US FDA’s OPQ Aims To Clear The Way For Further Manufacturing Technology Advances in 2023
Executive Summary
As the agency's Office of Pharmaceutical Quality releases its annual report highlighting last year's efforts to advance distributed and point-of-care manufacturing, OPQ director Kopcha tells the Pink Sheet of plans to focus on activities advancing the use of artificial intelligence in manufacturing process control this year.
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