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Pharmaceutical

industry
Introduction

Hadia Saif
CHEM51F20R030
 Surgeries without
Anesthesia
 Poppy plant (Sumerians,
6000 years ago)
Anesthesia
 Great Indian surgeon
(Sushruta)
 Cannabis plant
 Laughing gas
Pain alleviation
• Alcohol and herbal extract mixtures (Rome)
• Henbane
• Hemlock
• Opium
• Mandrek
Cocaine

• 19th century, Inca


discovered coca leaves
benefits
• Anesthetic as well as
Analgesic
Birth of the industry

Quinine
William Henry Perkin
Accidental dye discovery
Company in Germany
Synthesis of drugs
• First synthetic drugs
. • Fever, pain
Organic synthesis

 1880
 synthetic analgesic
 No addictive properties
 Better alternative of cocaine  Indroduced by Bayer
 Successful in dental procedures
 By Hochst company
Wonder drug
anti-inflammatory
mechanism of elucidation by John Vane
Structure simplicity
Heroin as cough sedative 1898
(addictive properties)
.
Drug developmental process
Synthetic APIs aspirin,
Natural APIs morphine,
APIs paracetamol, and many
antibiotics
insulin, and penicillin

• biologically active component


• desired pharmacological effect

Biologic APIs monoclonal


antibodies, vaccines, and Radiopharmaceutical APIs
gene therapies

Combination APIs such as Highly potent e.g


therapies for AIDS and hormones, anticancer
HIV drugs
Excipients

Vehicles for a drug which improve:


 Bulkiness
 Disintegration a) Physiologically inert
 dissolution rate b) Acceptable to FDA
 bioavailability of the drug c) Physiologically and chemically stable
e) Should not interfere with the
bioavailability of the drug
g) Low cost, inexpensive
h) Meet the standards
..

.
Diluents Lactose, microcrystalline cellulose, sorbitol

•.
Binders Gelatin, glucose, Lactose, cellulose derivatives

Lubricants Insoluble- Stearic acid, Magnesium stearate,


Calcium stearate, Talc, Paraffin

Glidants (Aerosil), Cornstarch, Talc

Anti- Talc
adherents
.
Super-disintegrants

• promote moisture penetration​


• Good hydration capacity​
• Good compressibility and flow properties​
• No tendency to form complexes​
• Modified starches (Sodium starch glycolate​
• Modified cellulose​
• Cross-linked poly vinyl pyrrolidone​
Good
manufacturing
practices
• Guidelines regulated by WHO since
1975
• Ensure quality of pharmaceutical
products
• GMP: quality seal
• Good production conditions in
production area
• Good testing in quality control
• Product should not reach in market
if it violates

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Basic GMP requirements

Trained Deviation from


Manufacturing Changes effecting the
personnel: production written procedure
process: properly quality of product:
, quality control, investigation and
defined and cotrolled validation
documentation documentation

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