Responsibilities of Pharmaceutical Companies

Pharmaceutical companies have the responsibility to society to provide pharmaceutical drugs safely and cost effectively. Drug companies are responsible for providing safe pharmaceutical drugs to anyone anywhere in the world and for as long as the drug is prescribed.

Quality Assurance

• Pharmaceutical companies are responsible for developing efficient quality assurance practices. A commitment to high-quality results is of utmost importance to the operations of the successful pharmaceutical company. Quality assurance is dependent upon the maintenance of properly trained staff, secure pharmaceutical facilities, proper data recording and archive keeping.

  Quality assurance requires the review and approval of company procedures, analytical methods and standard operating procedures. QA staff also perform data review.

Facility Maintenance

• The security of pharmaceutical facilities ensures the safekeeping of data. Pass keys or keys should be used. Equipment also must be maintained to ensure the labs operate at the highest level of functioning.

Expert Personnel

• A high level of scientific expertise must be maintained within the company's staff. Each staff member must, in addition, display scientific credibility. The scientific expertise displayed by staff encourages credibility within the pharmaceutical company.

Medicine Safety

• Pharmaceutical companies that develop, test and produce medicine must ensure these medicines are safe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the medicine prior to it being dispensed to the public.