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Every week, what moves pharma and chemicals forward: AI, tenders, funding. And what slows them down: shortages, new rules. Plus Roundtables on site and online.

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Innovation Research
/0.2 Roundtables
Twelve manufacturers, one region
/ Pharma & chemicals New JerseyNext Roundtable: Princeton, 12 Nov
/00 Three stepsFrom signal to Roundtable

Three steps.From signal to Roundtable.

/01 SourcesForty sources, every week. The manufacturer has to read none of it.
/02 IntelligenceEvery report is checked against a second source and assigned to its API. The briefing arrives on Fridays.
/03 RoundtableTwelve experts on site or online, one solution of the evening. Then the pack goes to all members.
Sources Shortages · Register EMA · Gazette · Tenders Intelligence Sources2 of 2 SitePrinceton, plant 2 AssessmentRisk · API Roundtable Twelve seats · solution of the evening After the Roundtable Dossier and debrief to all members
/01 IntelligenceThree topics

AI, security and data, opportunities and risks. Every week.

What the briefing covers

AI in production and quality: what works and what the inspector wants to see.

Validating trained modelsAnnex 22, evidence, limits and rollback
AI in inspection and batch recordsFirst uses in GMP areas and what gets checked
What regulators expectEMA, FDA and national inspectors compared
Topic at the Roundtable Basel, 19 Nov
What the briefing covers

Security and data: attacks, outages and what plants do about them.

Attacks on manufacturers and contract manufacturersWhat happened and how release continued
Remote access to equipmentWho has access and how to limit it
Data in the supply chainTemperature, evidence and protection against counterfeits
Topic at the Roundtable Hyderabad, 3 Dec
What the briefing covers

Opportunities and risks: funding, tenders, shortages and prices.

Funding and tendersGovernment programmes, public procurement
Free capacity and skilled staffWho offers capacity and who becomes available
Shortages and pricesSingle-source APIs, energy, new rules
Topic at the Roundtable Princeton, 12 Nov
/02 RoundtablesFour dates

Twelve experts at one table. Two cases, one solution of the evening.

12 Nov · Princeton
Thu 18:30 to 21:00 · a member's plant

Single-source API: what if India stops

Solution of the evening: API watch.

19 Nov · Basel
Thu 18:30 to 21:00 · a member's plant

AI on the line: what remains after the first year

Solution of the evening: visual inspection with trained models.

26 Nov · São Paulo
Thu 17:00 to 18:30 CET · online

Prices and tenders: the numbers for 2027

Solution of the evening: bid model for tenders.

3 Dec · Hyderabad
Thu 14:00 to 15:30 CET · online

Attack on the contract manufacturer: release by hand

/03 Take partHosts and participants

In the US, Switzerland, Brazil and India. Twelve experts per table, on site or online.

A host sends the invitations and provides the room on site. extaern brings the dossier and the solution of the evening. No lectures, no selling at the table.

  • Hosts: manufacturers, associations and clusters. Free, named in the briefing
  • Participants: plant management, quality, purchasing, regulatory affairs, production
  • Free for participants

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One conversation about region, topic and date. That is all it takes.

/04 Invitation onlyInvited by a member or a host

The briefing every week. A seat at the Roundtable.

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