Ferring used AspenTech PAT software to run continuous manufacturing under closed-loop quality control.

Ferring wanted faster commercialization, cheaper production and shorter supply lead times without losing product quality. It deployed Aspen Unscrambler and Aspen Process Pulse for process analytical technology. The page states PAT-enabled closed-loop control keeps product on spec, the clean room footprint is significantly smaller, and real-time release testing replaces offline lab testing, cutting delay and cost.

AspenTech is an industrial software vendor whose process simulation, analytics and maintenance tools are used in pharma for continuous manufacturing, PAT and predictive maintenance

This sits in the Ship stage of the AI use-case lifecycle: Named examples from the vendors pharma teams use to get an AI system live inside a real, regulated production workflow — validation, CRM, safety and clinical systems of record.