| Pharmaceutical industries like all other manufacturing | | | | forms. Some of the common appearances are |
| industries involve a series of processing steps. A | | | | tablets, capsules, creams and ointments. Liquid |
| complete product production process involves | | | | pharmaceuticals may take the forms of solutions, |
| activities such as design conception, manufacture, | | | | gels, emulsions, suspensions or injectables. Various |
| extraction, processing, purification, packaging, delivery | | | | inhalable products or aerosols also sell out in the |
| and storage. Pharmaceutical manufacturing includes all | | | | market which basically uses chlorofluorocarbons and |
| these processing steps of chemical substances to | | | | butane, and are applied for external purpose only. |
| produce essential drugs and medications. | | | | The major categories of manufactured drugs include |
| The whole process of Pharmaceutical manufacturing | | | | antibiotics, vitamins, several synthetic drugs and |
| can be categorized into two major units. The first | | | | hormones, vaccines, glandular products and other |
| unit is also known as primary processing stage and it | | | | pharmaceutical chemicals. Some drugs having plant |
| administers the production of active drug ingredients. | | | | origin are also delivered from pharmaceutical |
| This very step involves various research facilities and, | | | | manufacturing plants. Various patient specific and |
| stipulates active involvement of pharmaceutical | | | | personal safety equipments including dressing of |
| engineers and technocrats to provide effective | | | | personnel are manufactured in many of the drug |
| pharmaceutical ingredients. | | | | processing plants. |
| The secondary processing unit is the second stage | | | | The process of active drug ingredient synthesis and |
| of manufacturing process and it takes into account | | | | their usage in delivering prescribed drugs covers |
| various methods to convert active pharmaceutical | | | | following principle manufacturing steps: |
| ingredients into suitable drug products. Thus, this step | | | | - Process of intermediates preparation |
| constitutes final drug processing techniques to | | | | - Addressing functional groups |
| generate out products which are used as | | | | - Coupling and Esterification |
| pharmaceuticals in healthcare facilities for the | | | | - Process of cleaning |
| administration of patients suffering from health | | | | - Process of purification |
| disorders. | | | | Besides, granulation, drying, tablet pressing, coating |
| The pharmaceutical products are available in various | | | | prints on tablets, filling and packaging are also included |
| configurations including solid, semi-solid and liquid | | | | in the drug manufacturing process. |