Research and development (R&D) is vital to ensure you maintain your competitive advantage, and it’s important not only to explore new products and processes, but also to continually improve existing products. Pharmaceutical R&D machines and equipment must replicate the processes involved in full-scale production to allow for accurate trial or test results, yet they must have a form-factor and footprint that is more suitable for lab work or for use in smaller development lines. R&D equipment should be able to handle small batch sizes, and yet be able to scale up production results accurately, allowing full analysis and product quality metering.