Rangs Pharmaceuticals Limited

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Rangs Pharmaceuticals Limited

INTRODUCTION

Rangs Pharmaceuticals Ltd is committed to ensure better life through quality medicine. For this, we selected the Rangs pharmaceuticals ltd. to be trained which is already known as one of the growing pharmaceuticals in Bangladesh. We feel proud to take such a factory.

RANGS Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is a leading edge pharmaceutical company and is a member of the RANGS Group, the largest private sector industrial conglomerate in Bangladesh. . The strategic strengths of RANGS Pharma are its strong brand recognition, highly skilled work force and diversified business mix. RANGS Pharma brands – Ostacid 500 Tablet (Calcium), Diversa Gold Tablet (Multivitamin’s and Multiminerals), E-Gold Capsule (Vitamin-E), Prevencid Capsule (Omeprazole), Antipro Suspension (Metronidazole), Oryx (1g IV Inj) (Ceftriaxone) are among the most recognized brands in the Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Industry.

RANGS Pharma manufactures a range of dosage forms including tablets, capsules, dry syrup, Suspension, Syrup, powder, Injectable Product etc. in several world-class manufacturing plants, ensuring high quality standards complying with the World Health Organization (WHO) approved current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).

WAREHOUSE

Warehouse is an important part of any pharmaceuticals company. RANGS pharmaceuticals Ltd. Is one of the well known pharmaceuticals industry in Bangladesh and has many products in market. So, its warehouse also has many responsibilities. Warehouse is the place where materials are preserved and distributed.

· Areas of Ware-house

1. Quarantine area:-After receiving raw and packaging materials are kept here for QA approval.

2. Released area:-After getting approval raw and packaging materials are kept here with great safety. Released area is generally the central area of ware-house.

3. In process area:- According to store requisition(SR)dispensed materials for manufacturing are kept here.

4. Rejected area:-Raw material, packaging material and finished products which are unable to get approval from QA are retained here with great safety .Usually this area is located at the corner of the warehouse.

5. Finished product area:-Generally finished products are started here for delivery to I 2 I service.

6. Special area:-It includes cool room, for heat sensitive and flammable materials.

Identification of products and raw or packaging material in Ware-house.

    • Raw materials and finished products are easily identified here with the help of an index which includes different code for different area also.
    • Packaging materials in warehouse are kept or placed following Alphabetical order.

Activities of ware-house:-

Activities of ware-house can be divided into 2 parts.

  1. Routine Activities
  1. Periodic Activities.

FLOW CHART of routine ware-house activities (Related to raw and packaging material)

Arrival of materials

Invoice checking

Unloading

Cleaning

Physical inspection and receipt/Discrepancy report

Quarantine storage

Log book entry / MRR for received items

Q.A sampling

QA release / reject

MRR / Failed MRR

Disposition Of released / /rejected materials

Disposition/Distribution

Computer entry of requisition / monthly inventory report.

Note: Log book entry of product includes date, “R” No. (for raw materials), “p” (for packaging materials) manufacture / supplier, purchase order No., total weight received, number and size of containers name, invoice no. etc.

Dispensing

It means the materials are supplied to the production areas by weighing according to the proper document and release it from the RM store.

FIFO

The term FIFO stands for First In First Out

· Handling of finished goods by Ware-house:-

(It is also a routine practice of warehouse)

Finished goods transfer note from solid, liquid and antibiotics

QA released tag

Verification by warehouse

VAT payment VAT challan (Musak-11)

Entry in purchase register (Musak-17)

Entry in sales register (Musak-16)

Entry in VAT current account register (Musak-18)

Balancing VAT payment register

Delivery advice for distribution

Prepare dispar dispatch Note(4 copise) prepare custom VAT challan(musak-11)

Delivery to Distribution godown

Current account reconciliation

Finished goods reconciliation

Role of warehouse in New product Launching

Production

Apply to the customs

With costing received from accounts

Approval from drug administration

And bill of entry

Received of an applied copy

QA test & released tag

Product release

Dispensing areas of Warehouse:-

One dispensing officer always responsible for dispensing the raw materials to the production and packing materials to the packing areas. Following things must be checked by the dispensing officer.

