Vocab
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Producing a Pharmaceutical
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Manufacturing
100

What is the definition of pharming?

The process of genetically modifying plants and animals so that they produce substances which may be used as pharmaceuticals.

100

What does an animal health technician do?

Involved with the care of laboratory animals

100

What is the first step in producing a pharmaceutical?

Synthesis- the product is created

100

What two words make the word pharming?

Pharmaceuticals and farming

100
For biomanufacturing equipment and materials must be?

Sterilized to ensure no bacteria contaminates the cell cultures.

200

What is an embryo?

 a living being in its earliest stage of development

200

What does a laboratory technician do?

Work in research laboratories and perform a great variety of tasks, including hands-on experiments, analyzing data and working with animals.

200

What is the second step in creating a pharmaceutical?

Purification- removing chemicals used in the process

200

What was the name of the first cloned sheep?

Dolly

200

What is the end result of production called?

Bulk-product

300

What is a PMP?

Plant-made pharmaceutical

300

What does a medical technologist do?

Perform tests in medical and hospital laboratories

300

What is the third step in the process of creating a pharmaceutical?

Formulation- involves chemical mixing operations to blend the active ingredient with other substances, such as fillers, needed in the final form.

300

What invention in the 1930's changed the pharmaceutical and food industry?

Antibiotics

300

What are examples of the final forms of product?

Solid (tablet or capsule), liquid, gels/creams, aerosols

400

What does transgenic mean?

an organism or cell whose genome has been altered by the introduction of one or more foreign DNA sequences from another species by artificial means.

400
What does a pharmaceutical technician do?

Work with new medicines

400

What is the final step in creating a pharmaceutical?

Dosage- final form is dispensed into containers, labeled, and packaged.

400

Why is pharming useful?

Genetically engineered livestock and plants are cheaper to produce.

400

What are the three departments that ensure quality?

  • Quality control (QC)

  • Quality assurance (QA)

  • Validation

500

What does SOP stand for?

Standard Operating Procedure
500

What do biomedical engineers do?

Work with the practical applications of science and math(engineering), which are then applied to the study of the human body.

500

What are the five rules for quality?

1. Understand customer needs

2. Say what you do- write down procedures

3. Do what you say- follow procedures

4. Prove it- keep records

5. Improve it

500

What is somatic cell nuclear transfer?

Somatic cell nuclear transfer, technique in which the nucleus of a somatic (body) cell is transferred to the cytoplasm of an enucleated egg (an egg that has had its own nucleus removed). Once inside the egg, the somatic nucleus is reprogrammed by egg cytoplasmic factors to become a zygote (fertilized egg) nucleus.

500

What is included in SOP's?

  • Effective date 

  • Purpose 

  • Scope 

  • Responsibility 

  • References (other SOPs) 

  • Materials and equipment 

  • Procedures 

  • Approval signatures

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