It is a widely held belief that the pharmaceutical and medical device industries lag behind other industries in their application of automation. But the uses of automation, the benefits of integration, the impact of mechatronics, and the needs for a skilled workforce are all as potentially impactful in these industries as they are for any other.
At the same time, our evolving new digital reality offers the potential to distribute manufacturing functions back toward the user, raising a real question about what automation will look like a decade from now, not only for healthcare manufacturers, but for all of us.
