Pharmaceutical Abbreviations with Elaborations for Pharmaceutical Job

* AAS ⇨ Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

* SCA ⇨ Specification and Certificate of Analysis

* ACTD ⇨ ASEAN Common Technical Dossier

* ADME ⇨ Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion/Elimination

* ADR ⇨ Adverse Drug Reaction

* AHU ⇨ Air Handling Unit

* AIDS ⇨ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

* AMA ⇨ Anti-Microbial Agent

* AMV ⇨ Analytical Method Validation

* ANDA ⇨ Abbreviated New Drug Application

* AOQ ⇨ Average Outgoing Quality

* AOQL ⇨ Average Outgoing Quality Limit

* APA ⇨ Aseptic Processing Areas

* APE ⇨ Anti-Microbial Preservative Efficacy

* API ⇨ Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

* APIC ⇨ Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Committee

* APR ⇨ Annual Product Review

* APQR ⇨ Annual Product Quality Review

* AQL ⇨ Acceptable Quality Level

* ATR ⇨ Attenuated Total Reference (Attenuated⇨ ক্ষয়প্রাপ্ত)

* AUC ⇨ Area Under The Curve

* BBB ⇨ Blood Brain Barrier

* BCS ⇨ Biopharmaceutical Classification System

* BD ⇨ Bulk Density

* BDNF ⇨ Bangladesh National Formulary

* BET ⇨ Bacterial Endotoxin Test

* BFS ⇨ Blow Fill Seal 

* BMR ⇨ Batch Manufacturing Record

* BMS ⇨ Building Management System

* BMI ⇨ Body Mass Index

* BOD ⇨ Biological Oxygen Demand

* BP ⇨ British Pharmacopoeia/ Blood Pressure

* BPM ⇨ Blister Packaging Machine

* BPR ⇨ Batch Packaging Record

* BSA ⇨ Body Surface Area

* BSTI ⇨ Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute

* CAPA ⇨ Corrective and Preventive Action

* CBC ⇨ Complete Blood Count

* CCP ⇨ Critical Control Point

* CCU ⇨ Critical Care Unit

* CFU ⇨ Colony Forming Units

* cGMIP ⇨ Current Good Microbiological Practice

* cGMP ⇨ Current Good Manufacturing Practice

* CI ⇨ Change Initiators

* CIP ⇨ Clean in Place/ Clean in Process

* Cmax ⇨ Maximum Concentration

* CMA ⇨ Critical Material Attributes

* CNS ⇨ Central Nervous System

* COA ⇨ Certificate of Analysis

* COD ⇨ Chemical Oxygen Demand

* COPP ⇨ Certificate of Pharmaceutical Products

* CPP ⇨ Critical Process Parameter

* CQA ⇨ Critical Quality Attribute

* CQM ⇨ Critical Quality Management

* CRM ⇨ Customer Relationship Management

* CRS ⇨ Chemical Reference Standards

* CRT ⇨ Cathode Ray Tube

* CTD ⇨ Common Technical Document

* CTDL ⇨ Central Drug Testing Laboratory

* CTM ⇨ Clinical Trial Material

* CV ⇨ Coefficent of Variation/ Cleaning Validation/ Concurrent Validation

* CVS ⇨ Cardiovascular System

* CYP ⇨ Cytochrome P450

* DC ⇨ Direct Compression

* DG ⇨ Dry Granulation

* DGDA ⇨ Directorate General of Drug Administration

* DMF ⇨ Drug Master File

* DNA ⇨ Deoxyribonucleic Acid

* DOE ⇨ Design of Experiment

* DPI ⇨ Dry Powder Inhaler

* DQ ⇨ Design Qualification

* ED ⇨ Effective Dose

* EMEA⇨  European Medicines Evaluation Agency

* EP ⇨ European Pharmacopoeia

* ER ⇨ Endoplasmic Reticulum

* ETP ⇨ Effluent Treatment Plant

* FAT ⇨ Factory Acceptance Test

* FBD ⇨ Fluidized Bed Dryer

