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Later this month, Westbourne IT Head of Sales and Marketing, Dennis Blanck, will be speaking at the Pharma & MedTech Expo. Westbourne IT is a sponsor of this important event which takes place at RDS Simmonscourt in Dublin on 28 and 29 May. The topic of Dennis’s...

Whether you are an Irish pharmaceutical company, a multinational corporation with lab and/or manufacturing facilities in Ireland, or a company with a sales office in Ireland, you will need IT and technical support. There are multiple considerations when deciding on...

Buzzwords like the Lab of the Future and Lab 5.0 are becoming increasingly common. They each come back to a concept that is important for all industries and sectors – digital transformation. That leaves a question that we will explore in this article: what is a...

Digital transformation is on the agenda for all pharmaceutical companies as the option of standing still simply isn't viable. Staying competitive, ensuring ongoing compliance, increasing profitability, and delivering on customer/patient expectations all require...

Laboratories contribute significantly to the vast quantities of data produced by pharmaceutical manufacturing operations. The challenge is not about creating, storing, or even accessing data. In fact, creating, storing, and accessing data are standard tasks for lab...

Businesses are becoming increasingly data-driven, and the pharmaceutical industry is no different. Data is driving change in all areas of business, from manufacturing and quality control to marketing and R&D. Industry 5.0 technologies, strategies, and best...

Every investment in technology should deliver a return, and your investment in Waters Empower CDS is no different. The question is how do you maximise ROI? You need to have the right licence arrangements in place, and the software needs to be properly installed and...

Laboratory employees must be well-qualified and skilled to work in modern pharmaceutical facilities. Even with this expertise, there is a continuous need for all employees to enhance existing skills, develop new skills, and improve the way tasks are accomplished. This...

There is a range of options available to pharmaceutical companies when it comes to training on Waters Empower software applications, particularly the Empower Chromatography Data System (CDS) platform. Training on Empower CDS can be delivered in multiple formats with...

The transition from Computer System Validation (CSV) to Computer Software Assurance (CSA) represents a shift in approach to validating software and other computer systems used as part of production or quality systems in the pharmaceutical industry. CSA focuses on...

The validation of computer systems in the pharmaceutical industry is crucial to ensure product consistency, reliability, and quality, with the ultimate aim of ensuring patient safety. Creating and maintaining documentation is an essential part of the validation...

Managed IT services can transform IT from being a resource, productivity, and risk burden to being a facilitator of growth, enhanced competitiveness, and positive transformational change. That said, pharmaceutical companies are not like companies in other industries....

Computer system validation in the pharmaceutical industry is a necessary but typically onerous, challenging, and expensive requirement. It is also a requirement that is often poorly defined in terms of methodologies, standards, and procedures. Optimising the...

Microsoft 365 is Microsoft’s productivity platform. It was formerly known as Microsoft Office 365 and features some of the most commonly used business apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Why is Microsoft 365 better than the alternatives and