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large-scale production of drug products’ preparation, processing, packaging, labeling, repacking, changing wrapper, label or container of any drug products
manufacturing
Stages of Manufacturing
- Dispensing of Raw Materials
- Processing of Dosage Forms
- Filling
- Packaging and Repacking
manufacture of raw material (APIs and
Excipients)
Primary Manufacturing
manufacture of finished dosage form
Secondary Manufacturing
packaging, labeling, and repacking of bulk finished product
Tertiary Manufacturing
an arrangement whereby a competent company manufactures products for another company
Toll Manufacturing
Revised Regulations for the Licensing of Drug Establishments and outlets
AO 56 s.1989
Rules and Regulations on the Licensing of Establishments Engaged in the Manufacture, Conduct of Clinical Trial, Distribution, Importation, Exportation, and Retailing of Drug Products, and Issuance of Other Related Authorization
AO 2014-0034
involved in production of drugs products (preparatory processing, compounding, formulating, filling, packaging, repackaging, altering, ornamenting, finishing, labeling)
Manufacturer
involved in packaging of bulk drug product to its immediate container
Packer
involved in repackaging of finished product into smaller quantities in a separate container and/ or secondary packaging
Repacker
Registered owner of drug product and formulation but subcontracts manufacturing
Trader
- Procures RM and PM
- Provides monographs and QC protocols
Trader
Drug Manufacturers:
Manufacturer
Packer
Repacker
Trader
imports RM, API, and/or finished products for wholesale distribution to other licensed established
Importer
exports RM, API, and/ or finished products for wholesale distribution to establishments outside the country
Exporter
procures RM, API, and/ or finished products from a local licensed establishment for local distribution in wholesale basis
Wholesaler
Drug Distributors
Importer
Exporter
Wholesaler
• formulates new products
• involved in process development and scale-up
• prepares Master formula
Research and Development Dept
Stages of Drug Development
1) Discovery and Development
2) Preclinical Research
3) Clinical Research
4) FDA Review
5) Post-market Surveillance
contains the formulation, specifications, manufacturing procedures, QA requirements, and labeling of a finished product
Master formula
addition of an excess amount of API in an unstable preparation
Overages
• prepares Master formula
• justifies overages in the formula
Research and Development Dept
• deals with all stages of manufacturing batches of finished drug products
• Plans the production according to MO
Production Dept
specific quantity of product intended to have uniform character and quality, produced during the same single cycle of manufacture
Batch
specific identified portion of a batch
Lot
gives instructions to manufacture a product
Manufacturing Order (MO)
• accomplish the BMR to ensure that batches were properly made and tests were conducted
Production Dept
document containing the details of the manufacture of each batch
Batch Manufacturing Record (BMR)
• stores materials and finished products
• holds incoming components in the quarantine area
• involved in purchasing and logistics
Warehouse Dept
status of materials which are isolated physically while a decision is awaited on their release, rejection, or reprocessing
Quarantine
• assures that all operations meet required standards for safety and efficacy, ensures compliance to cGMP
• conducts quality audit and monitoring
• prepares SOPs
Quality Assurance Dept
step-by- step instructions for performing operational tasks or activities
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• tests compliance of raw materials, packaging materials, and finished products to specifications
• conducts sampling of materials to be tested
• performs IPQC and environmental testing
Quality Control Dept
• studies current market trends, consumer behavior and product status in market
• promote and advertisement
Marketing Department
ensures compliance of company and its products with all pertinent regulations and laws about drugs and their marketing
Regulatory Dept
• installs, maintains and repairs of equipment and premises
• conducts validation and qualification
• ensures safety
Engineering Department
action of proving and documenting that any process, procedure or method actually and consistently leads to the expected results
Validation
