Pharmaceutical testing

Importance of quality control in pharmaceutical products

Pharmaceutical products are typically drugs and other chemical preparations used to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. These products also comes in multiple forms such as tablets, capsules, soft gels and others. As it plays a critical role in treatment of diseases or maintenance of good health, ensuring quality control throughout the pharmaceutical production process is crucial. Therefore, independent quality control testing of pharmaceutical products is an essential activity that helps to ensure their safety and efficacy.

Key topics covered:

• Get an overview of quality control testing and its importance

• Gain insights to how quality control testing is conducted and the types of tests performed to ensure safety

About the speaker

Loo Jia Jian
Executive Sales Engineer, Chemical Centre, Food, Health & Beauty, TÜV SÜD PSB

Loo Jia Jian has over 5 years of experience in both the food and pharmaceutical industries. He works with international buyers in the pharmaceutical industry from different regions such as US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, many others.

He has organised technical discussions to increase understanding of the testing requirements in the industry and, with the support of the technical team, provided solutions to customers.

Mr. Loo has a degree in B.Sc Chemistry from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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