1) Check that only approved (green tag) materials are brought to the dispensing area.

2) Check that dispensing area is completely free from others materials.

3) Check that cleaning is done with IPA and savlon solution.

4) Check that correct quantity and approved quality of materials are being dispensed as per requisition.

5) Check that materials come first are being dispensed first, to follow FIFO (First In First Out).

Documentation in Dispensing:-

Documentation includes,

a) Serial number

b) Product name and code

c) Product batch number

d) Requisition entry

e) Cleaning

f) Material exit

g) Remarks

h) Tags

i) Signature of authorized person etc.

Inventory Functions of Warehouse:-

Inventory

After reading MRR to QA department materials will be kept pending list in computer

After getting released from QA department product will be at Normal inventory

Stock will be deducted from stock against S.R.(Store requisition) after dispensing.

PRODUCTION

Production area of RANGS pharmaceuticals are divided in to some major part. Production areas are –

â Tableting area

â Coating area

â Blistering area

â Capsule filling area s

â Packaging printing area

PRODUCTON ACTIVITY

TABLETING AREA

Tablet manufacturing and design is the most important, challenging and also critical process. To maintain its correct amount of drug(s) in the dosage form, extra care and alertness is essential in the tablet manufacturing process. Tablet constitutes a major class of dosage form.

RANGS Pharmaceuticals produces commercial batch by validating the processes. . They follow

o cGMP

o SOP and

o BMR during tablet manufacturing.

SOME BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL TABLET MANUFACTURING

This pharmaceutical follows some basic requirements for quality tablet production. Such as:

Ü Design

During our training period in tablet section we observed that solid manufacturing section is well designed. They have-

· Separate rooms for different operations.

· There are two separate entrances for personnel and material respectively.

· Air lock doors. The operators don’t open the two doors simultaneously.

· Rooms are partitioned by transparent glass, which facilitates visual inspection from adjacent and far rooms.

· Floor and walls have no sharp edges which prevents dust deposition.

· Floor is painted by epoxy paint.

Rooms include within the tablet section are:

· Hand washing, shoe cover & gown wearing room.

· Office room for production officers.

· Solution preparation room.

· Coating room

· Dispensing room.

· Store

· Granulation and blending room

· Equipment store (mainly die and punch are stored here)

· Compression room

· Capsule filling room

Ü Facility

For cGMP RANGS Pharmaceuticalshave some essential facilities in solid manufacturing area. They have-

· Adequate space for separate operation

· Adequate electricity supply

· HVAC system

· PW (Process Water) supply

· HPS (High Pressure Steam) supply

· ICA (Instrumental Compressed Air) Supply

· Vacuum line

· Pressure differential gauze.

· Positive air pressure.

· Telephone

· Generator

Ü Equipment

Advanced machine are available in tablet manufacturing unit. For using equipments following points are maintained:

· Safety card: provides safety instructions to machine operators.

· Labeling: describes state of operation. As for example: MACHINE LABEL: TO BE CLEANED, CLEANED, UNDER TEST, UNDER PROCESSING etc.

· Machine logbook.

· Proper cleaning of the machine.

· List of authorized persons.

Ü Personnel

All the process is validated in RANGS. In solid manufacturing unit, highly trained, experienced and skilled personnel are involved in tablet manufacturing i.e. Granulation, compression, and coating RANGS is rich in skilled persons in tablet section. They are serving for the company for a long period.

For the health and safety of the operators RANGS provides:

· Gowning

· Mask

· Shoes

· Ear protector

· Shoe cover

· Glovess

Different Solid Manufacturing Unit

The different solid manufacturing units are:

§ Dispensing unit

§ Granulation unit

o Dry granulation

o Wet granulation

§ Compression unit

§ Coating unit

Dispensing unit

The manufacturing unit sends a demand paper according to their need, to the warehouse. Central Dispensing Unit weighs the required amount of active ingredient & excipients and then sends it to the manufacturing unit. Manufacturing unit received and rechecked it. Raw materials must be approved from QC department before dispensing.

Granulation unit

There are two types of granulation:

1. Dry granulation

2. Wet granulation

STEPS OF GRANULATION PROCESS

Compression unit

After proper blending granules are stored in a container and then it is delivered to the compression unit. Before compression some parameters are checked:

· Proper cleaning of machine.

