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QUALITY MANUAL
Table of Contents
1.0 PURPOSE………………………………………………………………………….1 6
2.0 SCOPE……………………………………………………………………………..1 6
3.0 RELATION TO ISO 9001:2008…………………………………………………...16
4.0 OUR COMPANY QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM………………………16
4.1 General Requirements……………………………………………………………...16
4.2 Documentation Requirements……………………………………………………...38
4.2.1 General……………………………………………………………………………..3 8
4.2.2 Quality Manual……………………………………………………………………..38
4.2.3 Control of Documents……………………………………………………………....38
4.2.4 Control of Record…...……………………………………………………………...49
4.2.5 Referenced Procedures: ……………………………………………………………..4 9
5.0 MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY…………………………………………….49
5.1 Management Commitment………………………………………………………....49
5.2 Customer Focus…………………………………………………………………….49
5.3 Quality Policy………………………………………………………………………410
5.4 Planning…………………………………………………………………………….510
5.4.1 Quality Objectives………………………………………………………………….510
5.4.2 Quality Management System Planning…………………………………………….510
5.5 Responsibility, Authority, and Communication……………………………………511
5.5.1 Responsibility and Authority……………………………………………………….511
5.5.2 ISO Management Representative………………………………………………………..5 11
5.5.3 Internal Communication…………………………………………………………….611
5.5.4 Referenced Procedures: ……………………………………………………………611
5.6 Management Review………………………………………………………………..611
5.6.1 General……………………………………………………………………………...611
5.6.2 Review Input………………………………………………………………………..611
5.6.3 Review Output………………………………………………………………………612
5.6.4 Referenced Procedures……………………………………………………………...712
6.0 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT……………………………………………………..712
6.1 Provision of Resources……………………………………………………….......…712
6.2 Human Resources…………………………………………………………………...712
6.2.1 General………………………………………………………………………………712
6.2.2 Training Procedure…………………..……………………………………………... 12
6.2.3 Referenced Procedures: ……………………………………………………………..7 13
6.3 Infrastructure………….……………………………………………………………..813
6.4 Work Environment…………………………………………………………………..8 13
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2.0 SCOPE
The policies stated in this manual apply to all operations and activities at Our Company. The scope
of our quality system may be stated as follows:
The design, development, manufacture and distribution of pharmaceutical products..
It is the responsibility of all departmental Head to help define, implement and maintain the
procedures required by this manual and to ensure all processes conform to these requirements. It is
the responsibility of all employees to follow procedures that implement these policies and to help
strive for continuous improvement in all activities and processes of CCL Pharmaceuticals.
EXCLUSIONS:
Validation of Special Processes
There are no special processes involved in the manufacturing of drugs in CCL Pharmaceuticals
where the process output cannot be verified after subsequent inspection and testing. Hence,
validation of special processes is not applicable.
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Departmental Heads are responsible for ensuring their employees are aware of the relevance and
importance of their activities and how they contribute to the achievement of the quality objectives.
6.2.3 Referenced Procedures:
DEV101 – TRAINING PROCEDURE
HR-102 - POSITION DESCRIPTIONS
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The requirements specified by customer are determined through his inquiries, contracts, and orders.
Sales & Marketing Division is responsible for handling inquiries and orders.
The requirements not stated by customer but necessary for specific use or known and intended use
are determined through customer surveys, feedback and complaints. This information is also used for
monitoring the customer satisfaction.
The legal and regulatory requirements related to product are identified by contacting the related
regulatory bodies. Any such applicable requirements are recorded and verified for its
implementation.
Product and material related requirements are determined internally through Procedure for Design
Control and referring to Pharmacopoeia. These specifications are maintained by Quality Assurance
Department.
7.2.3 Customer Communication
The company has defined and implemented effective liaison with customers, with the aim of meeting
customer requirements. The company has defined communication requirements relating to:
a) Product information;
b) Enquiries, contracts and order handling, including amendments;
c) Customer complaints and their feedback
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If changes in design are identified, the changes shall be reviewed, verified and validated as
appropriate, and approved before implementation.
