Join Our Talk at PharmaLab 2026: ML vs. AI-Driven Real-Time Microbiological Monitoring
“AI” is now on many environmental monitoring instruments. But what does it actually mean for your equipment qualification and validation?
In the Artificial Intelligence in Laboratories session at PharmaLab 2026, Merck and Plair will present:
ML vs. AI-Driven Real-Time Microbiological Monitoring: Impact on Equipment Qualification and Validation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
What you’ll take away
ML and AI in modern methods
How modern microbiological methods use machine learning and AI for environmental monitoring
Locked ML vs. adaptive AI
The difference between a static, locked ML model and an adaptive AI approach in biofluorescent particle counters (BFPCs), and why it matters under GMP
Controlled algorithm changes
When a new or improved algorithm is needed, and how to implement it without uncontrolled changes after qualification
Qualification and validation impact
What an algorithm update means for qualification and primary validation, illustrated with a real BFPC and its validation data
