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Life Science Manufacturing

Automation and Information Systems for Medical Device, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Digital Transformation
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Life Science Manufacturing
Automation and Information Systems for Medical Device, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Digital Transformation
Life Sciences

Digital Transformation in Life Sciences

Faster launches. Personalized medicine. Fewer supply chain disruptions. The demands of life sciences manufacturing have grown. You can meet them with a new kind of facility: a facility of the future that is smart, secure, connected, flexible, compliant — and possible today.

We work alongside life sciences leaders every day to develop digital transformation strategies that move them beyond a piecemeal implementation. Together, we'll create a more agile and connected enterprise that allows you to:

  • Speed time to market
  • Outperform quality standards
  • Maximize productivity
  • Protect against security threats
  • Streamline compliance

We’re here to help you improve outcomes, from product development to patient lives. Read on.

The Facility of the Future
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The Facility of the Future

Does your facility operate at its full potential? Learn how to deploy your smart, fast and flexible life sciences facility of the future.

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Imagine, Evolve, Improve

Through advanced technology, deep industry knowledge and an unwaveringly collaborative approach, our proven capabilities help life sciences companies succeed in a highly competitive and complex marketplace.

95% of the Fortune 500 life sciences companies rely on Rockwell Automation to improve product quality, reduce losses, and optimize flexibility



Explore our solutions for:

Pharmaceuticals
Biotechnology
Medical Devices
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Insights That Improve Quality & Compliance

Keeping up with market demand is often at odds with compliance, consistency and even brand image. But it is possible, by harnessing things like real-time production information and digitized compliance procedures. We've helped life sciences manufacturers add those capabilities so they can:

  • Lower the cost of quality with less time spent on review
  • Pass compliance audits with comprehensive traceability and data integrity
  • Decrease human errors with digitized processes from lab to production
  • Drive operational consistency with enterprise-wide standards

Explore quality and compliance for Life Sciences

Taking Pharma Quality Assurance to New Heights
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Taking Pharma Quality Assurance to New Heights

More life sciences companies are implementing MES to improve quality at every step – and get products to patients faster.

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Maximize Productivity with Knowledge-Driven Operations

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Workforce Productivity
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Workforce Productivity

See how Life Sciences companies are making the pivot to virtual tools – keeping workers socially distant and highly productive.

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Visibility for Improved Operations
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Visibility for Improved Operations

Enterprise visibility is a must for digital transformation. At Eli Lilly and Company, this is done through a decade old foundation of IT and OT collaboration.

See How Eli Lilly Drives Digital Transformation

Realize Double-Digit Impact with Digital Transformation

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Increase revenue up to

10%

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Decrease operating costs up to

12%

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Decrease quality review cycle times up to

50%

Accelerate Speed to Market

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Easily scale as you go on a highly flexible, modular platform

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Reduce time to install, commission, qualify and license a process area by up to 50%

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Virtually verify the impact of process changes before investing in the physical world

How to Design a DX Architecture at Life Sciences Organizations
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How to Design a DX Architecture at Life Sciences Organizations

Are you ready to elevate your industrial performance?

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Drug Discovery Takes Years. Getting to Market Doesn’t Have To.

Growing competition puts pressure on life sciences manufacturers to be increasingly agile and reach the market first. But, by leveraging data across the product lifecycle – from research to patient delivery – life sciences companies are finding ways to win. We’ve worked with pharma, biotech and medical device manufacturers to:

  • Reduce time-to-quality, leveraging virtual environments like digital twins to simulate and validate every aspect of production
  • Quickly adapt to customer demands and fast-changing specifications with disruptive technology and an open platform built for global scale
  • Accelerate time to market, harnessing seamless data flow and digitized processes throughout the organization with a digital thread
Explore Digital Thread Capabilities

Why Choose a Rockwell Automation Solution?

We have emerged as the global leader in digital transformation for life sciences.

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Solving next-generation challenges in partnership with industry innovation leaders

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Developing the life sciences digital transformation roadmap

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Redefining the standard for network security

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Building unparalleled digital thread consulting capabilities

Life-saving Advancements with ARMI
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Life-saving Advancements with ARMI

We work with the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) to move highly specialized regenerative medicine from lab to production.

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Breakthroughs that Change Patient Lives at Pfizer
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Breakthroughs that Change Patient Lives at Pfizer

Together with Pfizer, we took a blank slate approach to digital transformation, enabling production of 3 million more doses in just one facility year over year.

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Mitigate Risk Across Your Enterprise
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Mitigate Risk Across Your Enterprise

In partnership with Claroty and other IT thought leaders, we offer comprehensive OT security solutions to address today’s biggest cybersecurity challenges.  

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Accelerate Time to Value with Life Sciences DX Strategies
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Accelerate Time to Value with Life Sciences DX Strategies

Hear from industry leaders at Thermo Fisher, Cytiva, Biomerieux and Fresenius Kabi who partnered with us to build resilience and drive competitive advantage.

Watch Panel Discussion
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How Secure Are Your Operations?

It takes proven industrial security solutions, life sciences manufacturing expertise, and experience in both IT and OT to tackle today’s cyber threat environment. We bring all three to your enterprise so you can:

  • Enable safe, uninterrupted production with an integrated security design that brings IT and OT together
  • Address cyber risk across the attack spectrum
  • Leverage security solutions that meet the diversity of your operational technology
  • Take advantage of our alliances with leading global security vendors

Learn more about cybersecurity for life sciences

CISO Conversations with Johnson & Johnson on 10 Steps to Secure IT/OT Environments
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CISO Conversations with Johnson & Johnson on 10 Steps to Secure IT/OT Environments

We should work together to address IT/OT security challenges, rather than figuring them out on our own.

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