· Proper arrangement of die and punch.

· Removal of all the material relevant to previous product

· HVAC system.

· Dust collecting system

· Humidity

· Temperature

· Pressure differential

· Granules are poured into hopper

Coating is one of the important steps after compression. Reasons for coating-

o Stability

o Taste masking

o Elegance etc.

TYPES COATING DONE BY RANGS

· Sugar coating

· Film coating:

Aqueous coating

Organic solvent coating

· Enteric coating.

TABLET TEST

After compression and coating tablets are delivered to QC for some test.

The tests are:

o Appearance

o Weight variation

o Friability

o Disintegration time test

o Dissolution test

o Thickness

o Hardness

Capsule

It is a solid or liquid dosage form which is manufactured by enclosing into capsule shell.

Types of capsule shell:

  1. Hard gelatin capsule shell and
  2. Soft gelatin capsule shell.

RANGS pharma manufacture capsules by using hard gelatin capsule shell and also liquid capsules.

Instrument used for manufacturing capsules:

  1. Auto capsule filling and sealing machine: It consists of-
    • Capsule shell hopper
    • Rectifier
    • Granules or pellet hopper.
    • Filling station
    • Sealing station
    • Rejecting station.
    • Discharge station.
  2. Capsule sorter
  3. Blending apparatus

Manufacturing process:

Granulation

pellet

Blending

Filling

Sealing

Monitoring or sorting

Blistering

Packaging

Precaution:

Incase of capsule manufacturing the following precaution should maintain for the stability of capsule shell:

  1. Temperature must below 25 ºC.
  2. Moisture must below 50%.

In this unit powder and pellets are just filled into shell.

LISTS OF INSTRUMENTS USED IN PRODUCTION

1. Rapid Mixer granulator (RMG-400)

Type: CPMRMG 400

Capacity- 250 KG

Origin: INDIA

2. Solace Aero Dryer

Capacity- 120 KG

Origin: INDIA

3. Blending Machine

V- Blender

4. Crashing Machine

5. Double Rotary Tablet Compression Machine

Type: CPM D3

Origin: INDIA

6. Semi Auto Capsule Sealing Machine

Pam Pharmaceutical And Allied Machinery Company Pvt. Ltd.

Origin: INDIA

7. Automatic liquid Filling M/C LF 40

Pam Pharmaceutical And Allied Machinery Company Pvt. Ltd.

Origin: INDIA

8. Coating Machine

Name: N.R. Coater

Origin: Thailand

Capacity: 60 kg

9. Coating Machine

Name: N.R. Coater

Origin: Thailand

Capacity: 50 kg

10. Pest preparation Vessel

Capacity: 80 kg

11. Blister-1

HOONGA

Model: Ministar – N5

Capacity: 60 RPM

Power Supply: 380 Volt.

Weight: 2600 kg

Origin: Korea

12. Blister-2

HOONGA

Model: Ministar – N5

Capacity: 60 RPM

Power Supply: 380 Volt.

Weight: 2600 kg

Origin: Korea

13. Capsule and Tablet Bottle Filling

Maximum: 90 RPM

14. Ampoule filling washing Machine

PACKAGING AREA

Solid drugs (Tablets, Capsules) are packed in this section. Two types of packing materials are used here.

1. Primary Packing Materials

These materials actually come into the contact of products; such as aluminium foil, PVC film, PVDC film etc.

2. Secondary Packing Materials

These materials do not come into the contact of the product rather they provide extra protection and facilities for transport and use. These materials include-

· Printed cartoon

· Fiberboard outer

· Filament partition

· Liner

· Cellulose tape

Packing Machines

There are two types of machines for packing products. Blister packing machine and Strip packing machine. There are a few strip-packing machines among which one is used for striping. The Blister packing machines are kept inside separated rooms to maintain healthy environment as well as safety. Each of the rooms is facilitated with individual Air Conditioning System.