The review of design and development changes shall include evaluation of the effect of the changes
on constituent parts and product already delivered, records of the results of the review of changes
and any necessary action shall be maintained.
7.3.8 Referenced Procedures:
CQP-004 - DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
7.4 PURCHASING GO BACK
7.4.1 Purchasing process
The company controls its purchasing processes to ensure purchased product and/or service(s)
conform to purchase requirements. The type and extent of control is dependent on the effect of the
purchased product and/or service(s) upon final product.
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A supplier evaluation committee has been established which evaluates and selects suppliers based
upon their ability to supply product and/or services in accordance with company’s requirements.
Evaluation, re-evaluation and selection criteria for suppliers are established. The results of
evaluations and subsequent follow-up actions are recorded.
7.4.2 Purchasing information
Our Company uses purchase orders (PO’s) to describe the product to be purchased, including where
appropriate:
Requirements for approval of product, procedures, processes and equipment
Requirements for qualification of personnel
Quality management system requirements
The Purchasing Department is responsible for ensuring the adequacy of specified purchase
requirements before their communication to the supplier.
Records of purchasing activities are maintained.
7.4.3 Verification of purchased product
The company determines and implements the inspection or other activities necessary for ensuring
that purchased product meets the specified requirements.
Where the company or the company’s customer proposes to perform verification activities at the
supplier's premises, the company specifies the required verification arrangements and method of
product release in the purchasing documentation.
7.4.4 Referenced Procedures:
PRO-101 - PROCUREMENT
CQP-009 - INSPECTION AND TEST STATUS
CQP-002 - PROCESS CONTROL
7.5 PRODUCTION AND SERVICE PROVISION GO BACK
7.5.1 Control of Production and Service Provision
Our Company plans and carries out production and service activities under controlled conditions.
Controlled conditions shall include, as applicable:
The availability of information that describes the characteristics of the product
The availability of work instructions, as necessary
The use of suitable equipment
The availability and use of monitoring and measuring devices
The implementation of monitoring and measurement
The implementation of release, delivery and post-delivery activities
Manufacturing Procedures, Inspection Procedures, and Service Procedures define Our Companies
plan for manufacturing and service. These procedures provide detailed planning of all phases
including the methods and equipment to be used and workmanship criteria. This detailed planning
will be documented for each product in the form of work instructions, drawings or specifications.
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Traceability is the ability to trace back the manufacturing history of products to identify the root
causes in case of customer complaints or product recall. Traceability is ensured by identifying batch
numbers and manufacturing date to products manufactured in the same period under similar
conditions.
The status or products after inspection and testing activities is identified through release & rejected
stickers, tags, labels, etc. to avoid mix-up between conforming and nonconforming products, and to
ensure that only product that has passed inspection is used and dispatched.
7.5.4 Customer Property GO BACK
There is no customer property that is used in the manufacturing of company’s products. Hence this
clause is not applicable.
7.5.5 Preservation of Product
The company ensures that during internal processing and final delivery of product or services to the
intended destination, the conformity of product with requirements is maintained thorugh out the shelf
life. This includes:
Packaging
Storage
Preservation
Handling
7.5.6 Referenced Procedures:
CQO-002- PROCESS CONTROL
CQP-009- INSPECTION AND TEST STATUS
CQP-007- IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY
CQP-012- HANDLING, STORAGE, PACKAGING, PRESERVATION AND DELIVERY
7.6 CONTROL OF MONITORING AND MEASURING DEVICES GO BACK
All measuring and monitoring equipment used for verification of products and for monitoring
processes are regularly calibrated and / or checked. A list of such equipment is maintained, List of
Calibration Lab. Instruments.
The equipment is calibrated in accordance with an approved written calibration schedule (List of
Inspection Measuring & Test Equipment). Calibration standards are traceable to recognized
national / international standards. The company provides the basis for the standards used where no
national standards or certified master standards exist.
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Complete calibration records are documented and maintained. Records are evaluated periodically to
ascertain adequacy of calibration, inspection levels and calibration methods in use.
All measuring and test equipment are identified with a, stickers, marking or other suitable
identification to indicate their calibration status, the calibration status is recorded on an appropriate
quality document, which is traceable through an indexing system.
