PMTC Technology Centre

PMTC is a progressive, agile, industry-led applied research and innovation centre. We support pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply in Ireland by addressing contemporary challenges facing the sector with a focus on delivering solutions using advanced technology and analytics. PMTC acts as a focal point around which companies in the sector come together and address common challenges collaboratively, leveraging the resources available in Ireland’s extensive third-level institutions. Based at the University of Limerick, PMTC is located in the world-class Bernal Institute and boasts an experienced post-doctoral level research team. PMTC has positioned itself to be responsive to the changing needs of industry clients we serve with a collective goal to increase the competitiveness and long-term sustainability of the sector overall, thus supporting Ireland in attracting and retaining continued investment in the manufacture of medicines. 

Expertise: 

• Pharmaceutical Plant Cleaning & Asset Utilisation 

• Process control and optimisation 

• Data Analytics for Pharmaceutical manufacturing 

• Process Analytical Technology 

• Computational fluid dynamics 

• Powder engineering and OSD processes 

• Continuous manufacturing 

Research performed by: 

• University of Limerick 

• Technological University Dublin 

• Munster Technological University 

• University of Galway 

• University College Cork 

• Technological University Shannon 

• Atlantic Technological University