Matt Cokely, global technical consultant and strategic director, Ecolab, looks at last year’s pharmaceutical manufacturing trends and shares his predictions for the year ahead.
What trends defined pharmaceutical manufacturing in 2025?
At Ecolab Life Sciences one of the trends, we have seen building, and really taking off in 2025 is a strategic shift toward Grade C and D cleanrooms. Regulatory guidance encourages use of appropriate technologies to increase the protection of the product from potential extraneous contamination, and the use of RABS or isolators considered in the CCS. Any alternative approaches must be clearly justified.