Test Equipment and
Facilities : The manufacturing facilities are based in Boisar
(Mumbai) and Sirmour (Himachal Pradesh) and operated by Taj
Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
The Plants have been designed as per W.H.O./ GMP standards and
all
manufacturing facilities meet
cGMP standards. The Plants have dedicated areas for colouring
formulations like Rifampicin and for non-colouring
formulations.
Tablet formulation activity is being carried out in highly
sophisticated, fully automated machines, un-contaminated by
human touch.
Modern methods like aqueous coating, tablet packing in combi-packs
etc., are implemented in the manufacturing process.
The Vapi plant is the ONLY plant in the world producing all
the effective ranges of Anti-tuberculosis formulations namely
Ethambutol Hydrochloride (B.P.), Rifampicin (B.P.), Isoniazid
(B.P.), Pyrazinamide (B.P.), Rifampicin-Isoniazid (B.P.),
Rifampicin-Isoniazid-Pyrazinamide (B.P.), Ethionamide (B.P.)
and Prothionamide (B.P.) - all in Tablet form. Production of
bulk actives such as Ethambutol, Rifampicin and Pyrazinamide
are also undertaken at Taluja.
The Taluja Plant also manufactures the only complete Arteether
viz. - Alpha-beta Arteether - an original molecule developed
in collaboration with the Central Drug Research Institute, (CDRI)
Lucknow - for the treatment of P.falciparum and severe cases
of malaria.
R & D activity is a continuous on-going process and the R & D
Division at Taluja has been duly approved by the Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research, (DSIR), Government of
India.
The Sirmour Plant, which is involved in Fermentation activity
has been suitably up-graded and manufactures products like -
Lovastatin, Simvastatin, DMCTC, Gentamycin, Sisomycin, etc.,
The Plant also exclusively manufactures a veterinary product
for a foreign multinational - in fact is the only manufacturer
of this product in the world.
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