Process analysis technology permeates every aspect of pharmaceutical production - Improved process understanding, higher process reliability, and fewer rejects: PAT techniques can achieve all this and more.
A lot has changed since America’s FDA decided to incorporate more process analysis technology into pharmaceutical production back in 2003. The objective of the PAT initiative has not changed, however: Still today, it aims to optimize the production of pharmaceuticals and improve process understanding. PROCESS Worldwide, 4-2016, Pharmaceutical Technology, p. 42-44