* FBG ⇨ Fluidized Bed Granulation

* FDA ⇨ Food and Drug Administration

* FIFO ⇨ First In, First Out

* FP ⇨ French Pharmacopoeia

* FTIR ⇨ Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

* GABA ⇨ Gamma Amino Butyric Acid

* GAMP ⇨ Good Automated Manufacturing Practice

* GAT ⇨ General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

* GC ⇨ Gas Chromatography

* GCLP ⇨ Good Control Laboratory Practice

* GCP ⇨ Good Clinical Practice

* GDP ⇨ Good Distribution Practice

* GEP ⇨ Good Engineering Practice

* GHP ⇨ Good Hygiene Practice

* GIT ⇨ Gastrointestinal Tract

* GLP ⇨ Good Laboratory Practice

* GMIP ⇨ Good Microbiological Practice

* GMP ⇨ Good Manufacturing Practice

* GNI ⇨ Growth National Income

* GP ⇨ German Pharmacopoeia

* GPS ⇨ Global Positioning System

* GQS ⇨ Global Quality Standards

* GRAS ⇨ Generally Recognized as Safe

* GRN ⇨ Goods Received Note

* GRP ⇨ Good Regulatory Practice

* GxP ⇨ Good (Anything...) Practice

* HAART ⇨ Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

* HAP ⇨ Hamster Antibody Production

* HASSASSA Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudication Act

* HAZOP ⇨ Hazard Operability Analysis

* HBV ⇨ Hepatitis B Virus

* HCP ⇨ Host Cell Proteins

* HDPE ⇨™High Density Polyethylene

* HEPA ⇨ High Efficiency Particulate Air

* HGC ⇨ Hard Gelatin Capsule

* HIC ⇨ Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography

* HIMA ⇨ Health Industry Manufacturers Association

* HIV ⇨ Human Immunodeficiency Virus

* HLB ⇨ Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance

* HMI ⇨ Human Machine Interface

* HPLC ⇨ High Performance Liquid Chromatography

* HSE ⇨ Health, Safety and Environment

* HPNSDP ⇨ Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Program

* HSMG ⇨ High Shear Mixer Granulation

* HT ⇨ Hybridoma Technology

* HVAC ⇨ Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

* I/O ⇨ Input/Output

* IAEA ⇨ International Atomic Energy Agency

* IBS ⇨ Irritable Bowel Syndrome

* ICDDRB ⇨ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh

* ICH ⇨ International Conference on Harmonization

* ICS ⇨ Integrated Circuit Devices

* ICU ⇨ Intensive Care Unit

* IEC ⇨ Ion Exchange Liquid Chromatography

* IEEE ⇨ Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

* IES ⇨ Institute of Environmental Sciences

* IFPMA ⇨ International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations

* IBD ⇨ International Business Development

* IND ⇨ Investigation New Drug

* INN ⇨ International  Nonproprietary Name

* IOQ ⇨ Installation and Operation Qualification

* IP ⇨ Indicative Price

* IPA ⇨ Isopropyl Alcohol

* IPC ⇨ In-Process Control

* IPP ⇨ Independent Process Parameters

* IPQC ⇨ In-process Quality Control

* IPT ⇨ International Press Tooling

* IQ ⇨ Installation Qualification

* IQP ⇨ Installation Qualification Plan

* IR ⇨ Infra Red

* IRS ⇨ Infrared Spectroscopy

* ISO ⇨ International Organization for Standardization

* ISPE ⇨ International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineers

