The ETERNAL Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action has just made seven industrial case study summaries publically available. The easily-read two-page documents provide a concise summary of the key features, progress to date, and further steps involved as several of the project's applied research efforts start to yield fruit in an at or near industrial ready state.

This video describes how concerted efforts in ETERNAL's case studies distributed across a range of industrial use cases and the extended value chain for pharmaceuticals are making a real and positive impact upon the future sustainability and competitiveness of the sector.

The ETERNAL project consortium's 5th General Assembly meeting in Barcelona on 24th and 25th October 2024 heard reports of continuing strong progress as the project's six industrial case study teams start to transition the focus of their work towards scale up for impact.

The application of digital technologies to the pharmaceutical industries has the potential to significantly increase the agility, efficiency and flexibility, the sustainability of the drug manufacturing processes, and the quality of the medicines produced. Despite all this, the pharmaceutical industry has been more hesitant to adopt digital technologies than other industries due to the complexities and expertise required in its development and manufacturing processes. However, with the growing demand for traditional and new drugs, there is a clear need for digitalization in the sector.