Activities of Pharmaceutical studies lab:
? Solve Quality Control Problems for Pharmaceutical Products, its Safety and Effectiveness.
? Developing and Validating Procedures for many Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics
? Measuring the concentration of drugs through a number of Precise Measurements in Biological Fluids
? Analysis of Pharmaceutical Formulations.
Activities of Microbiological lab:
? Antibiotic Assays using Microbiological Methods Following Pharmacopeial Guidelines.
? Determination of Antimicrobial Activities of Pharmaceutical Formulation, Chemicals, Natural Products, Commercial Disinfectants and Antiseptics
? Microbial Limit tests for non-sterile dosage forms
? Sterility test for Pharmaceutical Products
? Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) determination tests
? Challenge test for Preservatives
Activating the relationship between the Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University from one hand and the pharmaceutical industry sector on the other hand to be contributed in the continuous development of drug industry. Long term joint projects with the drug industry, research institutes, joint supervision of theses having industrial application goals, joint projects with the Academy of Sciences and Technology. Goals:
Helping the Alexandria University in carrying out its mission in education, research and training with a focus on finding solutions to the problems and assessing the required quality control studies for the pharmaceutical industries sector.
Microbial Limit tests for non-sterile dosage forms including TAMC (Total Aerobic Microbial Count), TYMC (Total Combined Yeast and Mold Count) and Specified Pathogens. Sterility test for Pharmaceutical Products.
University researchers;Industry partners;
beneficaiaries access the services
Fee-based services
List any past collaborations with industry or any other institution
* Summer training courses for E-Just, AIU and AASTM students including:
1) High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Different Detectors (Validation of analytical procedure according to ICH Q2 guidelines): theoretical and practical training.
2) Microbiology Quality control in Pharmaceutical Industry: Practical and theoretical training.
* Theoretical and practical training for Company of Vitabiotics- Egypt chemists for High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Different Detectors and Validation of analytical procedure according to ICH Q2 guidelines.
* Deal with Alex Pharma Company for microbiological assay of water samples for one year from 2018-2019
Key Outcomes
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The "Unit" currently holds partnership(s)
No;
Some Questions & Answers
What are the opportunities for collaboration?
MOUs with Utopia company and Vitabiotics-Egypt are in process
What are the funding sources to operate the "Unit"?
Self-funded through fee-based services
Is the "Unit" charging fees against its services?
Yes;
What are the major operational challenges?
Funding gaps;Equipment maintenance;
activities that Unit can contribute to, in the Technology Park
Research and Development;Training and Education;Consulting Services;
List planned upgrades/expansions of the "Unit"
Certify the Microbiological Lab according to 17025 ISO/IEC
What additional services can the "Unit" offer?
Collaboration with academic and scientific bodies to organize more workshops and training courses.
If needed, what is the support expected from the Technology Park?
Increase visibility of unit activities and help in more promotion.