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The following article appeared in "The Interpharma
Review" [Issue 21, March/April 2003]. It describes our focus on
maintaining our leadership in quality.
Getting Ahead of the Times
Our Interphil operation continues their decade-old quest
to stay ahead of the curve by investing in projects designed to shore
up resources for improved cGMP compliance
Setting industry standards
A market leader is not only responsible for staying
abreast of industry standards, but also for setting those standards.
Interphil Laboratories Inc., as a service provider in product supply,
has long been recognized as a leader in this service area. In an
industry where there is great pressure to ensure product quality and
efficacy, on top of market demand for lower drug prices, Interphil not
only keeps up with pharmaceutical industry developments and cGMP
(Current Good Manufacturing Practices) standards, but makes strides
ahead of these various progressions.
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Current Good Manufacturing Practices
Almost a decade ago, Interphil led the way in cGMP by
investing in a modern facility - one that is at least comparable, if not
superior to pharmaceutical plants in the western world. Since the
construction of the facility, Interphil has been ceaselessly upgrading
all of its resources. There has been the implementation of an array of
projects designed to enhance the numerous capabilities and resources of
Interphil - in production equipment, IT, human resources and various
other departments. During the past 12 months, the pace has increased.
Interphil has already invested, and is planning to further invest, a
considerable sum on important projects that will result in improved cGMP
compliance and cost efficiency as well as faster cycle times.
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Manufacturing Resource Planning System
A year ago, Interphil installed the Manufacturing
Resource Planning System (MRP). This system integrates the clients'
product requirements, raw and other material needs, equipment capacity,
procurement lead-time, and various additional operational parameters
into a unitized planning and control process. The results have been
quite dramatic, and Interphil's product delivery performance is
presently at a very reliable level. The automated raw material weighing/
dispensing system is another major project that was installed just over
one year ago. The implementation of this system has improved
operational reliability with regards to the weighing of various raw
materials for each product batch that is manufactured by Interphil.
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Advanced equipment
Recent developments at Interphil include the acquisition
of several pieces of major equipment that either improves efficiency or
increases capacity. The Kilian high-speed tableting machine is one of
these pieces, as is the computerized tablet-coating equipment, which
effectively doubles the Company's tablet-coating capacity. Additionally,
one of Interphil's ongoing projects involves the installation of bar
code readers for all the packaging lines, which will augment the current
packaging materials control system from a purely manual process to an
automated screening of various packaging materials via the use of
barcodes. This project will further ensure that medicines are packed in
the correct materials every single time, without fail. Within the next
24 months, in addition to the current works-in-progress, Interphil looks
forward to further boosting its market leadership.
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Automation
Additional important projects focusing on automation and
cGMP will be implemented. Packaging operations is the area where the
Company will allocate most of its modernization projects. Automated
stripping machines, cartoning machines and filling lines have been
ordered for delivery within the next 12 months. This move is expected to
take the Company's packaging operation to new heights in terms of
turn-around time, packaging quality and material usage. Interphil
Laboratories, Inc. is strongly committed to investing both in and for
the future. The consistent and continuous growth of the Company in the
years since its founding can be attributed to its unremitting drive to
improve its operational capabilities in efforts to serve the industry in
the Philippines and across Asia Pacific.
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