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Product
Quality
A well
equipped laboratory, proper documentation , inbuilt & inhouse
quality control checks carried out at all stages of production ,
ensure a quality product complying to the standards of all pharmacopoeias
. Many checks and limits have been developed in-house with the help
premier educational & research Institutes like IIT ( Mumbai
) and UDCT - Mumbai. Apart from impurities , physical characteristics
of the products such as Degree of Polymerization ,Bulk density ,
Particle size distribution,Flow properties, Loss on Drying &
whiteness % - for MCC , swelling capacity / hydration capacity for
SSG are also closely monitored - these physical characteristics
are not enumerated in the pharmacopoeias but are vital for the proper
tablet formulation . Many of the problems of capping, breaking of
tablets, friability, weight variation, poor hardness even at high
compression force, poor disintegration / dissolution rate can be
directly related to the quality of excipient used. For SSG consistent
swelling properties ensure consistent disintegration time for the
end formulation. RanQ has a microbiological laboratory for in-house
testing ensuring Microbial compliance of all products.
Considering
the extremely small percentage of costs of excipients of the total
formulation cost, it would always be worthwhile to use only high
quality excipients and not compromise for commercial considerations.
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