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Session 5.
Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance
Acknowledgment
Parameters:
Cmax 10
Tmax 1
AUC0- C T
20
15
10
Originator
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
250 N=12
200
Originator
150
Failed
100
50
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
N = number of studies Time (hours)
Source: Suryawati and Santoso (1994).
Nifedipine 20 mg: Generic vs. Brand Name
120
100 Imported
product
80
60
40
MEC = 20 ng/mL
20
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
BIOAVAILABILITY DATA
How Is Medicine Quality Assured? (1)
Product selection
Long shelf-life
Acceptable stability
Acceptable bioavailability
Selection of appropriate suppliers
Supplier pre-qualification
Request samples from new suppliers
Request specific reports and data for certain medicines
(e.g., bioavailability and stability studies)
Collect and maintain information on supplier performance
Product certification
GMP certificate of manufacturer
Product/batch certification (COA)
Random local testing
How Is Medicine Quality Assured? (2)
Hospital Pharmacy
procurement (and dispensers)
office Patients
Implications of Pharmaceutical QA for the DTC
Providing technical advice on procurement of
pharmaceuticals
Defining product specifications
Generic medicines
Bioavailability issues
Stability issues
Defining minimum laboratory testing
Providing technical advice to hospital departments
Medicine transportation and storage
Dispensing
Inspection of medicines