The tale of digital pharma and biotech in 2023 is one of two realities. In one corner, you have AI and digital-focused startups and sometimes executives at Big Pharma companies with grand AI ambitions proclaiming the power of the technology. But on the other side of the pharma-AI coin is a more cautious crowd. Here,…
CRB’s Director of Digital Technology on why the pharma industry is captivating
Yvonne Duckworth, CRB’s director of digital technology, says she was fortunate to enter the pharmaceutical industry straight out of college. “My first job, 31 years ago, was a wonderful opportunity as an automation engineer with an engineering company servicing the pharmaceutical industry,” she said. Duckworth has maintained her pharma focus at CRB, where she has…
Meet CRB’s new director of procurement
Kansas City, Missouri–based engineering, construction and consulting company CRB has named Valerie Silva as director of procurement. With experience in cost optimization, project management and supply chain issues in the automotive and pharmaceutical industries, Silva will work within CRB’s innovative Global Technical Operations team. Silva will help the company’s clients address challenges related to speed…
CARsgen Therapeutics opens manufacturing facility in Durham, North Carolina
CAR T-cell therapies specialist CARsgen Therapeutics (Shanghai) has announced the completion of a 37,000-ft2 facility for clinical and early-stage commercial manufacturing after 12 months of construction. The company enlisted the help of CRB (St. Louis) in building the cGMP manufacturing facility located within the Research Triangle Park In Durham, North Carolina. CRB is an engineering,…