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But it’s important to see that it has not come in isolation.

Revolution in small molecule API production:.The episode highlights the transformative research and development in small molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, emphasising the generation of new, more complex, and targeted molecules.

This revolution is pivotal for advancing the mainstay of essential medicines globally.. 2.Challenges in traditional manufacturing:.Adrian La Porta discusses the limitations of current manufacturing practices, particularly batch chemistry, in meeting the modern demands for higher volumes, complex products, and faster production at lower costs, all while minimising environmental impact.

He points out the inefficiencies and hazards of scaling up production using traditional methods.. 3.Innovation in process intensification and automation:.

The podcast emphasises the shift towards process intensification and automation as solutions to the challenges faced by traditional manufacturing.

These innovations promise to deliver lean and agile manufacturing, reducing waste, improving quality, and enabling the production of more complex molecules more efficiently.. 4.Marks describes the world of the “new possible,” where everyone becomes a productiser making products, where owners become true influencers, and where some, like the ‘super subs’, general contractors, and builders, become systems integrators.

In this space, she says, it is only the architects who become more fully what they’ve always been and always set out to be..In this new world, she says, the architects will “truly become empowered architects, when you actually put real things in their hands…”.

Johnston, an architect himself, is keen to reclaim the role.He feels these new tools will help architects improve designs, outcomes and generally “achieve better things for clients.”.