In recent years, the digital transformation of the pharmaceutical industry has been accelerating
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Especially since the epidemic, the digital transformation of pharmaceutical companies has become one of the major trends in the world, and with the unprecedented scale and depth of information and communication technology penetrating into the pharmaceutical industry, the digital transformation of pharmaceutical companies is no longer an innovative vision, but a strategic task
for enterprises to remain competitive in the market.
Pharmaceutical companies are accelerating their exploration of new paths for digital transformation (Image: Pharmaceutical Network)
Pharmaceutical companies have realized that implementing strategies around digital technologies is critical
to their businesses.
It is reported that at present, a large number of domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies are seeking external partners to use artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, electronic data collection and other technologies and platforms to accelerate the efficiency of drug research and development, accelerate the process of clinical trials, close the relationship with doctors and patients, and comprehensively innovate the process
of pharmaceutical business.
For example, in November 2021, Sanofi reached a strategic cooperation with Olive Branch Health at the 4th China International Import Expo, and decided to jointly explore and build a digital ecology
of vaccines.
Specifically, it will mainly focus on improving public awareness and acceptance of vaccines; Support the improvement of the digital service capacity of the public health system, explore innovative solutions for vaccination services such as unmanned vaccination cabins, and improve the accessibility of vaccines
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In addition, Gilead Sciences has announced that it will reach a strategic cooperation
with JD Health in the field of digital health ecology.
The two sides will explore the innovative practice of "Internet + medical health" in depth and jointly provide more professional, safe and convenient "one-stop" disease management solutions for patients with chronic infectious diseases
In addition, in May this year, Biogen and MedRhythms also announced that the two sides will reach an R&D collaboration to jointly develop MedRhythms' prescription digital therapy MR-004 for the treatment of gait (gait) disorder in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) .
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From the above point of view, one of the first values brought by digitalization to the pharmaceutical industry is the improvement of efficiency, so it can be clearly seen that in recent years, major multinational pharmaceutical companies and local companies are laying out AI pharmaceuticals
.
In fact, in addition to research and development, in terms of production, logistics and distribution, there are also many enterprises that are moving towards
digital transformation.
For example, a pharmaceutical company has improved the detection efficiency by introducing a fully automated intelligent lamp inspection machine, and it only takes less than 1 minute from the start of the lamp inspection to the output of a preparation, and a batch can automatically detect more than 200,000 oral liquid preparations
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At the same time, the equipment only needs 2 to be maintained on both sides of the input and output of the lamp inspection, which greatly reduces the cost output of the enterprise and brings greater benefits
to the enterprise.
There is also a pharmaceutical company's warehousing center that relies on robots to transport traditional Chinese medicine tablets, and only 4 operators are needed
.
According to reports, the warehousing center adopts AGV intelligent robot, WMS warehouse management system, AGV intelligent scheduling system, electronic label control system, ERP management system, etc.
as digital support, which can automatically obtain sales information, job distribution, sorting, transmission and other work, not only high efficiency, but also accurately take out, pack, and ensure the pass rate
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In addition, there are pharmaceutical machinery enterprises that have created a series of intelligent Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment
, including a fully intelligent bag traceability production line, a fully intelligent Chinese medicine formula granule bottle production line, and a fully intelligent canned packaging line.
It is understood that these equipment can reduce the intensity of work and reduce labor time, but also strengthen the quality of equipment packaging and meet the requirements of
GMP control.
In general, with the help of digital transformation, it can help pharmaceutical companies achieve refined operation, improve production efficiency, improve drug quality, and bring new growth breakthrough points
to pharmaceutical companies.
However, it should be noted that the industry also pointed out that although some pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises have reached a high level of automation, the overall level of digitalization and informatization is still in a low position, and it is necessary to further refine management and enhance digital capabilities
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