Life Sciences Archives

3 ways to pandemic proof your facility

Segregation, cleanability, and automation/process closure are proven ways to protect viral containment through a pandemic and beyond.

Wet labs vs dry labs from lab design experts

As technology and testing advance, wet labs and dry labs have become more interconnected, but these spaces still have fundamentally different purposes and design considerations.

Behind every rapid response is a strong regulatory strategy

During a global pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry must juggle the need for speed and the need to protect patient safety. A strong regulatory strategy makes it possible to accelerate drug development without getting slowed down by compliance considerations.

An overview of oral solid dosage manufacturing

Oral solid dosage (OSD) products can take several different shapes, and with those different forms comes different production techniques and facility designs. Here’s what is involved with manufacturing an orally-ingested drug product.

10 tips for operating construction sites during the COVID-19 pandemic

In the era of COVID-19, construction companies across America were trying to find the best way forward. There were a host of new challenges that every construction organization had to deal with—here’s how we advised the industry to keep moving forward.

Lab design techniques to accelerate COVID test processing

Testing is a crucial component of our global response to COVID-19. The more people we can test for the virus, the better we can understand the threat we’re up against.

COVID-19: 7 Steps to plan for re-entering the workplace

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges and created questions about what life in the office will look like going forward.

The basics and the process of drug approval

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the spotlight on the FDA drug approval process. Why will it take so long for a vaccine to get approved?

During a crisis, moving drugs to market requires a strong HVAC strategy

As the global pandemic brings new attention to emerging therapies, the biopharmaceutical industry shouldn’t overlook HVAC design for contamination control.

6 considerations for scaling up an industrial biotechnology process

Industrial biotechnology processes face a unique set of challenges when it comes to scale-up.