DPT Laboratories Hosts Tour for FDA's Office of Generic Drugs; Plant Tour Program Designed to Foster Improved Understanding and Communications.SAN ANTONIO San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. -- DPT Laboratories recently hosted a manufacturing plant tour and knowledge-sharing visit with the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Generic Drugs (OGD OGD Other Government Departments OGD Orchid Guide Digest OGD Order of the Golden Dawn OGD Old Grand-Dad (bourbon whiskey) OGD Osteoglophonic Dysplasia OGD Osteoglophonic Dwarfism ) at DPT's San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , facilities. The plant tour was one of two such site visits the OGD scheduled this year at drug manufacturing plants under the OGD's Plant Tours Program. The goal of the program is to provide OGD review and support staff, from all review disciplines, with enhanced awareness of critical functions of drug product development, manufacturing, and regulatory submissions. The OGD hopes the program will foster improved communications between OGD staff and industry on issues of mutual interest. "We're proud to have the opportunity to represent our industry by participating in this value-added program," said Gene Shimek, Director of Regulatory Compliance for DPT. "The more we can learn from each other, the more effectively we can work together." DPT Laboratories is a contract manufacturer specializing in pharmaceutical development and manufacture of prescription and over-the-counter products. In addition to San Antonio, the company has manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. in Lakewood, New Jersey. DPT specializes in the development and manufacture of creams, lotions, ointments ointments, n.pl semisolid, non–water-based treatments that are not water-soluble and that create protective films to prevent dehydration of the skin. , gels, solutions, suspensions and aerosols. During their plant tour at DPT, OGD officials observed a wide range of activities, including process development and validation considerations, method development and validation considerations, process mixing techniques, component addition techniques and compounding, filling and packaging operations. DPT specializes in pharmaceutical development and full service commercial contract manufacturing services for semisolid sem·i·sol·id adj. Intermediate in properties, especially in rigidity, between solids and liquids. n. A semisolid substance, such as a stiff dough or firm gelatin. Adj. 1. and liquid, Rx, OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). and biotech products. DPT offerings include semi-solids, liquids, nasal spray, aerosol foam and complex delivery forms, with manufacturing locations in San Antonio, Texas, and Lakewood, New Jersey. For more information, visit DPT's website at www.dptlabs.com. |
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