Where equipment is found to be defective or out of calibration, the results of the previous inspections
are reviewed and appropriate action is taken. All equipment is safeguarded to avoid unauthorized
adjustments and calibration.
7.6.1 Calibration Activities
The Engineering Department is responsible for the Calibration activities at Our Company. They are
responsible for establishing and maintaining processes to ensure that monitoring and measurement
can be carried out and is carried out in a manner that is consistent with the monitoring and
measurement requirements, taking into account the tolerances required for the measurement and the
accuracy and precision of the instrument.
Where necessary to ensure valid results, measuring equipment shall be included in the calibration
program. The calibration program ensures measuring equipment is:
Calibrated or verified at specified intervals, or prior to use, against
measurement standards traceable to international or national measurement standards; where no such
standards exist, the basis used for calibration or verification shall be recorded;
Adjusted or re-adjusted as necessary
Identified to enable the calibration status to be determined
Safeguarded from adjustments that would invalidate the measurement result
Protected from damage and deterioration during handling, maintenance and storage
In addition, the Quality Department shall assess and record the validity of the previous measuring
results when the equipment is found not to conform to requirements. The organization shall take
appropriate action on the equipment and any product affected. Records of the results of calibration
and verification shall be maintained.
When used in the monitoring and measurement of specified requirements, the ability of computer
software to satisfy the intended application shall be confirmed. This shall be undertaken before
initial use and reconfirmed as necessary. Records of this confirmation shall be maintained with
calibrations records through the use of the Control of Monitoring & Measuring Devices procedure.
7.6.2 Referenced Procedures:
CQP-008 - CONTROL OF INSPECTION, MEASURING AND TEST EQUIPMENT
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The ISO Management Representative is responsible for the internal audit program. The
responsibilities and requirements for planning and conducting audits, and for reporting results and
maintaining records are further detailed in the internal audit procedure.
The management responsible for the area being audited shall ensure that actions are taken without
undue delay to eliminate detected nonconformities and their causes. Follow-up activities shall
include the verification of the actions taken and the reporting of verification results as indicated in
the corrective action procedure.
8.2.3 Monitoring and Measurement of Processes GO BACK
The company applies suitable methods for measurement and monitoring of processes necessary to
meet customer requirements and to demonstrate the processes continuing ability to satisfy its
intended purpose.
The measurement and monitoring of processes is done by:
Defining and monitoring the process parameters and process instructions
Verifying compliance with parameters and written instructions
Conducting audits to verify compliance
Identifying and applying statistical tools, where required
In case of non-conformance with the planned result, correction and corrective action are taken to
ensure conformity of product.
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Revision Date of Amendment Description of changes
No.
The Quality Manual has been reviewed according to
QM-001 June 07, 2007 the latest requirement of ISO 9001:2000 All
QM-001-B December 13, 2011 The Quality Manual has been reviewed by new Procedures CQP-
management and signed thereof. 001, CQP-002, CQP-
022,
QM-001-C April 25, 2012 The Quality Manual has been reviewed. All
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SECTION V GO BACK
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
(Reference ISO 9001:2008)
TERMS DEFINITIONS
TERMS RELATING TO QUALITY
Quality Ability of a set of inherent characteristics of a product, system or process
to fulfill requirements of customers and other interested parties.
Quality Requirement Requirement for inherent characteristics of a product, process or system
Customer Satisfaction Customer’s opinion of the degree to which a transaction has met the
customer’s needs and expectations
Capability Ability of an organization, system, or process to realize a product that
fulfils the requirements for that product
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requirement
Traceability Ability to trace the history, application or location of that which is under
consideration
TERMS RELATING TO CONFORMITY
Conformity Fulfillment of a requirement.
Non-conformity Non-fulfillment of a requirement.
Preventive Action Action taken to eliminate the causes of a potential non-conformity or other
potentially undesirable situation.
Corrective Action Action taken to eliminate the cause of a detected nonconformity or other
undesirable situation.
Correction Action taken to eliminate a detected nonconformity.
