Working pharmaceutical manufacturing can be very dangerous especially if the right precautions are not followed or the working environment is not up to the standard. In every year, various workers in the pharmaceutical industry globally suffer varying forms of injuries that expose them to various risks and even death while handling pharmaceutical equipment. As such, this makes it very crucial to…
5 Major Differences between RO and EDI Water Systems
Water is the heart of the human body, 50-65 % on average, although when looking at infants the percentage is typically around 75-78%. Water intake is mostly recommended since most body processes require it to facilitate optimal body functioning. Hard water contains much of dissolved minerals and the process of water purification comes from understanding the difference between RO and EDI water fil…
Calibration Frequency of Instruments and Other Measuring Devices
Calibration of instruments and other measuring devices is done to verify its performance. It is a comparison of the reading found from the instrument or measuring device and the known value or reference standard. The difference between the measured value and standard value helps to determine the instrument performance.
Data Integrity - A Major Problem in Pharmaceuticals
It's a giant task to ensure that all your computer systems comply with data integrity regulations and guidelines. There are also costs involved. Conducting gap analysis, writing procedures, developing action plans, training staff, and changing IT systems require time, money, and resources. Even if a worst-case scenario occurs in which you need to get rid of the old and replace it with new IT …
Determination of Data Integrity Compliance in Pharmaceuticals
Data integrity is the principle of generating, maintaining and assuring the consistent accuracy and completeness of data in a company or manufacturing plant through the entire life cycle complying with the regulations set within the pharmaceutical industry by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Data integrity compliance is the key issue to be looked into especially in pharmaceuticals because …
Importance of Qualified Persons in Pharmaceuticals
Qualified and trained employees are the keys to manufacture the good quality product. Every step of pharmaceutical manufacturing and analysis should be done by the competent person. All regulatory agencies have their guidelines for qualified persons and their training.
Sampling in Cleaning Validation in Pharmaceutical Industry
Sampling in cleaning validation in the pharmaceutical industry has been a topic of ever-increasing interest and scrutiny in recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections. The validation of procedures used to clean the equipment employed during the various steps of a manufacturing process is a clear requirement of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP). Such as, FDA inspectors now expe…
Implementation of Six Sigma in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Pharmaceutical companies are facing many challenges in the market where increased competition and rising cost of materials eat into their profit margins. The industry is also very competitive and each player is looking to develop the most effective product in the market. As a result, the players opt for production methods that can allow them to come up with the best quality medications that are p…
Insight on Data Integrity in Chromatography
The core objective of any analytical work is to produce reliable and scientifically accurate data. When the process is compromised the analyst is bound to obtain inaccurate results. This, in turn, affects the integrity of the data. Data integrity in the chromatography analysis is a key area of concern in the pharmaceutical industry. Technicians have linked it to the ease of data manipulation when…
Basic Requirements for Process Validation Exercise
Every pharmaceutical plant has got a prime objective of manufacturing products of required attributes and quality in a consistent manner, at the lowest possible cost. In order to maintain the quality of a drug product and to ensure its safety, manufacturing process validation has to be done. It is the essential element in ensuring that a drug product is pure, efficient, save and that its quality …
Types of Purified Water Systems in Pharmaceuticals
One of the most pronounced ingredients in any pharmaceutical engineering is water. Water serves as a solvent and ingredient for formulation in many pharmaceutical procedures. Special care and attention must, therefore, be taken to ensure that the water used, meets the standard quality for purified water. Water is purified to remove impurities and prevent microbes which might cause contamination o…
Regulatory Requirements for Market Complaints
The process of manufacturing is characterized by a number of steps, checks, tests, audits as well as evaluations along with other elements of quality like validations and many others. All these components give confidence to the process or system that it is functioning as expected. While all these elements are critical, the final hurdle is to make sure that the product is successfully manufacture…
How to Eliminate Microbial Contamination from Classified Area
We are receiving a lot of queries from pharmaceutical professionals that they have a lot of contamination in the classified areas. Contamination exceeds grade limits and they have tried everything but unable to get rid of it. Here we shall discuss the effective ways to remove the contamination from the classified areas.
Importance of Microbiological Analysis in Cleaning Method Validation
Cleaning Method validation is the process in which documentation of how the cleaning process of manufacturing equipment is done. Most times during manufacturing and processing of pharmaceutical products, active residues are left on the equipment and it may cause contamination of the next product to be processed in the same equipment.
Common Ways to Avoid the Most Frequent GMP Errors
Most of the 483s and warning letters are issued because of the common GMP errors. Below I have described common mistakes (and ways to avoid them) that I have seen and that many managers, supervisors, and executives have told me they have seen. Many common good manufacturing practice errors in pharmaceuticals can be easily avoided by following a few simple rules.
