What You Should Know About Pharmaceutical Cleaning Validation

By Malcolm McLaughlin

Cleaning validation is a necessary and time consuming part of manufacturing pharmaceuticals. The validation process can be expedited and cost of validation can be lowered if the cleaner supplier can provide support, allowing for pharmaceuticals to get to market faster and at a lower cost. This paper outlines the basics of cleaning validation, as well as discussing the kinds of support services you should seek from your supplier of critical cleaning products in order to optimize your cleaning validation process.