* IT ⇨ Information Technology

* IU ⇨ International Units

* IUD ⇨ Intrauterine Device

* IUPAC ⇨ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

* JIT ⇨ Just in Time

* JP ⇨ Japanese Pharmacopoeia

* KFT ⇨ Karl Fisher Titration

* LAF ⇨ Laminar air Flow

* LAL ⇨ Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate

* LAN ⇨ Local Area Network

* LC ⇨ Liquid Chromatography/ Line Clearance

* LCL ⇨ Lower Control Limit

* LD ⇨ Lethal Dose

* LDPE ⇨ Low Density Polyethylene

* LIF ⇨ Light Induced Fluorescence

* LIFO ⇨ Last in First Out

*LIMS ⇨ Laboratory Information Management System

*LLOQ ⇨ Lower Limit of Qualification

* LOD ⇨ Loss on Drying

* LPS ⇨ Lipopolysaccharides

* LSL ⇨ Lower Specification Limit

*LTSF ⇨ Low Temperature Steam and Formaldehyde

* LVP ⇨ Large Volume Parenteral

* MAA ⇨ Marketing Authorisation Practice

* MAbs ⇨ Monoclonal Antibodies

* MAC ⇨ Maximum Allowable Contaminant

* MACO ⇨ Maximum Allowable Carryover

* MAD ⇨ Mutual Acceptance of Data

* MAOI ⇨ Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors

* MAP ⇨ Mouse Antibody Production

* MAS ⇨ Microbiological Air Sampler

* MC ⇨ Moister Content

* MCA ⇨ Medicine Control Agency

* MCB ⇨ Master Cell Bank

* MCC ⇨ Medicine Control Council, South Africa

* MDI ⇨ Metered Dose Inhaler

* MEF ⇨ Murine Embryonic Fibroblasts

* MES ⇨ Manufacturing Execution System

* MHRA ⇨ Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, UK

* MIC ⇨ Minimum Inhibitory Concentration

* MRI ⇨ Magnetic Resonance Imaging

* MRP ⇨ Material Requirement Planning/ Maximum Retail Price

* MSDS ⇨ Material Safety Data Sheet

* MVP ⇨ Master Validation Plan

* NCD ⇨ Non-Communicable Disease

* NCE ⇨ New Chemical Entity

* NCL ⇨ National Control Laboratory

* NDA ⇨ New Drug Application

* NDC ⇨ National Drug Code

* NF ⇨ National Formulatory

* NIST ⇨ National Institute of Standards and Technology

* NMR ⇨ Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

* NPD ⇨ New Product Development

* NSAIDs ⇨ Non-Steroidal anti inflammatory Drugs

* OOS ⇨ Out of Specification

* OOT ⇨ Out of Trend

* OQ ⇨ Operational Qualificationp

* OQP ⇨ Operational Qualification Plan

* PABA ⇨ Para Aminobenzoic Scid

* PAGE ⇨ Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

* PAI ⇨ Preapproval Inspection

* PAT ⇨ Process Analytical Technology

* PC ⇨ Paper Chromatography

* PCA ⇨ Principal Components Analysis

* PCR ⇨ Polymeric Chain Reaction

* PDA ⇨ Parenteral Drug Administration

* PDMA ⇨ Prescription Drug Marketing Act

* PEL ⇨ Permissible Exposure Limits

* PFD ⇨ Process Flow Document

* PFI ⇨ Pharmaceutical Formulation Intermediates

* PFS ⇨ Pre-Filled Syringes

* PFSB ⇨ Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

* PG ⇨ Prostaglandin

* PIC ⇨ Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention

* PIC/S ⇨ Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme

* PLM Product Life Cycle Management

* PMA Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association

* PMD Product Management Department

* PMDA Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Agency

PMDI Pressuried Metered Dose Inhaler

PP Portugese Pharmacopoeia

PPB Plasma Protein Binding

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

PPI Proton Pump Inhibitor

PPIC Procurement Planning and Inventory Control

PPLM Product and Process Lifecycle Management

PQ Performance Qualification

PQA Preferred Quality Attributes

PQP Performance Qualification Plan/Protocol

PQS Pharmaceutical Quality System

PR Product Recall

PRD Product Requirements Documents

PSDS Product Safety Data Sheet

PV Processing Validation/ Prospective Validation

PVP Process Validation Package

QA Quality Assurance

QbD Quality by Design

QC Quality Control

QCD Quality Control Department

QMS Quality Management System

QRM Quality Risk Management/ Quick Response Manufacturing

QTPP Quality Target Product Profile

RCA Root Cause Analysis

RCM Requirements Chain Mangement

RH Relative Humidity

RNA Ribonuclic Acid

RO Reverse Osmosis

RPM Rotation Per Minute

RSAT Regulatory Systems Acceptance Tool.

RSD Relative Standard Deviation

Rx Take Though

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SAL Sterility Assurance Level

SAP System Applications and Products in Data Processing

SAS Surface Air System

SAT Site Acceptance Test

SDG Spray Drying Granulation

SDLC System Development Life Cycle

SDS System Design Specification

SIM Subscriber Identification Module

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SP Strip Pack

SPC Statistical Process Control

SPM Strokes Per Minute

SPVP Sterile Process Validation Package

SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

SSS Sick Sinus Syndrome

STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases

STEL Short-Time-Exposure-Limit

SUPAC Scale Up and Post Approval Changes

SULPA Super Altra Low Penetration Air

SVP Small Volume Parenterals

SWOT Strengths, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats

TCA Tricyclic Antidepressant

TD Tapped Density

TDS Total Dissolved Solids

TGA Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australia

TI Therapeutic Index

TLC Thin-Layer Chromatography

Tmax Maximun Time

TOC Total Oxidizable Carbon / Total Organic Carbon

TPD Therapeutic Product Directorate

TPN Total Parenteral Nutrition

TPM Turret Per Minute

TPP Target Product Profile

TQM Total Quality Management

TRIPS Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

TS Tensile Strength

TSS Total Suspended Solids

UAD Unidirectional Airflow Devices

UAT User Acceptance Testing

UCL Uper Control Limit

UDAF Unidirectional Air Flow

UF Ultra Filtration

UFRS User Functional Requirements Specification

UHF Ultra High Frequency

ULPA Ultra Low Penetration Air

UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply

URS User Requirment Specification

USAID United Nations Agency for International Development

USAN United Nations Approved Names

USP United States Pharmacopoeia

UTI Urinary Tract Infection

UVS Ultra Violet Spectrophotometer

V/V Volume by Volume

VIRUS Vital Information Research Under Seize

VMP Validation Master Plan

VOC Volatile Organic Carbons

W/O Water in Oil

W/V Weight by Volume

WBC White Blood Cell

WHO World Health Organization

WIP Work in Progress/ Work in Process

WMS Welfare Management System

WSQ Water System Qualification

XRD X-ray Diffraction