Essential Elements for a GMP Analytical Chemistry Department

Dr. Tom Catalano’s has 30 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry in various positions including the Global Director of Analytical R&D,  with major companies such as G.D. Searle, Pharmacia and Pfizer, which led to a multitude of experience in providing analytical support to dosage forms and drug substances including biologicals. Additionally, he worked for a biopharmaceutical company, Theravance, as Sr. Director of Technical Operations. He provided analytical support to a variety of dosage forms and drug substances, which included: Tablets, Soft Capsules, Hard Capsules, Creams and Gels Injectables (Suspensions, Solutions or Lyophilized) Controlled Release Forms (Oral and Injectable) Manufacture of small molecules, peptides and proteins In Dr. Catalano’s 30 years in the industry, he made significant contributions to the development and registration of many products such as NutraSweet, Cytotec, Arthrotec, Celebrex, Bextra, Dynastat, Inspra and Vibativ (glycopeptide antibiotic). Currently Dr. Catalano is president of a consulting company, PharmChem Analytical Consultants LLC.

Introduction.- Organization.- Department Structure.- Project Teams.- Responsibilities.- Interactions.- Operating Guidance’s.- Processes.- Safety.- Technology.- Department.- Statistical Concepts for the Analytical Chemist.- Data distribution.- Significance Testing.- Confidence Intervals.- Outliers in analytical data.- Regression.- Experimental design.- Required sample replicates.- Method performance.- Uncertainty measurement.- Sampling strategies.- Outsourcing.- Process.- Audit Check List.- Documentation.- Sample Submission.- Technical Report.- Reports of analysis.- Records (Training etc.).- Job Descriptions.- Career Tracks.- Motivating Personnel.- Career Path.- Hiring the Best.