Lecture on Good Manufacturing Practices held at GITAM

Hyderabad: GITAM School of Pharmacy organized a full day guest lecture session on "Current Good Manufacturing Practices in Pharmaceuticals" in the institute premises on Sunday. The guest speaker was Dr Ashutosh Dikshit, Senior Vice President, M/s Almelo Private Limited, Hyderabad.

In the first session of the lecture, Dr. Ashutosh Dikshit gave a descriptive presentation on the regular proceedings of a pharmaceutical formulation industry. He showed the equipments used in the industries, their operations and maintenance. He also explained the various steps involved in the bulk production of pharmaceutical formulations on a daily batch basis. This was followed by lunch break.

In the post lunch session, Dr Ashutosh Dikshit gave an exhaustive deliberation on International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) guidelines.

He explained the importance of the guidelines in bringing together the regulatory authorities and pharmaceutical industries to discuss scientific and technical aspects to ensure the development of safe, effective, and high quality medicines in the most resource-efficient manner.

Thereafter, he described the guidelines of current good manufacturing practices, which are followed by the pharmaceutical industries worldwide. Eariler, Dr G Shiva Kumar, Principal, School of Pharmacy, in his welcome address, introduced the guest speakers. Resident director, GITAM Hyderabad, Shri DVVSR Varma and Principal, School of Sciences, Professor G.A. Rama Rao felicitated the guest speaker.

The students asked various queries related to the topic to the guest speaker. This was followed by vote of thanks given by Dr. Rakesh Barik of School of Pharmacy.