Skip to main content
Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry logoLink to Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry
. 2000;22(2):47–52. doi: 10.1155/S1463924600000067

The importance of the laboratory to the pharmaceutical business

Juanita M Hawkins 1
PMCID: PMC2548258  PMID: 18924858

Abstract

Understanding the contributions that the laboratory can make in product/process development, process improvement, market surveil lance and general business is key to the pharmaceutical business today. Poor laboratory practice yields compliance issues, increased cost, increased cycle time and delayed product introductions. This paper covers key areas of customer satisfaction, the role of quality control and quality assurance laboratories, measures of account ability and progress, and an example of how laboratory robotics can help meet important goals.

Full Text

The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (214.7 KB).


Articles from Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry are provided here courtesy of Wiley

RESOURCES