Preventing Batch Loss: The Growing Role of Preventive and Predictive Maintenance

Pharmaceutical manufacturers operate under some of the strictest quality requirements in any industry. Even small deviations in a facility’s environmental conditions can compromise product stability and risk batch losses that can cost manufacturers millions of dollars in lost product, investigations, and production delays. Despite improvements in manufacturing technology, batch failures still occur due to contamination, operator error, and equipment failure. On average, biopharmaceutical manufacturers experience a failure every 40 weeks.