MACHINE USED IN BLISTERING PURPOSE

There are some blistering machines used. Machines are gives following

  • Blister Packing Machine
  • Blister Packing Machine
PROCESS OF BLISTERING

Blister packing is the most common practice in RANGS. Most of the products are packed in this method. Usually PVC film and Aluminium foil are used for this purpose. And Al-Al also is used for some heat and light sensitive products. The steps involved in Blistering are:

· Rolling of PVC

· Pocket formation by heat and vacuum pressure

· Transfer of tablets or capsules in the pockets

· Sealing of the pocket by Aluminium foil using heat

· Printing over the foil if required

· Perforation of the strips

· Cutting of the strips.

The strips are checked for any kind of leakage every half hourly. The instrument used is-

This machine is operated at 380-400 mm Hg pressure for two and half minutes. After completion of blistering, the finished strips are then sent to the packing lines. There the following steps are done-

· Feeding

· Laying

· Visual checking

· Cartoon making

· Inserting

· Flap closing and Tapping

· Outer making and filling

· Outer closing.

Finally the finished packets are sent to warehouse after Quality Assurance approval.

PARENTERAL AREA

INSTRUMENTS USED IN PARENTERAL PRODUCTION

1. Most – heart sterilization

  • Temperature control: 121°­­­­ C for 15min
  • Sterile materials –

a) Rubber stroper

b) Flip of seal

c) Filling ampoule

d) Contact parts

2. Dry Heat sterilizer:

· Temperature control; 260°C/200°C

· Sterile materials –

a) Ampoule – 200°C for 1 hr.

b) Vial – 250° C for 30 min.

3. Burring washing machine:

· Rubber stroper.

4. Distillation chamber:

· Temp: 300°C

· Stilmass – Italy.

5. Laminaire.

6. Manufacturing vessel.

7. Holding vessel.

8. Lyophilized Microscope

9. Lyophilizers

Sterilization process:

  1. Vials are usually sterilized or depyrogenation by using dry heat sterilizer at 250 ºC for 30 mins.
  2. Garments, gloves, machine parts or equipments are sterilized by 121 ºC for 15 mins.

AREAS OF STERILE DEPARTMENT

Class A

Area under laminar airflow
Class B Aseptic filling room
Class C Aseptic manufacturing & terminal filling
Class D Terminal product manufacturing

1. Bottle washing

2. Dispensing

3. Other area of class 10,000

Class E1 Material entry, inspection & sterilization
Class E2 Packaging

Visiting site: Ampoules (Injection)

Ampoules:

Ampoules are special type of container used for WFI or RANGS preparations.

Ampoule department of Beacon Pharma:

RANGS pharma has a well established and strong ampoule filling and sealing department in non-cepha building. The most highlighted point is that it has the largest and more efficient filling and sealing machine which is completely automatic.

Instruments used for injections (ampoule manufacturing):

1. Auto ampoule filling and sealing machine.

2. ampoule washing machine

3. Autoclave

4. Dry heat sterilizer

5. Charge vat

6. Cartilage filter unit

Mechanism of ampoule washing:

Ampoules are placed manually on tray

Passed through change box to ampoule washing room

Ampoules tray are placed in washing machine where

A flash of DM + WFI flows from upper and lower part

Of the machine

After certain period it is removed and the

ampoules are replaced from that tray to

another tray

Performed dry heat sterilization for

Depyrogenation at 260 ºC for 2.5 hrs.

Allowed to cool and remove it for filling

And sealing in aseptic area

Mechanism of filling and sealing:

Ingredients are charged in charge vat in normal area

Allowed to pass through cartilage filter ( 0.2 µm)

Unit and collected into storage vessel in aseptic area

Then ampoules are filled from these

Vessels by the following ways

Injectable solutions or WFI are collected by

The pipe of auto filling and sealing machine

Ampoules are placed on feed pan

Ampoules move towards nozzle by the help of conveyer system

At first ampoules are flashed by nitrous oxide gas

filling

Pre heat by flame

Sealing

Terminal sterilization

Packaging

Important notes:

  • Pressurized system is used for charging, passing through cartilage filter unit, filling etc.
  • Terminal sterilization is not performed for heat sensitive substances. Ex- vitamin preparations.
  • Filling and sealing is performed under laminar air flow unit under aseptic condition.

Visiting site: Injection (vials)

Injection (vials):

Vials are sterile glass containers whose volume up to 15 ml. This volume also may be up to 30 ml. usually vials are widely used for injectable preparations.

