ABSTRACT

This book provides guidance on how to meet the requirements of the pharmaceutical industry as a beginner. It includes procedures for production and packaging, batch auditing as well as all quality measures used in the pharmaceutical industry. This book also provides questions and answers with each chapter for institutes and trainers providing basic training to the new graduates and new comers to the industry.

Basics of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Quality Operations: A Comprehensive Guide is primarily written for anyone in the pharmaceutical industry interested in development and manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and finished pharmaceutical manufacturers in both sterile and non‑sterile areas. The book is a simple, concise, and easy to use reference tool covering basic quality concepts required by the pharmaceutical educational institutions and professional certification bodies. It describes details of all GXP activities that are directly related to Quality, Safety, and Efficacy of the products manufactured under the umbrella of Quality Operations, common testing methods which are used in any modern industry, Requirements of Validation and Qualification of equipment, facilities and processes, integral segments of Drug product manufacturing, storage, and distribution practices. The material provides stepwise guidance on how to evaluate, audit, qualify, and approve a pharmaceutical product to enhance the GMP within the industry.

The book is written with the idea of providing basic knowledge to undergraduate students who are preparing to enter the industry at the end of their graduation. The book would also be beneficial for institutions conducting pharmaceutical technology study courses in terms of GMP and GLP applications.

Features:

  1. Provides readers and front line health care product manufacturers, all the information they need to know to develop a GMP oriented industry with trained and skilled personnel and manufacture products that meet GMP and regulatory requirements.
  2. Provides stepwise guidance on how to evaluate, audit, qualify, and approve a pharmaceutical product and packaging material to enhance the GMP within the industry.
  3. Includes significant processes and steps in production for all common dosage forms.
  4. Explains how in‑process and finished products are released.
  5. Provides an ideal and effective tool for anyone starting Quality Assurance/Quality control/Production responsibilities.

chapter 2|9 pages

Concept of Calibration

chapter 3|8 pages

Reference Standards and Reagents

chapter 4|17 pages

Chemical Tests

chapter 6|5 pages

Data Integrity

chapter 7|5 pages

Process Validation

chapter 7.1|14 pages

Protocol Generation

chapter 7.2|6 pages

Sampling and Testing Plan

chapter 7.3|24 pages

Process Validation Report Writing

chapter 8|9 pages

Cleaning Validation

chapter 9|8 pages

Method Development and Method Validation

chapter 10|26 pages

Qualification and Its Segments

chapter 10.1|15 pages

User Requirement Specification

chapter 10.2|7 pages

Functional Specification

chapter 12|4 pages

Technology Transfer

chapter 13|5 pages

Dispensing

chapter 14|11 pages

Production

chapter 15|5 pages

Packaging

chapter 16|4 pages

Role of Quality Assurance

chapter 17|8 pages

Role of Quality Control

chapter 18|4 pages

Logistics – Cold Chain Supply

chapter 19|6 pages

GMP for Biologics and Similar Medicines

chapter 20|15 pages

QA/QC Release