The Future of Drug Development: Innovation to Drive Speed and Efficiency
Share this article
The drug development landscape, like many other areas of scientific manufacturing, is rapidly evolving. The more demand for rapid and effective treatments, the more pharmaceutical companies are needing to embrace innovative tech to increase efficiency. The traditional and lengthy process of drug discovery and drug development is evolving into a more streamlined approach.
At Astech, we are experienced in working with drug development and pharmaceutical industries, so we understand the critical role that automation plays in achieving this efficiency.
This blog explores the key trends in drug development and the advances that are speeding up developing new therapies.
Why speed and efficiency is so important
The key challenge is that traditional drug development is costly and time consuming. Bringing a new drug to market can often take up a huge amount of resources. The main drivers for demand are more pressing than ever, with the need to address complex diseases driving the importance of faster drug development. We believe that automation and digital technology are crucial to integrate in the solution to overcome this issue.
Automation in High-Throughput Screening (HTS)
Automated systems can be used to speed up screening of compounds in large libraries.
The key benefits of using automated systems in high-throughput screening is to reduce errors, increase throughput, and identify potential drug candidates more quickly.
Robotics and Automated Liquid Handling
Robotics can be used to automate laboratory experiments, in order to enhance precision and consistency. This usually reduces human error, increases the reproducibility of experiments, and improves the quality of data collected.
The Future of Drug Development
At Astech, we provide cutting-edge robotics to support you in accelerating pharmaceutical research and development of life-saving therapies. We’ve worked with countless other labs to develop bespoke solutions for improving efficiency, as well as integrating our Lab Expert robotics into drug development settings to automate processes.
Contact Astech today for a consultation on lab automation solutions, and let us help you to revolutionise your processes.
