There, M+W Group’s Lead Process Architecture Manager and Laboratory Planner in China, Mr. Mark Stephens, presented to the executive level scientific delegates on “Smart Lab Design” which allows R&D facilities to be built faster, be adaptable, cheaper, safer, greener and more productive.

In his presentation the M+W expert explained that often laboratory design focuses too much on being “fully flexible” which can be very expensive, rather than aiming to be “adaptable” and capabable of easy reconfiguration. Here, M+W Group’s smart lab design solutions focus on creating an environment that is more energy efficient and has better use of floor and research space thus creating a more productive environment and overall a more cost effective solution. This involves adopting open plan layouts, using isolation technology and clean bubbles to house experiments, creating a harmonious and stimulating working environment, using pre-assembled modules, mobile laboratory furniture, relocatable partitions, plug and play technology, and just-in-time solutions which all alleviate wasted space, duplication and down-time and offer better safety and suitability for the needs of the scientists.

Mark Stephens says “By thinking about laboratory facilities with an interdisciplinary mind, we can design and construct the most perfect asset for our clients that will reduce carbon emissions, be cheaper, more efficient, faster to construct, adaptive, more productive, safer and overall will create an alluring environment to stimulate innovation and collaboration.”

The Asia Pharma R&D Leaders Summit 2017 was held on 21st and 22nd March, 2017 with a full program of thought provoking and educational pharma and biotechnology topics related to Neurodegenerative Diseases; Cancer, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases where large pharma multi-nationals and others are heavily investing in R&D throughout Asia.