Moving Beyond the Hype: Establishing a Digital Backbone to Support Pharma 4.0

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Key Takeaways

  • Explain how a digital backbone is foundational to Pharma 4.0 success.
  • Apply a practical approach to digital evolution that delivers measurable operational outcomes.
  • Understand how regulatory expectations and CSA principles enable faster innovation without compromising compliance.

About This Event

Pharma 4.0 can feel overwhelming. Move too fast and projects stall; move too slow and you risk falling behind peers. Leading pharmaceutical manufacturers succeed by incrementally building digital capabilities that anchor today’s operations and fuel tomorrow’s innovations.

In this session, Brian Curran and Katie Farley will move beyond the broad idea of “digital transformation” to outline the critical components for building a strong digital backbone – those foundational elements that enable faster batch release, fewer repeat deviations, and consistent right-first-time performance. Participants will gain a practical framework to progress from early wins toward sustainable practices that keep pace with evolving regulatory expectations and changing business demands.

Key Takeaways

  • Explain how a digital backbone is foundational to Pharma 4.0 success.
  • Apply a practical approach to digital evolution that delivers measurable operational outcomes.
  • Understand how regulatory expectations and CSA principles enable faster innovation without compromising compliance.

Brian Curran

Senior VP of Strategic Growth

MasterControl

Brian Curran is Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth at MasterControl. Curran joined MasterControl in 2002 to direct and expand MasterControl's product development efforts. He has more than 25 years of experience leading the direction for enterprise and entrepreneurial software development companies. Curran began his career with IBM, where he spent five years leading consulting engagements with Fortune 500 companies such as MCI, BellSouth, and many others. After this, he held several director- and vice president-level product management and marketing positions for entrepreneurial software development companies in the telecommunications and web analytics sector. Curran has an MBA with an emphasis in information systems.

Katie Farley

VP of Product Management at MC Research Labs

MasterControl

Katie Farley is a product management director at MasterControl, where she collaborates with customers, engineering, quality, and other cross-functional teams to complete software product roadmaps that accomplish user needs. In this role, she has been actively involved in defining and developing MasterControl’s one-of-a-kind Manufacturing Excellence solution, as well as been responsible for the early-adopter program that brought the solution to market for life sciences manufacturers. Farley has 10 years of experience in management and recruitment positions within various industries, most with an emphasis on IT. She earned a Certified ScrumMaster certification and is a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 4 certified product owner/product manager. Farley holds a bachelor’s degree in international business management and German from Western Washington University and a master’s in management information systems from the University of Utah. 
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