(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Mustard Tree Instruments®, an innovator in analytical instrumentation for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, today announced that CEO Todd Blonshine will be headlining the November 9 Innovation in RTP event with his presentation, “Drug Shortages and Recalls: Redefining Quality Control in the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry with A Purpose.”
In addition to examining how quality control issues with raw materials in the drug manufacturing process are leading to a record number of product recalls, Blonshine will be sharing his company’s vision to positively impacting the worldwide pharmaceutical marketplace.
“We’ve developed technology that seeks to close the gap in the testing tools needed to assure quality drug products are being made quickly and efficiently with fewer costly recalls,” Blonshine said.
Hosted by the RTP Foundation at 12 Davis Drive, Innovation in RTP is a series of monthly discussions to strengthen the community of area professionals while increasing global awareness of local companies and spurring innovation and new business opportunities. Blonshine’s presentation is slated to begin at 4 p.m., with Q&A and networking post-event. For details on this free event or to register visit www.innovationinrtp.com.
Over the past two years, Mustard Tree Instruments® has worked to leverage the technological benefits of Raman spectroscopy to measure raw material purity and counterfeit identity quickly without damaging testing samples. The company’s analytical testing device, the VTT 1000, allows users to customize product testing specifications as well as acceptance thresholds for Type 1 and Type 2 errors, helping pharmaceutical manufacturers make instant at-line quality control decisions. The hyper-intelligent instrument can spot inconsistencies in many manufactured materials including bulk powders, liquids, tablets and capsules.
“Our success thus far has been patterned on the ability to effectively repurpose and innovate existing technologies, such as Raman spectroscopy, into simple testing devices which can be easily customized to a customers’ standards,” Blonshine explained. “The manufacturing workforce has more to do and less resources to do it with therefore can’t spend months getting a technology to work for their application.”
During his presentation, Blonshine will take attendees through his company’s genesis from a driven startup to a leader in the analytical instrumentation industry. The ability of Mustard Tree Instruments® to successfully develop and introduce the VTT 1000 is due in part to a corporate culture of addressing customer needs with a purpose, driven by talented leadership including global pioneers in pharmaceutical manufacturing and instrumentation industries, as well as R&D technical leadership gathered from the software, semiconductor and communications industries.
Spanning 25 years’ experience in commercial ventures within the instrumentation industry, Blonshine earned his degree in Chemistry from Mercer University in Macon, GA, and has split his career between multinational corporate giants such as Danaher Corporation (NYSE) and Beckman Coulter (NYSE) and technology startups which include Orbisphere (now part of Danaher Corporation) and Ahura Scientific (now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific – NYSE).
Blonshine’s participation in Innovation in RTP is one in a continuing string of outreach efforts on behalf of Mustard Tree Instruments® to help share best practices and spur innovation within the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. The company recently hosted a webinar led by Science Officer Brisco Harward, Ph.D. titled, “Counterfeit Drugs, Product Recalls, Raw Material Testing and QC Backlogs - Sound Familiar?”
An archived copy of Dr. Harward’s webinar addressing stressors on quality control resources within the pharmaceutical manufacturing pipeline is available to the public, free of charge. To request a link to the webinar, email lori.searls@mustardtree.com with “Sept webinar” in the subject line.
For more information about the VTT 1000 or Mustard Tree Instruments® please visit www.mustardtree.com or email info@mustardtree.com. To register for the November 9 Innovation in RTP event, visit www.innovationinrtp.com.
About Mustard Tree Instruments®
Mustard Tree Instruments® accelerates the QC process by bringing testing from the lab to the production line (www.Lab2Line.com). Mustard Tree Instruments® is redefining pharmaceutical manufacturing testing with a unique multi-variant device, the VTT 1000. Using Raman spectroscopy technology for enhanced accuracy, this easy to use at-line instrument quickly verifies raw materials to final dosage forms in solid, powder, and liquid product samples within seconds. The rapid analytics of the VTT 1000 significantly reduce testing time and set-up costs while mitigating manufacturing risks associated with bad product batches. Mustard Tree Instruments is committed to fully engaging customers from purchase through implementation. For more information, visit www.mustardtree.com
