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Abstract
Drugs have a significant role in treating a variety of ailments in the medical field. Drugs must therefore be produced
to obtain a consistent therapeutic response at the highest levels of quality. End-product testing by itself does not
ensure the product's quality. A well-designed system will offer a high level of assurance that each action, procedure,
and modification has been thoroughly examined before being put into effect. The most frequently used word in
medication research, production, and finished product specification is "validation." Process validation is a key
element of the quality assurance system employed by pharmaceutical producers since it is essential to the safety and
quality of drug products. The most important factor in ensuring the identity, power, purity, safety, efficacy, and
sustaining the quality of the end product is process validation. Process validation highlights the importance of
objective measurements, statistical tools, and analyses; it also emphasises knowledge and detection; it establishes
flexibility; it controls variability in the attainment of desirable attributes; and it provides assurance on consistency
of quality and productivity throughout a product's life cycle by preventing undesirable properties. The current
article provides an introduction to validation, a summary of process validation, and information on its significance
in the production of solid dosage forms.
1. INTRODUCTION
Every time a product is taken into consideration, cherished topics in the pharmaceutical sector is
quality is an absolute requirement. Therefore, validation.1,2,3To have the product approved for
pharmaceuticals must be produced to achieve a commercialization, it is a crucial success component.
predictable therapeutic response to a drug included in The first and most important justification for process
a formulation that can be produced on a wide scale validation is a regulatory obligation for nearly every
with the highest level of reproducibility. These days, process in the global health care sector, including
one of the most well-known, frequently talked, and pharmaceuticals, biologics, and medical
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1.2.4 Performance Qualification (PQ): Performance process, using the materials and equipment specified,
qualification is the final stage of qualification, which should be shown to yield a product that is consistently
demonstrates that how the equipment/system will of the required quality and quantity what it is
perform when challenged under simulated or actual proposed to do based on the preplanned protocols. In
production conditions. A series of tests are designed this phase the extent to which deviations from the
to demonstrate that the equipment / system is capable chosen processing parameters can influence in the
to perform consistently and meet required product quality is also be evaluated. In general the
specifications under routine production final batch size should not be more than 10 times the
operations.25,26 batch size of the representative development batches.
The process should include identification and
1.3 Principles of Process validation
evaluation of individual steps, identification of critical
Process validation is defined as “establishing situations, design of trial plans and set of priorities,
documented evidence which provides a high degree performance of trials, recording of results, assessment
of assurance that a specific system, related equipment and evaluation of observed results. If the results are
and process consistently meet the approved unsatisfactory then the processes are modified and
specifications and produce products meeting improved until acceptable results are obtained. This is
27,28
predetermined quality attributes. essential to limit the risk and errors that may occur on
1.3.1 Process validation: Process validation is a production scale.29,30,31
basic factor for drug product safety and quality and 1.3.1.2 Retrospective validation: Retrospective
thus a fundamental component of the quality validation is based on a review of historical
assurance system used by pharmaceutical manufacturing and testing data, and the analysis of
manufacturers. The basic principle of Quality accumulated results from past production to assess the
Assurance is that a drug should be produced that is fit consistency of a process. It is assumed that the
for its intended use. Effective Process Validation composition, procedures and equipment remained
contributes significantly to assure the drug quality; unchanged.
this principle incorporates the understanding that the During retrospective validation results of in-process
following conditions exist: and final control tests are evaluated. A total of 10-25
1. Prospective validation batches (or more), manufactured over a period of 12
2. Concurrent validation months, is used for reviewing the results, to provide a
3. Retrospective validation statistically significant picture. Quality control charts
4. Revalidation could be used when performing retrospective
1.3.1.1 Prospective validation: Prospective validation. Failure investigations should however, be
validation is carried out during the development stage performed separately. All difficulties and failures
of a product and it is required for new manufacturing recorded are analyzed to determine limits of process
formulae or methods of preparation where the latter parameters and product-related problems. These
are adopted. The purpose is to ensure that the defined should include rejections, complaints and returns. As
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retrospective validation is not considered to be a 1.4.3 Continued Process Verification: The goal of
quality assurance measure it should not be applied to the third validation stage is continual assurance that
new processes or products.32,33,34 the process remains in a state of control (the validated
1.3.1.3 Concurrent validation: Concurrent state) during commercial manufacture.39,40
validation is carried out during normal production.
