Concepts of Quality Management in Pharmaceutical Industry

In managing the Quality, why we do something is more important than what we do. The purpose of this book is to explain this basis of Quality management to those who need to know in pharmaceutical industry.This book explains the above view with reference to pharma industry with the help of principles of quality advocated by the genius like Dr. Joseph Juran in simple to understand language.The book will be very useful to the postgraduate students of pharmacy and practicing quality managers in pharma industry. Contents: 1. Understanding Quality 2. Companywide Quality Assessment 3. Quality Organisation 4. Quality Culture 5. Strategic Quality Management 6. Designing for Quality 7. Quality Planning 8. Quality Control 9. Quality Assurance and Audits 10. Quality Improvement 11. Quality Manufacturing 12. Acceptance Sampling, Inspection, Test and Measurement 13. Statistical Process Control About the Author: Dr. Manohar A. Potdar, M.Pharm (BITS Pilani), Ph.D. (Production Management) USA, Currently President Technical, Doshi Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Pharmaceutical Plant Design and Validation Consultants, was a professor emeritus of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. He thought Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses in Pharmaceutical Administration, Pharmaceutical Technology, Plant Design and Operations and Quality Assurance Techniques. He guided many research students in the above subjects.He has more than forty years industrial experience gained from Indian and Multinational Companies like Merck, Burroughs Welcome, Ranbaxy, Lupin, Wockhardt, Cadila, Alkem etc. He has successfully handled various responsibilities in the area of Q.C. /Q.A., Production, Project Management besides executing International Regulatory Audits of W.H.O., TGA, MHRA, MCC and USFDA.With his Post Graduate Diploma in Training and Development from I.S.T.D. (India) background, he has actively participated in various industrial training programmes. He is very much sought after trainer and consultant in the Pharmaceutical Industry.