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Implementation of Large-Scale Multi-Reactor Automation for Process Development

April 14, 2026

Helvetica Chimica Acta

Pharmaceuticals increasing complexity requires longer synthesis with unique processes for each step, increasing the number of experiments to develop robust sustainable processes. The time to develop these processes is getting shorter, and automation can support the growing need to efficiently perform more experiments. Automation reaction screening focuses more on small- scale high-throughput experimentation (HTE), which may not be applicable for late phase process development. To support these activities and decrease development time, we describe the implementation of a flexible large-scale multi-reactor automation platform for process development.

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Implementation of Large-Scale Multi-Reactor Automation for Process Development

Andreas Kaegi, Markus Spaeti, Jarred Blank

Chemical & Analytical Development, Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland

Helvetica Chimica Acta
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hlca.202500120

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