Concession Authorization to use or release a product that does not conform to the
specified requirements
Release Authorization to proceed to the next stage of a process
Repair Action taken to a non-conforming to make it acceptable for the intended
use
Rework Action taken on a non-conforming product to make it conform to the
requirements
Re-grade Alteration of the grade of a non-conforming product in order to make it
conformant with requirements differing from the initial ones
Scrap Action taken on a non-conforming product to preclude its originally
intended usage
TERMS RELATING TO DOCUMENT
Document Information and its support medium
Specification Document stating requirements
Guideline Document stating recommendations or suggestions
Quality Manual Document stating the quality management system of an organization
Quality Plan Document specifying the quality management system elements and the
resources to be applied in a specific case.
Procedure Specified way to perform an activity or a process.
Record Document stating results achieved or providing evidence of activities
performed
TERMS RELATING TO EXAMINATION
Objective Evidence Data supporting the existence or verity of something.
Inspection Conformity evaluation by observation and judgment accompanied as
appropriate by measurement, testing or gauging.
Verification Confirmation and provision of objective evidence that specified
requirements have been fulfilled.
Validation Confirmation and provision of objective evidence that the requirements for
a specific intended use or application have been fulfilled
TERMS RELATING TO AUDIT
Audit Systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining evidence
and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit
criteria are fulfilled
Audit Programme Set of audits to be carried out during a planned timeframe
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Audit Criteria Set of policies, procedures, or requirements against which collected audit
evidence is compared
Audit Evidence Records, verified statements of fact or other information relevant to the
audit.
Audit Findings Results of the evaluation of the collected audit evidence against audit
criteria
Audit Conclusions Outcome of an audit decided by the audit team after consideration of all the
audit findings
Auditee Organization being audited
Audit Team One or more auditors conducting an audit, one of whom is appointed as
leader
Auditor Person qualified and competent to conduct audits
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Finished Product A medicinal product which has undergone all stages of manufacturing
and packaging operations.
Good Manufacturing The quality assurance aimed at ensuring that the products are consistently
Practices (GMP) manufactured in such as to achieve a quality appropriate to their intended
use. It is thus concerned with the incoming materials, in-process
products, finished products, operations and any other procedure, which
directly or indirectly influence the quality of product.
Internal Audit A complete appraisal of all or part of detailed operations to determine
any possible defects, errors or omission which contravene GMP or effect
product quality.
In-process Product Any material or product that must under go further manufacturing /
packaging / process.
Iodometry Oxidation, reduction titrations in which Iodine is used as an oxidant for
quantitative analysis.
In-Process Control Tests, checks and measurements made during the course of
manufacturing and packaging process to ensure that the resultant product
will comply with its specifications. Tests applied to the environment or
to equipment, as well as to the products in-process, may be regarded as
apart of in-process control.
Inactivation The process in which the chemical activity of the compound is lost and
the chemical compound responses nothing even activation energy is
reached.
Manufacture Means all operations of production, quality control, release, storage and
all released controls.
Master Formula Means a document or set of documents specifying the starting materials
with their quantities and packaging materials together with descriptions
of the procedure a specified quantity.
Material Handling All handling or materials and products such as receipt, sampling, storage,
labeling, dispensing, processing, packaging and distribution shall be done
in accordance with the written procedures, instructions and necessary
recorded.
Manufacturing Date The date at which the batch manufacturing is started.
Monitoring To monitor a process or a situation is to carry out repeated measurements
on observations of one or more characteristic whether or not it is
conforming intermittently and not necessarily performed on every batch.
New Drug A drug that has not been commonly sold to the public and is introduced
for the first time.
Non-Pathogenic Means the class of microorganisms not capable of causing disease.
Production All operations Involved in the preparations of a pharmaceutical product,
from the receipt of the raw materials, through processing and packaging
to its completion as the finished product.
Packaging Packaging refers to all operations including filling and labeling which is
ready for release by QA department.
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Packaging Material Any material used in the packaging of a product. There are various
categories of packaging material:
Packaging materials which come in contact with products.
Printed packaging materials.
Auxiliary packaging materials.
Ph Negative log of hydrogen ion concentration in a solution is called PH.
