Approved training courses
Key Learning Objectives
On completion of this course, delegates will:
• Have experienced totally practical, hands-on lab-based training at one of the top schools of pharmacy in the UK
• Understand the “why” behind key pharma industry processes
• Become closer to products than is possible in a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) environment
• Grasp the impact of starting materials and risk-based supplier management programs
• Gain a practical understanding of sterile products, tablets, continuous processing and analysis
Course Outline
Sterile Products
• Manufacture a terminally sterilized injection
• In-process controls and environmental monitoring
• Inspection, analytical testing and sterility testing
• Find out what’s really critical
Tablets
• Wet and direct compression technique
• In-process controls
• What goes wrong and the challenges faced by the QP
• Critical control points
Continuous Processing
• Introduction to continuous processing techniques and philosophy
• Consideration of continuous processing and batch processes and their control
• Continuous processing for product manufacture
• Continuous processing for starting material and application programming interface (API) manufacture
Analysis
• A range of analytical techniques to test raw and finished products
• QP information to make decisions
• Understand your analyst
Discussion and Working Groups
A significant proportion of our practical QP training course time is devoted to group work where delegates have the opportunity (through case studies) to put theory into practice. Additionally, discussion periods and tutor panel sessions provide delegates an opportunity to obtain answers to their specific questions and concerns.
Who Should Attend
The Aspiring Qualified Person
• Our training is generally considered as the best available and our QPs are held in high regard within the industry.
• As well as being accepted in the UK, our training courses are well known and accepted by several EU countries, including Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary and Malta.
• You are more likely to become a QP with us than with any other training provider.
The Pharmaceutical Technical Professional
• Not all people attending these courses intend to become QPs. Many use the training to develop as technical managers in other areas of pharmaceutical manufacture and control.
• Many industry professionals from a range of disciplines attend the courses as part of their continuing professional development. Taken with some of our other QP modules, this course is designed to lead to postgraduate certificate, diploma and MSc qualifications.
For any queries regarding entry requirements for both QP training and/or postgraduate qualifications please contact QPpharma@nsf.org
Additional infoNSF delivers instructor-led QP courses with blended training methods, in a mix of virtual and in-person courses. Please visit nsf.org/training for current dates. If you cannot see your delivery method of choice, please contact QPpharma@nsf.org
Class/lab
5 days
£3890.00 GBP (plus VAT)
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