Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Validation Principles

The pharmaceutical industry has been a leader in the development of quality and safety procedures assuring that the risk of its work is reduced to a minimum. Validation is an integral part of quality assurance, involving the methodical study of systems, facilities, and processes aimed at determining whether they perform their intended functions adequately and consistently as specified. This article focuses on the pharmaceutical industry validation system. Keywords: pharmaceutical industry; validation; validation master plan (VMP); analytical methods