Process Solutions: Portfolio Announcement
Merck Acquires Data Management and Analysis Platform for Biopharma Real-Time
		Process Monitoring and Reporting
	 
	
		"Most of these core process functions create 
and consume process data in similar way
 with similar
			underlying
			metadata/context. 
ProcessPad platform help manage and serve 
contextual process information through
			the lfe
			
cycle of QbD-OAT-CPV"
		
	
 
	- Web-based platform provides easy on-demand access, across functions and with
		suppliers, to data for aggregation, analysis, visualization and management
- Advances company’s BioContinuum™ Platform to deliver contiguous manufacturing
Merck has acquired all ownership rights to the ProcessPad™ platform from Simplyfeye Softwares Private Limited. The
	agreement includes the transfer of all copyrights and relevant intellectual property related to this software
	platform.
	
	
August 21, 2019
	
	The ProcessPad™ platform is a data management and analytics solution developed specifically for the pharmaceutical
	and
	biopharmaceutical industry. The platform:
	- Aggregates data from a variety of external data sources for various batches,
		parameters
		and unit operations, efficiently capturing all development, scale-up, commercial and process data on one single
		platform
	
- Advances company’s BioContinuum™ Platform to deliver contiguous manufacturing
- Visualizes the data by generating a variety of report, charts, and tables for annual
		product reviews, root cause investigations and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) implementation, etc.
- Manages data simply through easy browser-based access to all process data from a variety of diverse stakeholders
	
	The acquisition of the platform is another building block for Merck’s BioContinuum™
		Platform, a confluent offering of intensified, advanced processing and digital technologies and services
	that
	allow a customer to go beyond continuous processing. The BioContinuum™ Platform will deliver contiguous
	manufacturing
	for Biopharma 4.0, the industry-specific global vision and initiative based on Industry 4.0.