action of proving that premises, systems or equipment work correctly and actually lead to expected results
Qualification
• concerned with physical examination and medical treatment of employees
• performs clinical studies
• publishes house organ/paper
Medical Dept
• inert substance added to increase tablet size or fill the capsule body
Diluent (Filler/ Bulking Agent)
• Most common diluent
• No reaction with most drugs
• Monohydrate, anhydrous, and spray-dried
Lactose
• Used as sweetener
Sucrose and Dextrose
• Good flow and very compressible
• Disintegrates rapidly in water
Microcrystalline Cellulose (Avicel®)
• Used as diluent, binder and disintegrant
Starch
• Only inorganic salt used as diluent
Dibasic calcium Phosphate
• Used in chewable tablet s
• Negative heat of solution
Mannitol and xylitol
• Imparts cohesiveness to powders causing them to from granules
Binder
• Binder of choice for wet gran
Starch Paste
• Natural guns
Acacia & Tragacanth
• an economic way of protecting, preparing, identifying, and containing the drug products
• composed of container and closure
Packaging
• in direct contact with product
• immediate container
• affects stability
• may provide means of administration
Primary Packaging
Examples of Primary Packaging
bottles, caps, liners, filler, desiccant
• outer packaging (not always present)
• encloses primary packaging
Secondary Packaging
Examples of Secondary Packaging
carton box, sticker label, inserts, conjugated box
Types of Packaging
Primary
Secondary
• protects content from extraneous solids
Well-closed
• protects contents from extraneous solids, liquids, and vapors
• protects from deliquescence, efflorescence, evaporation
Tight
• impervious to air or any other gas
Hermetic
• protects from photochemical degradation
• amber bottles
Light-Resistant
• difficult for children under 5 years of age to open
• press down and turn 1.
• squeeze and turn
• alight the arrows
• latch top
Child-Resistant
• uses an indicator which if breached or missing can provide evidence that tampering has occurred
Tamper-resistant
• shrink seal/ wrap
• breakable caps
• tape seal
• bottle seal
• aerosol
Tamper-resistant
only true temper-resistant packaging
aerosol
Containers According to Protection Ability
• Well-closed
• Tight
• Hermetic
• Light-Resistant
• Child-resistant
• Tamper-resistant
• contains a single dose only and packaged in non- resealable containers
• no antimicrobial agent; water: WFI or SWFI; USP limit: 1000 mL
• ampoules, prefilled syringes
Single Unit
Advantages of Single Unit container
- low cost
- not breakable
- light weight
- chemically inert
Disadvantages of single unit container
- permeable
- low heat resistance
- not as clear as glass
- poor physical stability
• contains multiple doses and packaged in resealable containers
• with antimicrobial agent; water: BWFI; USP limit: 30 mL
• vials
Multiple unit
• most widely used, made up of inorganic compounds (major component: SiO2)
Glass
Advantages of Glass
- rigid and transparent
- impermeable
- chemically resistant
- can be easily sterilized
Disadvantages of Glass
- high cost
- fragile
- relatively heavy
- prone to leaching
• organic polymers of HMW
Plastic
Types of Glass
• Highly Resistant Borosilicate (Pyrex, Borosil)
• Treated Soda Lime Glass
• Soda Lime Glass
• General Soda Lime Glass
soft when heated and hard when cooled; flexible and squeezable
Thermoplastic
permanently hard; rigid
Thermoset
Types of Plastic
Thermoplastic
Thermoset
decrease coefficient of expansion
Boron
Types of Polymers for Plastic
• Polyethylene Terephthalate
• High-density Polyethylene
• Polyvinyl Chloride
• Low-density Polyethylene
• Polypropylene
used for beverages
Polyethylene Terephthalate
hard thermoset for solid dosage forms
High Density Polyethylene
used for blister packs
Polyvinyl Chloride
thermoplastic for squeeze bottles and medicine droppers
Low-density Polyethylene
used for autoclave containers
Polypropylene
Used in aerosol cans and collapsible tubes
metals
• Used in blister packs and strip packs
Foils, Films and Laminates
• Used in vial stoppers and syringe plugs
Rubber
• Used in vial stoppers and syringe plugs
Rubber
Storage Condition: Cold
NMT 2 to 8°C
Refrigerator SC
2 to 8 degrees C
Freezer SC
-20 to -10°C
Cool SC
8 to 15°C
Cool SC
8 to 15°C
Room Temperature SC
temperature prevailing in the area
Controlled Room Temperature
20 to 25°C
Warm SC
30 to 40°C
Controlled Room Temperature
20 to 25°C
used for divided powders
Paper
Excessive Heat
> 40°C