Instruments used for injectable vials:

  1. Washing machine.
  2. Dry heat sterilizer.
  3. Autoclave.
  4. Auto filling and sealing machine.
  5. Auto labeling machine.
  6. Auto vial blistering machine.

Process of washing:

Place vials on inspection platform

Charge inverter nylon arm

Wash with the flash of Demineralized water (DM) water

And Water for injection (WFI) from upper and lower parts

Air dry

Wash with DM water

Air dry

Wash with WFI

Final air dry

Then discharge inverter nylon arm

Placed on tray for depyrogenation

Manufacturing process:

Receive ingredients

Deboxing

Passed through change box under laminar air flow

Filling and sealing in aseptic condition

Finally blistering and packaging

Types of packaging materials:

  1. Primary packaging materials: it includes
    • Glass vials (7.5 ml or 15 ml)
    • Rubber stopper
    • Flip off seal

2. Secondary packaging materials: It includes-

o Comb pack

o Leaflet

o Disposable syringe

o Baby needle

o Butterfly syringe

o Inner cartoon

o Master cartoon

MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY

The department of Microbiology performs the role of immense importance to follow the cGMP and to formulate as well as to implement the SOPs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The overall activity profile of the microbiological section of QC department of RANGS can be presented briefly in the following way——

INSTRUMENTS US INST INSTRUMENTS USED IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ASSAY RUMENTS USED IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ASSA

· Particle counter

· Air sampler

· Incubator (Hot / Cool)

· Vortex mixture

· Centrifuge machine

· Water bath

· Freeze to preserve bacteria

· Air born particle counter

· Colony counter

· Microscope

· Laminar flow machine

· Hot oven

· Dust collector

· Autoclave

· Balance

· LAL testing kit

· High precision bath

The 3 tests are done here.

1. Receiving inspection.

2. In process inspection.

3. Final inspections.

INSTRUMENTS USED IN THIS LAB

1. Laminar air flow –

      • Total bacterial count.
      • Fungal count.
      • Pathogen test of non-parenteral products.

2. Particle analyzer.

3. Batch sampler.

4. Cooled incubator

Temp. 22° C

5. Incubator

Temp for 37° C for bacterial culture.

6. Freez for microbial culture.

7. Dry heat sterilizer.

8. Autoclave.

9. Laminere air flow for sterility testing.

MEDIAS

Ü Broth media :

o TSB.

o Macconkey broth media.

o Lactose broth.

Ü Agar media:

o TSA – Bacteria test.

o MEA – Fungus test.

o MCA – Pathogen test.

Microbiological testing procedure for different products are performed as follows –

Ü For Parenteral products:

o Sterility test.

o Pyrogen test.

Ü For Raw Material :

For specified raw materials – By pour plate method.

Environmental study:

o RCS air sampler.

o Settle plate.

QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT

Quality Assurance department is responsible for assuring that the quality policies adopted by a company are followed and in most organizations it serves as the contact with regulatory agencies and are the final authority for product acceptance or rejection. It also helps to prepare the standard operating procedures (SOP) related to the control of quality

Quality assurance means the sum total of the organized arrangements made with the object of ensuring that products will be at the quality required by their intended use. It is thus GMP plus factors outside the scope of ISO guidelines.

The function of QA starts from raw materials and continues up to released products. The function of QA in a pharmaceutical is given below.

BEFORE PURCHASING

Environment of the suppliers are also sensitive for purchasing of raw materials. QA checks the environment before purchasing the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).

IN WARE HOUSE

  • Identification of raw materials (RM / PM)
  • Check the quality by QC
  • Orientation of raw materials.
  • Orientation of packaging materials.
  • QA inspection and report submission to the head of QC.
  • Sampling for,

o Lab sample.

o Microbiological sample.

o Retention sample.

§ Released and rejection works of raw materials and packaging materials.

IN PRODUCTION AREA

? Before starting of manufacturing the cleaning operation or change over of machineries is cheeked by the Q.A.

? Line clearance.

? In process QC.

? For solid production the following tests are done –

o Weight variation

o Hardness

o Thickness

o Diameter

o Friability

o Disintegration Test

? For L.C.O.-

o Weight

o Volume checking.

