Friday, December 7, 2012

Product Development Department in Pharmaceutical Industry


Product Development Department

Many companies market have same drug products, but not all are identical in context to physical parameters which in turn affect the biological aspects like absorption and distribution of a drug. Quality of a drug product depends on quality of formulation. Product Development Department successfully does it all.

Functions of Product Development Department
Æ  Launching of a New product
Æ  Reformulation
Æ  Reprocess
Æ  Trouble shooting
Æ  Preparation of B.M.R. for a new product.
Æ  Development of existing product.

New Product launching:
For launching a new product, product development department follow the following steps-


The pre formulation study consists of:
1.      Raw material specification
2.      Product specification
3.      Pharmacological action
4.      Toxicology
5.      Formulation
6.      Manufacturing
7.      Market product study: if the product is new for our country or the product is exsting in the local market.
8.      Packaging.
9.      Stability testing
10.  Analysis

Development of existing product:
Existing products demand research in order to: 
Ä  Increasing the quality of the product.
Ä  Prevention of any type of problem existing in the product.
Ä  To save time and cost.
Increasing the patient acceptance
Reprocessing:
Reprocessing is done for finished product if it fails quality control test due to shortage of any excipient or active ingredient. In such case the finished product is crushed and shortage amount is mixed is processed and a new BMR is prepared.
Trouble shooting:
Product Development also solves various in process problem during a batch production.
Instruments available at PD core area
Granulation Room

Ä  PMS Fluid Bed Processor
Ä  GHL High Speed Mixer Granulator (SMG)
Ä  Drum Blender
Ä  Electrical Heater
Ä  PMS Granulator
Ä  Electronic Top Loading Balance
Ä  Super Mixer Grinder
Ä  Vibro-Sifter
Ä  Hot Melt Granulator

Compression Room
Ä  Cadmach(CM3B)
Ä  Hardness Tester
Ä  Hand Filling Capsule Machine
Ä  Mettler Tolledo E. Balance
Ä  Vacuum Cleaner


Coating Room
Ä  Magnetic Stirrer
Ä  BOSCH Stirrer
Ä  Thai Coater
Ä  Coating Machine (Kevin)
Wurster Room
Æ  Wurster Coater

Core Area
Ä  Hot Air Oven
Ä  Hot Air Sterilizer
Ä  High Shear Laboratory Mixer (Silverson)
Ä  Adventurer Electronic Balance
LCO
Æ  Laminar Air Flow Hood
Washing and Sterilizing Area
Æ  Water Distillation Machine
Sterile Filling Area
Ä  Laboratory Autoclave
Ä  Laminar Flow Unit
Ä  Check Station

Steps of Product Development Personnel To Launching A New Product:
Phase: 01 - Information
[  NFD & Pre-NFD information
Ä  Fill-up a pre-NFD form
Ä  Approval by engineering, production & QC department
Ä  Approval of NFD
Ä  Send approval NFD to PMD & QC
Ä  Mention if there are any other special criteria
Phase: 02 – Research
[  Literature Search & Project Planning
Ä  Book Research
Ä  Internet search
Ä  Innovators Web search
Ä  PD Project Planning
Ä  Product Development Requisition
[  Material Sourcing
Ä  Sourcing of active Raw material
Ä  Potential Supplier List
Ä  Sample for analytical development
Ä  Reference sample collection.
Ä  API analytical report.
Ä  Excipients testing (Special Items only) report
[  Active Purchasing/ Collection for PD
Ä  Sourcing of active Raw material
Ä  Potential Supplier List
Ä  Support of OSD 
[  Active Testing & Method validation
Ä  Method Validation for Active
Ä  Method validation for Finished Products




[  Pre-formulation studies
Ä   Major Pre-formulation parameters of API
Ä   Brand Products Formulation/Excipient Selection
Ä   Binary Incompatibility study report
Ä   Critical Pre-formulation research
[  Innovator’s/Brand Product Purchasing
Ä   Physician Desk Reference
Ä   Out sourcing 
[  Innovator’s/Brand leaders Product Testing
Ä  Physico-chemical Testing
Ä  Primary Packaging component report
[  Primary Packaging Material selection
Ä   Incompatibility analysis with primary packaging.
Ä  Analysis of Product Critical Factors
Ä  Analysis of Process critical factors
Ä  Prototype formulation
Ä  Manufacturing flow chart
[  Product Brief and Specifications
Ä  Drug information Search
Ä  Brand and pilot batch Analysis Report
Ä  Prototype formulation
Ä  BMR of new product

Phase: 03 – Formulation
[  Lab batch & Stability Batch Preparation
Ä  Preparation of Laboratory Batch
Ä  Packaging of Laboratory Batch.
[  Analytical Evaluation of Finished Products
Ä  Chemical Analysis
Ä  Physical Analysis
Phase: 04 – Stability Study
[  Stability Study
Ä  Stability study report-1 Month
Ä  Stability study report-3 Month
Ä  Stability study report-6 Month
Review and Specification Approval
 Phase: 05 – Scalae-Up and Production
[  1st Scale-up Batch Production
Ä  Analysis of 1st Scale-up Batch
[  2nd Scale-up Batch Production
Ä  Analysis of 2nd Scale-up Batch
[  3rd Scale-up Batch Production
Ä   Analysis of 3rd Scale-up Batch

[  Process Validation & Reporting
Ä  Process Qualification
Ä  Production Facilities
Ä  Production & Packaging environment
Ä  Batch Documentation

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