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What are GMP practices?

GMP is the acronym for Good Manufacturing Practices, a set of guidelines and regulations that establish minimum requirements to be met during the production, packaging, quality control and distribution of drugs, medical devices, food and other regulated products to ensure they are safe and of high quality.

 

The main objectives of GMP in pharma industry include: 

 

• product safety: ensuring that products are safe for consumption or intended use; 
• product quality: ensuring that products are manufactured with consistent quality appropriate to their purpose; 
• compliance: ensure that production complies with all relevant local and international regulations; 

The basic principles of GMP include: 

 

• qualified personnel: the personnel involved in production and quality control must be adequately trained and qualified; 
• adequate facilities and equipment: production sites must be designed and maintained to prevent contamination and facilitate cleaning and maintenance; 
• controlled raw materials: all raw materials used in production must be checked and tested to ensure their quality; 
• standardized operating procedures (SOP): written procedures for all stages of production, including packaging and quality control, must be established and followed; 
• accurate documentation: all production and control activities must be accurately and fully documented to allow traceability and verification of GMP compliance; 
• quality control: a quality control system must be implemented to continuously monitor production and identify deviations from specifications; 
• complaints and withdrawal management: a system should be in place to deal with customer complaints and to withdraw products from the market that do not meet quality standards.

In summary, GMP Good Manufacturing Practices are essential to ensure that products intended for human consumption are safe, effective and of consistent quality, thus protecting consumer health and ensuring regulatory compliance.

 

In the pharmaceutical sector, where product quality and safety are of primary importance, the use of effective weighing and quality control systems is essential to ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Nemesis solutions include advanced checkweighers, designed to ensure maximum accuracy in the control of pharmaceutical weight by immediately identifying and discarding any out-of-tolerance units. This precision is fundamental to GMP compliance, which requires rigorous verification of weights and doses to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs.

 

In addition to weighing, Nemesis solutions can be integrated with metal detectors, which are useful for identifying and removing metal contaminants that may be present in pharmaceutical products. The integration of these systems with weight sorters allows for a complete and simultaneous weight control and compliance with product quality standards, eliminating the risk of contamination and ensuring that they comply with production specifications.