Pharmaceutical Career Paths
Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance & Control
The terms “Quality Assurance” and “Quality Control” are often used interchangeably to refer to ways of ensuring the quality of a service or product. The terms, however, have different meanings.
Assurance: The act of giving confidence, the state of being certain or the act of making certain.
Quality Assurance: The planned and systematic activities implemented in a quality system so that quality requirements for a product or service will be fulfilled.
Control: An evaluation to indicate needed corrective responses; the act of guiding a process in which variability is attributable to a constant system of chance causes.
Quality Control: The observation techniques and activities used to fulfill requirements for quality.
Quality Assurance and Control Graduates are successful at:
Quality Assurance Product Release Coordinator
Responsible for the release/rejecting of raw material, semi-finished, and finished product manufactured by affiliate/third party vendors. Prior to the release for use and sale, ensure that all pertinent manufacturing, packaging and testing documents are complete and are reflected accordingly and complies with all regulatory commitments.
Bench Chemist in QA Department
As a Bench Chemist your main objective is to support microbiologists in environmental testing while maintaining equipment in manufacturing and production
Quality Assurance Administrator
Your will prepare and revise analytical forms in a timely manner for laboratory analyses based on approved test methods and monographs.
Process Validation Coordinator
Responsible for preparation and coordination of process validation studies in accordance with FDA, HPFBI, EC, and ICH's guidelines and applicable the companies policies and processes.
Quality Assurance Associate
As a Quality Assurance Associate you will assist in the strategic direction and development of Quality Systems, standard operating procedures and document control programs, ensuring alignment with the company’s policy, Health Canada and FDA regulations.
Quality Assurance/Control graduates are successful in:
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control
- Quality Assurance Technician
- In Process Line Inspector in QA Department
- Quality Assurance Manager