IN ASEPTIC AREA

Air particle monitoring, microbiological tests (swap test), water test and treatment are done by microbiological department under the supervision of QA.

IN PACKAGING AREA

? QA officer give the line clearance for starting of packaging operation after assuring the following points:

o Absence of product of previous order.

o Absence of packaging material belonging to the previous order.

o Cleanliness.

? QA officer check the batch no. Mfg. & Expiry date.

? Random checking of blister & strip.

? Random wt. checking for cream and ointment.

? Random volume checking for liquid during filling.

? Check of inner and shipping cartoon.

? Evaluation and repacking of accidental damaged goods.

QULALITY CONTROL

Now a days the manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals is quite complex & there also arise some responsibilities; for example ethical, legal and economic responsibilities. These responsibilities are immensely important for the production, control & marketing of quality products. A systematic checking from the raw materials in process, Packaging materials, labeling & finished products can ensure quality products. This is the Prime concern of the industrial Quality & Compliance Department. The Concept of total Quality refers to the process of striving to produce a perfect product by a series of measures requiring an organized effort by the entire company to prevent or eliminate errors at every stage in the production. During our training part in QC, we observed that RANGS performs almost everything that ensures quality of medicine

Quality control (QC) is one of the major and global concerns for the entire sector in any industry or company. It is the combination of skills personnel, valided method, part of GMP which is concerned with sampling, specification and testing to ensure that the necessary and relevant taste are carried out and that materials are not released for used until the quality has been judged to be satisfactory. This part is responsible for chemicals test, identification, and separation of any sample.

Quality control department involved with the raw materials testing, stability testing, and calibration of all apparatus, microbiological testing, analytical development and validation, documentation and routine analysis, bulk sample testing and packaging materials.

OPERATION PERFORMED BY QC LABORATORY ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

TESTS FOR RAW MATERIALS

  • Physical properties (appearance, solubility etc)
  • Assay
  • Other specified tests like identification (chemical and photometric), determination of purity, optical rotation, water content determination.

IN PROCESS QC

  • Quantitative assay
  • Disintegration test
  • pH
  • Viscosity test
  • Weight / ml for liquids
  • Microbiological assay
  • Weight variation tests
  • Environmental monitoring

FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS

  • Description
  • Assay
  • Specified identification test
  • Leak test
  • Disintegration test for coated tablets
  • Stability test

TESTS FOR PACKAGING MATERIALS

Packets

· Printing error test,

· Length, width of secondary packing materials,

· Lock bottom test,

· Defection of gluing,

· Wide color variation.

Cap

· Color,

· Printing,

· Weight,

· Length, diameter of wad,

· Length from top to the cut mark.

Bottle

· Length,

· Diameter of neck and body,

· Weight,

· Over flow capacity,

· Light transmission test.

Aluminum Foil

· Thickness of Al foil,

· Weight at gm / sq. inch,

· Printing conditions.

Label

· Conditions of color printing,

· Quality of paper,

· Checking of spelling and any types of error.

Tubes, Spoon and Dropper

· Types of rubbers and droppers,

· Measurement about quantity for spoon,

· Class of glass for tubes.

INSTRUMENTS / APPARATUS USED IN QC DEPARTMENT

There are various types of sophisticated instruments are used for the purpose of quality maintaining. The instruments are

SI NAME OF THE MACHINE QTY

(Nos)

MANUFACTURER ORIGIN
01 HPLC – PC based, Binary Gradient 01 Shimadzu Corporation Japan
02 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer – PC based 01 Shimadzu Corporation Japan
03 FTIR – PC based (IR Prestige -21) 01 Shimadzu Corporation Japan
04 UV – visible Spectrometer – PC 01 Shimadzu Corporation Japan
05 Vacuum Pump 01
06 Laminar Air Flow 01
07 Digital Hardness, Thickness & Diameter Tester 01
08 Moisture Analyzer 01
09 PH Meter 01
10 HPLC – PC based, Isocratic 01 Shimadzu Corporation Japan
11 Karl Fischer 01
12 Dissolution Apparatus 01
13 Disintegration Apparatus 01
14 Friability tester 01
15 Incubator (30º to 70ºC & 0º to 60 ºC)-2 set 02
16 Digital Autoclave for Microbiology – 85 Litres 01
17

18

Pharmaceutical Refrigerator

Electrical Microscope

01

01

ROLE OF QC IN PUECHASING RAW MATERIAL

· The samples of raw materials from suppliers (demanded by procurement department) are tested by the Q.C department & if the sample meets the specification, them the sample is ready for approval. The approval comes from Q.A department after submission of the Q.C test reports.

