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News Release from: Emerson Process Management | Subject: Finesse
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2008
Agreement over Finesse bioprocess drug
development
A new agreement will enable integration of the Emerson DeltaV digital automation system and Finesse TruBio bioreactor system, to aid improved drug development and production
Emerson Process Management has entered into an agreement with Finesse Solutions, of Irvine in California, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life sciences process applications Within the scope of this agreement Emerson will provide Finesse customers with integration and process automation services between the Emerson DeltaV digital automation system and the Finesse TruBio Bioreactor Control System on projects developed by the Finesse direct sales force for bioprocess drug development and production
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 30 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The agreement between Finesse and Emerson will allow the Finesse direct sales force to expand the application of the TruBio system from research and development into manufacturing," said Barb Paldus, CEO of Finesse Solutions.
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