Product Recall It is system to promptly and effectively recall from the market, the
product known or suspected to be defective in quality.
Quarantine Area The status of a material that is set apart and that is not available for use
until released by the quality assurance department.
Retail Price The price at which the product is sold at the pharmacy shops & medical
stores.
Re-Processing The reworking of all or part of a batch of product of an unacceptable
quality form a refined stage of production so that its quality may be
regained up to acceptable standard by one or more additional operations.
Returned Product Means finished product sent back to the manufacturer or distributor.
Raw Material Any substance used in the manufacturing of product excluding the
packaging material.
Retain Samples The sample (s) of raw material and every batch finished product (s)
retained the quality assurance department as reference for future.
Relative Humidity The moisture concentration with respect to some standard or known
moisture controls.
Regulatory Audit Audit carried out by various external regulatory bodies against the
relevant regulations for the manufacture and supply of the
pharmaceutical products.
Reconciliation A comparison, making due allowance for normal variation between the
amount of product or materials theoretically produced or used and the
amount actually produced or used.
Retrospective Validation This is basically summarizing experience of all the test results are
meeting all the specifications it will give confidence of using the system
for manufacturing purpose.
Standard Operating A written approved procedure having instructions for performing
Procedures (SOPs) operations not necessary specific to given material or may be in general
e.g. equipment operations, cleaning, cleaning of premises, manufacturing
and packaging operation.
SOPs For Analysis A detailed description of procedure to be followed in performing tests for
confirming the presence of the active ingredients(s) in the dosage form
according to the specifications.
Specifications A document established by the manufacturer giving a description of an
incoming material i.e, raw material or packaging material, in process or
finished product in terms of its chemical , physical, microbiological
potency, sterility, pyrogen characters. A specification normally includes
descriptive clauses and numerical clauses that later stating standards and
permitted tolerance.
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Shelf-Life (exp. Date) The time period, as determined by the procedure, during which the
product retains its efficiency within its defined specifications.
SOPs for Equipment A written procedure having direct effect on the product quality but giving
/Machinery comprehensive instruction for operating machinery / equipment and
represents full operating instructions.
Status The classification of any material, product container or machine in
relation to their acceptance or otherwise, for further use, processing or
distribution e.g, quarantined, sampled, released rejected, cleaned, not to
be used, under repair, work completed etc.
Sterility The complete absence of living organisms.
Sterile Sterile means devoid of any microbial contamination.
Sterile Products The product which contains no living organism and hence pyrogenic
endotoxins.
Spectrophotometer Measurement of the concentration of the active ingredients(s) by the
measurement of light absorption by them
Stability Study A study to establish expiry dates and shelf – life specifications related to
storage conditions.
Thermolabile Means the materials that are decomposed/damaged/changed physically or
chemically at temperatures higher than specified temperature.
Tap water Water got from the tap and subjected to purification technique(s).
Unauthorized Entry Access to the production and warehouse premises shall be restricted to
Prohibited authorized personnel.
Validation Means the documented act of providing that any procedure, proves
equipment, material, activity or system control correctly and actually
heads to the expected results.
Weighing Area A separate area designated for weighing of raw material with provisions
for dust control.
Yield Deviations Any significant deviation from the approved deviation yield shall be
recorded or investigated.
Authorized Person “Authorized Person” means a person responsible for the release of
batches of product for sale.
Basic Manufacture “Basic Manufacture” means manufacture of a drug from basic raw
material to a product which is ready for use as a starting
Batch Numbering System “Batch Numbering system” means a standard operating procedure
describing the details of the batch numbering.
Biological Agents “Biological Agents” mean micro-organisms, including genetically
engineered micro-organisms, cell cultures & end parasites, Whether
parasites or not.
Bulk Product “Bulk Product” means any product that has been completed all
processing stages up to but not including final packaging.
Clean Area “Clean Area” means area with defined environmental control of
particulate and microbial contamination, constructed & used in such a
way as to reduce or eliminate introduction, generation and retention of
contaminants within the area.
Compounding “Compounding” means scientific combination of two or more ingredients
with a view to make a finished drug.
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