· After approval of the sample, the supplier asked for raw material, raw materials are tested, if the quality complies, the procurement department buys the raw material.

· Raw materials are kept in the quarantine are a during the testing of the supplied sample& after testing if everything complies to the standard demands then it is shifted to the store & labeled as approved.

TEST PERFORMED FOR RAW MATERIALS

According to GMP each raw materials should be tested for conformity with specification for identity, strength, purity and quality parameters. The quality control department .of RANGS performs the following tests on raw materials ——-

  • Appearance
  • Odor
  • Identification- (melting point, UV/ VIS method, IR absorption spectrum method.)
  • Solubility
  • Refractive index
  • Wt.per ml/specific gravity
  • Chloride/bulk density
  • Loss of drying
  • Residue of ignition/sulfated ash
  • Specific rotation/acid value
  • Viscosity/iodine value
  • Saponification value
  • Acidity/alkalinity
  • Oxidizing /reducing agent
  • Microbial count
  • Assay

TEST FOR PACKAGING MATERIAL

For ensuring better safety and attractiveness of packaging materials QC department conduct the following tests of packaging materials –

LABEL

1. Grain direction: The label is kept on water in a pot and observed that it is properly rolled or not. After a while it will be opened to indicate that it is passed.

2. The printing, the expire date, batch no and other items are checked and compared to a standard one.

3. The color and size are also checked against a standard.

CARTOON

1. The color and text are compared with an approved standard.

2. Proper gumming or gluing check

3. Strength of the cartoon is checked in gram/sq. meter

4. Proper locking check

5. Flap cut checking

VIALS

1. Alkalinity

2. Thickness

3. Cap diameter

4. Proper aluminum seal

FOILS

The color, the plastic layer and the thickness are compared with a reference standard.

COLLAPSIBLE TUBES

a. Texture

b. Specification measurement

c. Inside lacquering test

d. Latex seal check

e. Presence of Aluminum seal

RUBBER CLOSURE

a. pH

b. Stickiness

c. Toxicity

d. Ash content

e. Density

f. Alkalinity

AMPULES:

a. Surface and sometimes-total alkalinity

b. Thickness

c. Height

d. Breaking point

e. Volume

CAP

Printing, color, diameter, height etc are checked.

After packaging of the product, packed materials such as strips, ampoules, blisters, bottles etc are checked for accuracy. It is not possible to check all the products of a batch. Random sampling on the basis of the following rule checks them

?N+1

Where N=no of container

After sampling every sample is checked. Usually three types of mistakes are checked———

1. Critical:this is the problem, which cannot be overlooked. E.g.-DAR No. (Drug administration registration number).If DAR is wrong the whole batch will be discarded.

2 Major: For this type of problem reprocessing is possible. E.g.-spelling mistake.

3. Minor: Simple mistakes which can be overlooked.

TEST FOR FINISHED PRODUCT

GMP specification

a. For each batch of drug product, there should be appropriate laboratory determination of satisfactory conformance to its finished product specification prior to release.

b. Drug products failing to meet the established specifications and other relevant quality criteria should be rejected. Reprocessing may be performed if possible but the reprocessed product should meet all the specification and other quality criteria prior to its acceptance and release.

Finished product should be checked in the laboratory by suitable procedures. These tests are designed to determine compliance with specification and hence arc critical factor for the QC department.

Each lot of products is tested to ensure identity, quality, purity and potency.

Q.A authorizes the releases for further processing based on actual physical, chemical & biological laboratory testing

The following tests are performed here for the finished product-

FOR SOLID DOSAGE FORM

  • Parameter checked—
  • Description
  • Identity
  • Diameter
  • Thickness
  • Uniformity of weight
  • Average weight
  • Maximum individual varia