A regulatory framework Although common in other process manufacturing industries (e.g., food and chemicals), continuous processing is at a nascent stage in the pharmaceutical industry, where batch manufacturing is the prevailing mode.
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language.
ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- is a progressive disease that primarily affects motor neurons, the nerve cells that connect the brain to muscles throughout the body. For reasons that remain unknown, the motor neurons of people with ALS degenerate and eventually die, causing the individual to lose the ability to control voluntary muscles.