• Formulation and Production cGMPs
• Pharmaceutical Mixing
• Materials for Direct Compression
• Formulation with Binders, Fillers, Glidants, Lubricants, and Disintegrants
• Screening and Sieving - Particle size reduction
• Dry Granulation and Wet Granulation
• Fluid bed Technology
• Tabletting Principles and Equipment
• The Seven Stages of Compression
• Maximum allowable Punch Tip Loading Overload systems.
• Tablet Tooling –Elegant products are dependant on tooling design.
• Challenges with concavity and engraving
• Coating Principles and Equipment
• Sugar Coating, Film Coating, Modified release Coating
• Understanding colours, polymers and spray application
• Encapsulation Principles and Equipment
• Scale-Up and Technology Transfer Considerations
• Problem solving and Troubleshooting
• Future Trends and New Technology

Victor Shulman is a third generation pharmacist with over forty years of international experience in GMP and industry compliance. He has gained hands-on experience at both brand name and generic companies. His projects have included redesigning of tooling engraving, implementation of aqueous ultrasonic cleaning, scale up, reformulation, SOP development, process validation, and process and efficiency improvement.

In January 1999 he decided to take semi-retirement to consult and train operators in the pharmaceutical industry. He currently lectures on Basic Pharmaceutics for operators at Seneca College’s Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology Department and at the Academy of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences. His consulting activities include consulting for and making applications for site licences, for clients under the new Health Canada Health Food Directorate.

Victor is a registered Pharmaceutical Chemist and member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. He holds a diploma in pharmacy from the Witwatersrand Pharmacy School and a diploma in production management.

This one and half day course is suitable for Directors, Managers, Supervisors, Associates in the Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, Vitamins, Herbals, and allied industries with daily responsibilities in the following areas:

• Manufacturing
• Product Development
• R&D – Product Submission
• Quality Control
• Quality Assurance
• Regulatory Affairs
• Analytical Laboratory
• Documentation and Technical Writing
• Project Management
• Technical Reviewers
• Validation
• Training

Registration Fee Includes: Presentation Materials, Luncheon, and Refreshments

Cancellation/Substitutions Policy: CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellation is accepted in writing (by mail, or fax) up to 4 weeks before the program start date, after which cancellations are not accepted and do not qualify for refund or credit. All Cancellations are subject to a $210.00 CAD (incl. GST)/person processing fee. Substitution of delegate/s with the member/s of the same organization is permitted at any time. IPA reserves the right to postpone an event, prior to which time all the registered attendees will be notified a minimum of 2 weeks in advance. IPA shall not be responsible for any air fare, hotel or transportation costs incurred by registrant/s.