The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 849381.
Increasing attention is paid every year to the quality of pharmaceutical products.
European and North American regulations, in particular, continue to raise quality levels required for drug commercialisation. The rise in the production demands further attention be paid to two potential issues, both harmful for patients:
1- non-conformities in drug containers
2- non-conformities in the drugs themselves
This compels pharmaceutical companies to look for new technologies capable of responding to these requirements.
In the pharma industry the quality control procedures can be divided into two types of technology: visual inspection techniques on one hand, and X-ray inspection techniques on the other. They both have pros and cons, and they are currently complementary and both necessary.
Effective in detecting non-transparent foreign bodies, if containers and drugs are transparent.
Possibility to discover new foreign bodies or container defects thanks to human expertise .
Controls on the entire production line.
Ineffective in case of non-transparent drugs or containers.
Analysis of small samples.
Quality control dependent on potential human errors.
Impossibility to detect and classify new defect types.
Valuable information about the chemical properties of the samples tested.
Complexity of the instruments
involved.
Very slow inspection process, therefore rather suitable for laboratory environments.
Need for highly skilled technical staff.
The XSpectra® technology can take quality and safety in the pharma production to the next level.
Given the current situation, our innovative inspection XSpectra® makes it possible to go the extra mile, combining different technologies and their benefits. It thus provides for a complete and fast inspection, and identifies defects and contaminants non-detectable by the current technologies.
Contamination of pharmaceutical products
Quality and safety of products
Keep the patients safe and the pharma industry performant!
Non-detectable contaminants
Quality and safety of products
Keep the patients safe and the pharma industry performant!
Slow inspection process
Response to an ever-growing
production .
Management operations quick,
simplified and efficient.
Keep the patients safe and the pharma industry performant!
Inspection of small samples
Response to an ever-growing
production .
Management operations quick,
simplified and efficient.
Keep the patients safe and the pharma industry performant!
Need for high-skilled technicians
Response to an ever-growing
production.
Management operations quick,
simplified and efficient.
Keep the patients safe and the pharma industry performant!
The XSpectra® technology can take quality and safety in the pharma production to the next level.
Technology