AUTOMATION BY LABORATORY ROBOTICS IN PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INDUSTRY: A LATEST VENTURE IN INNOVATIVE IDEA
Sneh N. Patel*, Kamlesh R. Prajapati and Prof. Dr. Dhrubo Jyoti Sen
ABSTRACT
Robots in laboratory, life science and pharmaceutical applications perform tasks at rates beyond human capability. These robots function in potentially hazardous settings in proximity to biological dangers, the threat of radioactive contamination and toxic chemotherapy compounds. Robotics is called upon to assemble and package a variety of medical devices and implants as well as preparing prescriptions for mail-order pharmacies or hospitals. Robots are doing assay analysis and automating the movement of test tubes in research laboratories. Because of the high number of samples that need analysis and the amount of data collection required, the process and costs are easily validated with robotics. In pharmaceutical applications, hospitals use robots to mix potentially hazardous cancer drugs and those associated with radiation. The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the study and discussion of laboratory automation. LRIG activates the uses of laboratory automation in high-throughput screening, drug discovery, combinatorial chemistry, chemical synthesis, compound purification, compound distribution, data management, pharmaceutical dosage form sample preparation, dissolution testing, bio analytical technology, chemical analysis, solid phase extraction, validation and product formulation.
Keywords: Automation, Accurate, Flexible, Robust, Compact, Efficient, Easy to Use.
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