UniMed UniHealth produces pharmaceutical products of different dosage forms in a manufacturing plant as approved in the Biological and Non-Biological Drug Manufacturing Licenses issued by the Licensing Authority, Drugs (Directorate General, Drug Administration) of Bangladesh and renewed every two years after inspection by the authority.
UniMed UniHealth has a well-planned structure with dedicated and segregated blocks for general products and cephalosporin products. The manufacturing plant is managed by a group of professionally qualified pharmacists, chemists and microbiologists and operated by a well-trained and qualified work force. The operation is done ensuring strict compliance with cGMP guidelines, prevailing national and international standards in accordance with the pharmaceutical industry. Health and safety of the workforce during operation and environmental protection is an integral part of the quality strategy.
The manufacturing plant is located at BK Bari of Gazipur, about 45 km from Dhaka city and 2.5 km from the western side of Dhaka-Mymensingh highway. The site area is around 7 acres with 5800 sqm of covered area. The site has access to national power and has its own deep tube well for adequate water supply. The general utilities include steam, compressed air, power back-up and effluent treatment plant.
Quality Assurance
Quality assurance during production and quality control is the key to the consistent production of highest quality specialty products. The company has a comprehensively designed and correctly implemented system of quality assurance incorporating current Good Manufacturing Practices, Quality Control and Quality Risk Management to achieve its quality objective reliably. Documentation, compliance, deviation reporting and corrective and preventive actions are practiced vigorously.
Production
Maintaining proper documentation and utilizing modern production machinery and equipment different dosage forms like tablets, capsules, liquid filled capsules, powders, creams, ointment, lotion and oral liquids are manufactured in segregated areas to consistently produce products of highest quality. Well defined standard operating procedures (SOP) in compliance with the procedures and instructions of ISO 9001 guidelines are followed and documented in batch manufacturing records incompliance with the cGMP.
Product Development
Development of branded generic products is given very high importance in the organization. Product Development Department is equipped with all required facilities and managed by a team of qualified personnel. They are responsible for designing formulation, developing manufacturing process and undertaking stability to develop products which meets high standards and consistent quality.
Quality Control
Producing products of highest quality have been possible with a well-equipped and well documented quality control laboratory. The quality control laboratory is equipped with all major instruments including Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, TOC analyzer, FTIR, UV- Visible Spectrophotometer, Binary & Quaternary HPLC to analyze all aspects of products quality and ensure regulatory compliance. During tests and analysis, the Good Laboratory Practices are followed. Microbiology tests are also carried out in a dedicated microbiology laboratory.