There’s no denying that the pharmaceutical world has rapidly advanced over the years. Children’s medication comes in different flavors to make them palatable for young tastebuds. Extended-release medicine allows drugs to work longer. Better machines are providing opportunities for medical professionals to gain data from patients’ bodies like never before. These are only a few examples.
What about in the upcoming year? There are multiple technologies changing the pharmaceutical world as we know it. You may not notice them all, but they will help patients and professionals in one way or another.
Precision Medication
The idea of precision medication comes from wanting to treat each patient as an individual instead of as a number. Advancements in data and omic analysis provide deeper insights into how the body responds to medications. The pharmaceutical industry can use this knowledge and advanced manufacturing methods to make personalized medicine a reality. Each patient could receive the correct dosage based on their gender, age, clinical parameters, and comorbidities.
Analytics and Big Data
High-performance systems analyze large volumes of data for the pharmaceutical industry. The industry then uses third-party companies to share data with partners, making data management a vital area of focus.
Updated analytic technologies allow pharmaceutical companies access to valuable assets for real-time prescriptive, diagnostic, and predictive data, including medical data from hospitals, imaging, and patient records.
Blockchain
When scientists are creating a drug, everything stays under wraps. Pharmaceutical companies are incredibly secretive during every stage of production and distribution; this secrecy is due to the sensitive nature of the data. Blockchain technology plays a role in stopping other businesses from obtaining this data.
Researchers are also exploring using blockchain technology to tackle the issue of substandard drugs and counterfeit medicine. These bad medications enter the market and claim innocent lives every year. Blockchain tracks and secures the pharmaceutical transaction system thanks to digitalizing transactions.
Flexible Production
Fluctuating market dynamics are causing the pharmaceutical industry to explore new manufacturing methods. Single-use bioreactors are gaining popularity due to increased production and reduced downtime. They eliminate complicated steps, such as validation and cleaning, between individual production stages.
Of course, GMP certifications still provide incredible benefits for companies, but with flexible production, businesses can focus on achieving high production rates and minimizing the amount of created waste. These advanced processes address the focus on biopharmaceuticals.
These technologies are changing the pharmaceutical industry for the better, benefitting patients and medicine. Keep an eye out for more advancements to come.
