An Overview Of The Drug Manufacturing Process

The drug manufacturing process is a very complex one, but equally interesting if you are into science, especially chemistry. In case you are looking for a very detailed account of this subject, I suggest that you refer to manufacturing process descriptions developed by distinguished pharmaceutical companies.

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Before a drug can be manufactured in material form, what you need is to develop a scientific formula. It is after a lot of brainstorming, research and experimentation that scientists come up with a practical recipe to produce a medicine in solid, liquid or semi-solid form.

The first step is to create the active ingredient of the drug which is responsible to react in the body for the treatment of an illness. The next target is to embed the active ingredient into a structure that can safely be consumed by a patient. All the materials used should be legal and the procedures implemented must be ethically sound.

Once the ideal structure for a drug has been achieved, it is purified by removing any unwanted particles or contamination. After being cleaned, it has to go through a process called “milling”. In milling, the particles that make up the drug are crushed to smaller size to increase their consistency and solubility. This causes more efficient reaction in the body, producing quicker results.

After this, the particles are ‘granulated’, which is the exact opposite of milling. The particles are brought together to form larger particles, i.e. the average size of tablets. This is achieved by adding a binding material so that all the chemicals in the drug are able to stick to each other in an organized manner.

Then the large particles of the drug are dried to get rid of any moisture that may affect their effectiveness; moisture may dissolve the particles and cause separation. The next step involves pressing all the dried particles into identical shape. Symbols or words are then printed on the tablets and final outer coating is applied.

Then at last the drug is ready for labeling and packaging, and can be supplied into the market. Your product needs to be approved by federal authorities who will grant you a license for selling it. However, the drug manufacturing process does not end here. There are many co-related activities that you need to take care of.

Each step of drug manufacturing produces pollution in the form of gaseous emissions, solid waste and liquid effluent that require specialized techniques and technologies for being controlled. All the toxic by-products need to be treated before they can be discharged into the open.

This is just a summary that highlights key points. In order to get complete information for practical purpose, you will have to access data recorded by professional pharmaceutical companies. For material in any other language, hire Interpreting Services such as Albanian Manufacturing Process Descriptions Translation for Albanian content.