Pharmaceuticals

The pharmaceutical sector, known for its rigorous regulations, crucial quality control measures, and the inherent demand for exact environmental conditions, is progressively adopting technological advancements to preserve the integrity of its products.

The Ambient IoT aPm EDGE platform, an innovative solution tailored to meet these stringent standards. This platform revolutionizes pharmaceutical companies by offering real-time monitoring and analytics of vital environmental parameters.

The Ambient IoT aPm EDGE platform, equipped with AI, brings additional benefits to the pharmaceutical cold chain. It ensures the uniform temperature of vaccine shipments, oversees humidity levels in storage facilities, and tracks the exact location of essential medication batches, providing unmatched visibility and control.

The integration of AI on the Ambient IoT aPm EDGE device offers several advantages. It enhances the platform’s ability to predict potential disruptions in the cold chain, allowing for proactive measures. It also improves decision-making processes by providing insightful data analysis.

With its amalgamation of sensors and cloud-based analysis, the platform not only ensures compliance but also protects product effectiveness and streamlines logistics. T

hus, it plays a crucial role in elevating the quality and safety standards of the pharmaceutical industry.

The inclusion of AI further amplifies these benefits, making the Ambient IoT aPm EDGE platform a truly transformative tool in the pharmaceutical landscape.

COLD CHAIN

The aPm EDGE. an Ambient Parametric Monitor, revolutionizes pharmaceutical cold chains by delivering real-time insights into environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, light) enveloping high-value pharmaceutical products throughout their journey This innovation ensures product integrity, mitigates risks of degradation, and offers supply chain stakeholders unprecedented benefits in terms of quality assurance, operational optimization, and regulatory compliance

CARTONS

The aPm Edge when enclosed within a carton for shipment to a pharmacy or medical facility, offers real-time tracking of location and continuous monitoring of temperature and humidity.

This innovative solution ensures comprehensive cold chain management by providing instant visibility into environmental conditions, safeguarding the integrity of sensitive medical supplies throughout the entire transportation process

BENEFITS

Distributors: Improved product integrity: Real-time monitoring ensures products are stored and transported under optimal conditions, reducing the risk of spoilage. Efficient inventory management: The ability to monitor products in real-time allows for better planning and stock management.

Pharmacists and Medical Facilities: Enhanced patient safety: With the assurance that medicines have been stored correctly, patient safety is enhanced. Reduced wastage: Real-time monitoring can help identify issues early, reducing the likelihood of having to dispose of spoiled medicines.

Regulatory Authorities: Regulatory compliance: The aPM Edge can provide data necessary for regulatory compliance, making audits and inspections smoother. Improved public health outcomes: By ensuring the integrity of pharmaceutical products, the TGA can better achieve its goal of safeguarding public health.

Consumers: Increased confidence: Consumers can have greater confidence in the quality and safety of their medicines. Better health outcomes: Properly stored and transported medicines are more likely to deliver their intended therapeutic effects, leading to better health outcome.

PALLETS

The aPm Edge, attached to a pallet, and the aPm EDGE " nano" pixels, attached to cartons on the pallet, work in tandem to monitor and record parameters such as temperature, humidity, and light exposure.

This data is transmitted in real-time, allowing stakeholders to intervene if conditions deviate from the required standards, thereby ensuring the integrity of the pharmaceutical products throughout their journey.

BENEFITS

Distributors: Real-time tracking reduces the risk of product loss due to environmental deviations. It also improves inventory management and reduces wastage.

Pharmacists and Medical Facilities: Assurance of product integrity leads to increased confidence in the efficacy of the pharmaceuticals, thereby improving patient care.

Regulatory Authotities: Regulatory compliance: The aPm Edge can provide data necessary for regulatory compliance, making audits and inspections smoother. Improved public health outcomes:

By ensuring the integrity of pharmaceutical products, the TGA can better achieve its goal of safeguarding public health.

Consumers: Increased confidence: Consumers can have greater confidence in the quality and safety of their medicines.

Better health outcomes:

Properly stored and transported medicines are more likely to deliver their intended therapeutic effects, leading to better health outcomes.

WEARABLE

The aPm EDGE Mobile represents a groundbreaking advancement in pharmaceutical logistics, serving as a portable Ambient Parametric Monitor designed for convenience and precision.

Easily carried in a driver's pocket or worn on a lanyard, this innovative device continually senses and transmits real-time environmental data, including temperature, humidity, and location, from the carton or portable freezer containing high-value and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products.

The seamless integration of the aPm EDGE Mobile into the supply chain not only ensures the integrity of pharmaceuticals during transportation but also offers a range of benefits to stakeholders involved in the intricacies of pharmaceutical distribution.

BENEFITS

Real-Time Visibility: The aPm EDGE Mobile provides stakeholders, including drivers and distributors, with instant and continuous visibility into the environmental conditions surrounding high-value pharmaceutical products.

This real-time data allows for proactive decision-making and immediate response to any deviations, ensuring that products are consistently stored under optimal conditions.

Improved Product Quality Assurance: By offering real-time monitoring of temperature and humidity, the aPm EDGE Mobile minimizes the risk of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals being compromised during transit.

Stakeholders benefit from enhanced quality assurance, as the device facilitates the swift identification of any environmental fluctuations that could potentially impact the integrity and efficacy of the pharmaceuticals.

Enhanced Operational Efficiency: The portability and real-time capabilities of the aPm EDGE Mobile contribute to increased operational efficiency within the supply chain. Drivers can proactively address issues, such as temperature variations or environmental challenges, reducing the likelihood of product spoilage and streamlining the overall logistics process.

This not only enhances efficiency but also contributes to cost savings by minimizing product losses and waste.

USE CASE

WORKFLOW

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Placement of aPm EDGE:

The aPm EDGE device is placed inside the refrigerated unit, ready to monitor and collect environmental data.

Item Level Reporting

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Individual orders within the refrigerated unit are optionally labeled with aPm EDGE "nano" sensors to provide item-level reporting, enhancing the granularity of data collection.

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Data Collection and Transmission:

The aPm EDGE collects various environmental data points, such as temperature, humidity, and other critical parameters from inside the refrigerated unit

Utilizing the Neural Decision Processor (NDP) on the aPm EDGE, the collected data is pre-processed and analyzed in real-time, allowing for immediate detection of anomalies or deviations from predefined conditions.

This data is then transmitted in real-time using the NB-IOT / LTE-M cellular network to the aPm EDGE Visualization Cloud Service.

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Data Access & Integration

Insight and Alerting:

The aPm EDGE platform employs AI and ML models to provide deep insights into the environmental data surrounding pharmaceutical products inside refrigerated units.

Users can customize real-time alerts based on user-defined criteria, ensuring proactive monitoring of performance metrics

These alerts can be disseminated through various channels such as email, SMS, and social media, enabling swift and efficient responses to critical system events.

The collected environmental data is made accessible through a custom-built dashboard, providing users with a comprehensive view of the data.

Alternatively, the data can be accessed via API, allowing seamless integration with the customer’s existing systems.

By leveraging the NDP for on-device processing and the powerful visualization platform, stakeholders gain unprecedented control and insight, ensuring the maintenance of optimal conditions and enhancing the quality and reliability of both pharmaceuticals and fresh produce