Thursday, December 6, 2012

Pharmaceutical Medicines



Pharmaceutical manufacturing industries undergoes a series of processing steps such as design conception, production, extraction, dispensation, sanitization, packaging, release and storage of chemical agents for the development of useful medicines. Thus, Pharmaceutical manufacturing forms the basis of pharmaceutical engineering. This article is all about the development of efficient and cost-effective medicines by the pharmaceutical industries.
The production procedures involved in the pharmaceutical manufacturing includes two major units. These units are the primary processing unit (PPU) and the secondary processing unit (SPU). The major job of PPU is the production of main drug ingredients. It also includes research activities done by experienced and skilled Pharmaceutical engineers. SPU includes a sequence of steps for the transformation of active pharmaceutical ingredients into important medicines. Hence, SPU is the second element of the production process that completely develops important medicines that are highly potential and can fight against innumerable dreadful diseases.
All the pharmaceutical products are chiefly available in three forms (solid, partially solid and liquid). The solid and the partially solid pharmaceutical products are mainly available in various forms such as creams, ointments, capsules and tablets. The liquid pharmaceutical products are mainly available in numerous forms such as suspensions, solutions, gels and emulsions. Aerosols and the inhalable stuffs are mainly made of chlorofluorocarbons and butane that are for external use only.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing plants develops the final medicines that includes drugs which are chiefly in the forms of synthetic drugs, hormones, vaccines glandular products, antibiotics, vitamins, pharmaceutical chemicals. From plants also, some of the useful drugs are extracted that are highly potential and free from all sorts of side-effects. These pharmaceutical industries have developed many important medicines that can fight against both common as well as crucial diseases.



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