Quality Control Setup



Test Equipment and Facilities : The manufacturing facilities are based in TALUJA (Mumbai) and Silvasa (Maharashtra) 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 Silvasa 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.