ABSTRACT:
Cleaning validation is very important in the pharma industry. The main objective of the cleaning validation is to avoid cross contamination of drug products by other drug products where more than one products being manufactured with different properties and adulteration of drug products with other active ingredients such as unintended compounds or microbial contamination. Also pharmaceutical manufacturers must validate their cleaning process to ensure compliance with cGMP regulations. The benefits due to cleaning validation are compliance with federal regulations, identification and correction of potential problems, previously unsuspected, which could compromise the safety and efficacy of drug products. This article provides the information about the cleaning validation for oral solid dosage form and its importance in pharma industry in brief. In many cases, the same equipment may be used for processing different products. So avoid contamination of the following pharmaceutical product, adequate cleaning procedures are essential.