Transforming Pharma Fill/Finish Processes with RFID - Enabled Pre-fillable Syringes (PFS): Use Cases and Live Demo

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Sterile pharmaceutical production will grow by 50% in the next seven years, due to increased demand for recombinant antibodies and small molecules, and the fill/finish stage in pharmaceutical manufacturing is becoming a bottleneck. Health authorities and regulators are also demanding enhanced traceability to improve quality.

Solution: Container-level traceability (CUID). This approach utilizes RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) to ensure accountability for each container in the fill-finish processes, down to the individual unit.

CUID can reduce mix-up risks, improve OEE through automated reconciliation, and cut waste with unit-by-unit segregation. Beyond this, CUID has the potential to eliminate data silos and manufacturers can harness advanced data analytics to unveil hidden patterns, identify process inefficiencies, and detect trends that were previously unnoticed.

Becton Dickinson selected RFID technology for pre-fillable syringes based on low impact on existing manufacturing lines and high potential for future applications.

In collaboration with Avery Dennison Smartrac, a leading provider of RFID solutions, BD has conducted a proof of concept and will demonstrate the feasibility of the solution through a video of BD’s RFID Demonstration Lab and a live demo.