our customers make data-driven decisions and accelerate scientific progress.
Q - As pharma manufacturing moves from batch processes to continuous manufacturing, what kinds of lab equipment innovations can support in this transition?
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Lab equipment are being designed to adapt continuous manufacturing by focusing to prioritize energy efficiency to reduce operational costs and environmental impact. This shift in process demands for end-to-end solution from raw material to finished good in one go.
Shimadzu is engaged in the research and development of core technologies that will produce innovative next-generation products, the developments of new products that further improve current products and technologies, and the developments of highly versatile common technologies, including AI, IoT, and robotics.
We believe, adapting Automation technologies can help improve productivity by streamlining processes and increasing efficiency. It can support reducing the risk of human errors that result in product defects.
Analytical techniques and instruments like UHPLC, Online HPLC-Dissolution with Nexera-FV, UV-Cetac Autosampler, and other similar technologies offered by Shimadzu would indeed support the goals of continuous manufacturing by contributing to quality assurance, process optimization, data-driven decision-making, and regulatory compliance. These tools are vital for achieving the objectives of cost reduction, reduced human errors, shorter production times, and improved overall product quality in a continuous manufacturing approach.
Complementing software technologies further enhance improving the efficiency the entire analytical method development workflow.
Shimadzu LabSolutions™ MD improves method development efficiency by taking an Analytical Quality by Design (AQbD) approach. This software efficiently develops highly reliable analysis methods by configuring mobile phases, columns, and other parameters using an analysis function that automatically generates analysis schedules with the experimental design method and a data analysis function that plots a design space and predicted chromatogram.
Incorporating these innovations into the laboratory and manufacturing processes can help pharmaceutical companies transition smoothly from batch processes to continuous manufacturing, improving overall efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
Digitisation and cybersecurity are of prime importance today considering the large volumes of data that labs are dealing with. What should companies keep in mind when sourcing technology for lab data management?
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For more efficient & wholistic analytical solutions that maximize laboratory productivity, the role of Software technology is equally important as is the superiority of hardware instrumentation. Companies should look for effective tools for data process with minimal human intervention which produces extremely accurate results.
Shimadzu has recently introduced AI based algorithms for data processing which are highly optimized for complex data processing. Our software solutions ensure data safety, data integrity, and data loss prevention, thereby enabling pharma companies to adhere to all regulatory requirements.
Shimadzu's lab software i.e. LabSolutions CS, a unified platform for variety of analytical instruments and LabSolutions BiX for analytics, fit the bill very well. Not only can our lab data management system handle the large volumes of data typically generated in laboratories, but also offers scalability for future data growth. The user-friendly interface and compliance-ready software solutions make it suitable for all type of workflows. Now, with cloud compatibility implementation, it facilitates “Work From Anywhere”, hence we can confidently say that Shimadzu’s software solutions are Future-Ready.