This method of validation can only be successful if
the development stage has resulted in a proper
understanding of the fundamentals of the process. It is
carried out during normal production of products
intended for sale. It should involve close and
intensive monitoring of the steps and critical points
for at least first three production scale batches. The
Figure 1. Process validation
in-process control results are used to provide some of
1.5 Process Validation of Solid Dosage Forms
the evidence required for validation but these are no
• The use of different lots of raw materials
substitute for validation. Validation in the production
should be included. i.e., active drug substanceand
unit mainly comprises of the determination and
major excipients.
evaluation of the process parameters of the facilities
• Batches should be run in succession and on
applied for the scale-up to final batch size. The
different days and shifts.
control of all critical process parameters, the results of
• Batches should be manufactured in the
the in-process controls, final controls and stability
equipment and facilities designated for
tests should prove the suitability of the important
eventual commercial production.
individual steps of a procedure.35,36,37
• Critical process variables should be set withintheir
1.3.1.4 Revalidation: In general Revalidation is
operating ranges and should not exceedtheir upper
exploratory review the current performance of the
and lower control limits duringprocess operation.
validation effect to confirm the validated status of the
Output responses should bewell within finished
facilities, systems, equipments, manufacturing
product specifications.41,42
processes, software and testing.38
1.6 Guidelines for process validation of tablets
1.4 Approaches in Process Validation
There are several important reasons for validating a
1.4.1 Process Design: The goal of this stage is to
product and /or process.
design a process suitable for routine commercial
• Manufacturers are required by law to confirmto
manufacturing that can consistently deliver a product
GMP regulations.
that meets its quality attributes
• Good business dictates that a manufacture
1.4.2 Process Qualification: This stage has two
avoid the possibility of rejected or recalled
elements: (1) design of the facility and qualification
batches.
of the equipment and utilities and (2) process
performance qualification (PPQ).
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to ensure evendistribution of the coating solution onto purpose of the study is to determine the critical
the tablets. Theaddition of baffles may be required to parameters and attributes for the process, the
provide adequatemovement of tablets for tablet tolerance for those parameters and how best to control
coating.53,54 the various experimental and analytical techniques
H. Inlet/outlet temperature and airflow: These used for the process characterization.
parametersare interrelated and should be set to ensure In subsequent product development the parameters
that theatomized coating solution reaches the tablet and attribute of the process are characteristics to
surface and determine the critical parameter of the process, the
then is quickly dried. tolerance limit of the process, and how best to control
I. Coating solution: The concentration and viscosity them. Controllable parameters may be parameters that
of thecoating solution will need to be determined. The are adjustable like drying time and temperature. At
solutionwill need to be sufficiently diluted in order to other time it may be desirable to fix a parameter by
spray the specifically setting one value and not testing around
material on the tablets. The concentration of the the variability. A cause-and-effect relationship may
coatingsolution will also determine the amount and be established for parameters and desired attributes.
volume ofsolution to be applied to the tablets. The Critical quality attributes are dissolution, assay, blend
stability of thecoating solution should be investigated and tablet uniformity and stability.59,60
to establish itsshelf life. 1.10 Critical process parameters of Solid dosage
J. Coating weight: A minimum and maximum form
coatingweight should be established for the tablet. Blending: Blend time, rotation rate, agitator speed,
Sufficientcoating material should be applied to the room temperature, humidity.
tablets to Dry granulation (Roller compaction): Roll speed,
provide a uniform appearance; however, it should not feed screw speeds, roll force/pressure, roll
begreat enough to cause fill-in of the intagliation.55,56 separation/gap, room temperature/ humidity.
K. Residual solvent level: If solvents are used for Milling: Impeller speed, feed rate, room temp,
tabletcoating, the residual solvent level will need to humidity.
bedetermined. Appearance testing of the tablets is Fluid bed granulation: Granulation fluid mixing
criticalduring the coating operation. time, fluid mixing speed, fluid amount, fluid addition
1.9 Process Optimization rate, fluid temperature, spray nozzle air volume, bed
During the early stages of process development, mixing time, supply air flow rate, dew point, product
parameter target value and tolerance limits are based bed temperature, exhaust air temperature, filter
on good scientific rationale and experience shaking intervals.
knowledge gained from the earlier and pilot scale Wet granulation: Granulation fluid mixing time,
studies.57,58 fluid mixing speed, fluid amount, fluid addition rate,
During product and process development both the fluid temperature, spray nozzle air volume, drug and
inputs and outputs of the process are studied. The
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wet mixing time, impeller speed, chopper speed, evaluating the critical steps in the pharmaceutical
power consumption.61,62 solid dosage form manufacturing process with control
Cabinet drying: Supply air temperature, drying time, to assure consistency in the quality of final product.
final moisture content From this review we can conclude that the
Fluid bed drier: Supply air flow rate, temperature, pharmaceutical process validation and process
product bed temperature, exhaust air temperature, controls are important steps in manufacturing of solid
filter shaking intervals, final moisture content. dosage form with consistent to meet the regulatory
Compression: Tablet weight, turrent speed, main required standard such as identity, strength, quality,
compression force, pre compression force, feeder purity and stability in the final solid dosage form.70,71
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