Pharmaceutical industry products

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In the food and chemical industry, continuous production lines play an important role, whereas the pharmaceutical industry production is mainly based on a batch type procedure. Concerning the safety of a dosage form... 

In the pharmaceutical industry, production processes are traditionally based on batch-type procedures, whereas continuous processing has fewer applications. An important factor contributing to the limited introduction of continuous production is that it is especially suited for very-high-volume production capacities, whereas batch manufacturing allows more flexibility when smaller volumes of different products have to be manufactured (the most common situation for a pharmaceutical production site). 

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan, 2010. Survey of pharmaceutical industry productions, pp. 197-198. 

In the pharmaceutical industry products such as penicillin occur in fermentation mixtures that are quite complex, and liquid extraction can be used to separate the penicillin. Many metal separations are being done commercially by extraction of aqueous solutions, such as copper-iron, uranium-vanadium, and tantalum-columbium. 

Khanna, I. (2012) Drug discovery in pharmaceutical industry productivity... 

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HPLC is routinely used for both qualitative and quantitative analyses of environmental, pharmaceutical, industrial, forensic, clinical, and consumer product samples. Figure 12.30 shows several representative examples. 

Pharmaceutical Processes. The pharmaceutical industry is a principal user of extraction because many pharmaceutical intermediates and products ate heat-sensitive and cannot be processed by methods such as distillation. A usehil broad review can be found in the Hterature (241). 

The combined pharmaceutical appHcations account for an estimated 25% of DMF consumption. In the pharmaceutical industry, DMF is used in many processes as a reaction and crystallizing solvent because of its remarkable solvent properties. For example, hydrocortisone acetate [50-03-3] dihydrostreptomycin sulfate [5490-27-7] and amphotericin A [1405-32-9] are pharmaceutical products whose crystallization is faciHtated by the use of DMF. Itis also a good solvent for the fungicide griseofulvin/72%(97-< 7 and is used in its production. 

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Wintergreen Oil. Water distillation of the leaves of Gaultheriaprocumbens L. yields an oil which consists of essentially one chemical constituent, methyl saUcylate. Because of this, the oil has been almost totally replaced by the synthetic chemical. Natural oil of wintergreen [68917-75-9] is a pale yellow to pinkish colored mobile Hquid of intensely sweet-aromatic odor and flavor. The oil or its synthetic replacement find extensive use in pharmaceutical preparations, candy, toothpaste, industrial products, and in rootbeer flavor. In perfumery, it is used in fougnre or forest-type fragrances. 

Pharmaceutical Industry. In the pharmaceutical industry, sterility of deionized water systems is maintained by using an ozone residual. The ozone residual concentration is maintained at >0.3 ppm ppm in the water recirculation loop. Prior to product compounding, the ozone residual is removed by contact with uvirradiaton for <1 s. Ozone also is used to oxidize pyrogens from distilled water destined for intravenous solutions. 

In 1995, discussions among the United States, the European Community (EC), and Japan occurred to achieve harmonization of dmg and dmg product standards and to provide guidance to the worldwide pharmaceutical industry for acceptance of global regulatory filings. The International Committee on Harmonization (ICH) has proposed initial guidelines for the estabUshment of stabihty studies. 

One appHcation patented ia 1989 is the injection of sodium alumiaate into silica-containing formations for enhanced petroleum recovery (39). Additionally, the pharmaceutical industry uses sodium alumiaate as an alkaline source of aluminum for the production of certain antacids (40). 

RO is also used to produce ultrapure water for many laboratory uses (90) as weU as in the medical and pharmaceutical industries (91). As for the electronics industry, purity is achieved using a combination of processes. A typical hybrid process for the production of ultrapure water is shown in Figure 11. The order in which the various steps take place may vary from case to case. 

Analysis and Specifications. Typical product analyses include sohds level, ash, color, conductivity, purity, and minor saccharide levels (19). Specifications for anhydrous and monohydrate crystalline dextrose are available (15). High quahty anhydrous dextrose produced for the pharmaceutical industry is prepared in accordance with additional specifications (20). 

Ammonia H2O2 Initiation. The lower molecular weight grades (K-15 and K-30) ofPVP ate prepared industrially with an ammonia /H O initiation system. Such products ate the standards for the pharmaceutical industry and conform to the various national pharmacopeias. Several papers have appeared concerning the mechanism of this polymerization (15). 

L-Fohc acid is available as a crystalline dihydrate containing 8% water. Approximately 80% of the commercial production is consumed for feed enrichment in animal nutrition. FoHc acid is being offered by the pharmaceutical industry for therapeutic and prophylactic use (see Pharmaceuticals). Pharmacological doses of fohc acid are commonly used as a rescue dose during cancer chemotherapy, in women using oral contraceptives, and alcohoHcs. Several studies have provided evidence that multivitamins or foHc acid (0.8—4 mg/day) supplementation prevent the majority of neural tube defects (101). 

For the industrial production of riboflavin as pharmaceuticals, the traditional methodology comprising the dkect condensation of (13) with (14) in an acidic medium with continuous optimisation of the reaction conditions is stiU used (28). A great part of riboflavin manufactured by fermentative methods is used for feeds in the form of concentrates. The present world demand of riboflavin may be about 2500 t per year. Of this amount, 60%, 25%, and 15% are used for feeds, pharmaceuticals, and foodstuffs, respectively. The main producers are Hoffmann-La Roche, BASF, Merck Co., and others. 

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