AstraZeneca Selects Discoverant for Process Intelligence
August 23, 2011
LAFAYETTE, Colo., Aug. 23, 2011 – Aegis Analytical Corp., the leading provider of Manufacturing and Process Intelligence software, announced today that AstraZeneca has selected Aegis' Discoverant® as its Process Intelligence solution for gathering, monitoring and reporting process and quality data. The first deployment of the Process Intelligence system will be at AstraZeneca’s Gärtuna facility in Södertälje, Sweden. “Leading life sciences manufacturers want to operate robust processes within well characterized design spaces," noted Mark Isaacs, VP Sales, Aegis. “To deliver this they want a single, proven data management platform for aggregating, accessing and analyzing process and quality data.” Discoverant is specifically designed to help manage pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes. It enables on-demand access to, and contextualization of, data in disparate data sources, such as paper records, manufacturing execution systems (MES), laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and data warehouses in one validatable environment. Discoverant helps provide process understanding which increases process predictability, reduces process start-up risks, improves product quality, decreases cycle time and assures compliance within good manufacturing practices (GMP) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated production and packaging environments. ABOUT AEGIS Aegis Analytical Corp. provides Discoverant, a Manufacturing Intelligence software platform that enables manufacturers to produce regulated and specialty products more efficiently. Discoverant leverages existing IT investments and provides on-demand access, contextualization, analysis and reporting for all manufacturing, quality and process development data. Aegis’ customers maintain lean supply chains and achieve operational excellence through improved process performance and predictability, and accelerated tech transfer and process scale-up. Aegis' Discoverant goes beyond business intelligence, to enable process intelligence which provides a deeper understanding of each process and product. To learn more, visit: www.aegiscorp.com. Follow Aegis on Twitter at: @discoverant. Aegis and Discoverant are registered trademarks of Aegis Analytical Corp. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. # # # Media Contact: Customer Inquiries:
Mary Biermann
Director of Marketing
Aegis Analytical Corp.
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