Pharma Innovation Award given to Stevanato Group for AI-ready vision Robot Unit
pharmafile | October 20, 2021 | News story | Research and Development |
Stevanato Group, a global provider of processes and services for the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industry, has been announced as a winner of the 2021 Pharma Innovation Award for its AI-ready Vision Robot Unit (VRU) – a robot human-like inspection unit.
The VRU inspection system is an autonomous module, capable of automatically inspecting both cosmetic and particle properties without human intervention. It can be used in a broad range of applications in the pharma development and manufacturing field: including small batches, high value drugs, and cell and gene therapies.
The Pharma Innovation Awards are led by Pharma Manufacturing magazine, and they are a celebration of new technologies and services that help advance product quality, risk reduction, and manufacturing efficiency. They are awarded to companies who listen to the needs of the market and their customers.
Speaking of the award, Raffaele Pace, Stevanato Group Vice President of Operations Engineering, says: “I am thrilled that the outstanding work of the Stevanato Group team has been recognized by Pharma Manufacturing magazine with a 2021 Pharma Innovation Award. As a result of our fully integrated offering, Stevanato Group engineers are able to gain unique insights into each stage of the drug development and delivery process enabling them to bring crucial automation to container inspection with this AI-ready, and now award winning, VRU.”
Founded in 1949, Stevanato Group is a leading provider of drug containment, drug delivery, and diagnostic solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and life sciences industry. The company is currently presenting the VRU, among other manufacturing services, at the Javits Center at INTERPHEX NYC.
Lina Adams
