Operational Excellence
Product life cycle Management
The fact of knowing when a product is in growth, maturity or decline status permits taking appropriate marketing action. Ethypharm closely monitors product development and immobilization management.
Supplier Relationship Management
Everything concerning the control of suppliers – including choice and evaluation of the suppliers / products pair – through to any pertaining risk management is Ethypharm’s priority. The purchasing Department works to optimize the role of the company’s partners, in the field of raw materials’ Sourcing and Security measures in place to ensure the supply of our products to our customers worldwide.
The Purchase Management deals with both the evaluation of the need and the supplier choice.
Their dynamic approach in the field of worldwide sourcing, especially in India and China for API, through secured relays and in house expertise, is an important advantage for Ethypharm’s manufacturing.
Supply chain Management
Manage supply chains worldwide
A global supply chain management extending from the supplier through to the Client is the prerogative enabling to anticipate the physical flux of the Company, thus improving the best possible expectations in Ethypharm’s physical flux.
At Ethypharm, the Supply Chain is positioned transversally in order to meet the needs and constraints of the R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality and Financial Departments. Sales & Operation Planning (S&OP) process is in place, on a monthly basis, to create a synergy between the departments involved in order to satisfy Clients’ future production requirements and to take the necessary action to meet these requirements at each level.
Advent & Planning System (APS) complement the S&OP process and is accompanied by an on-going awareness to support the supply chains of our subsidiaries worldwide for the Group.
Safety and Environnemental Management
On all its manufacturing sites, Ethypharm is involved in safety, environmental control and Sustainable Development to maintain high level of regulatory conformity in the field of Safety and Environment.
Ethypharm is involved in its development and willing to meet its own present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
The company took the first steps to enroll an ISO 14001 certification based on the principle of continuous improvement of environmental performance by the management of impacts connected with Company activities and environmental respect.
Customer Relationship Management
Master trump of the Company’s Sales’ Sector, the Customer Relationship Management enable Etthypharm to establish solid relationships with Clients, and to accentuate the competitive element resulting in enhanced sales.
Global production Management
Ethypharm produce solid oral dosage forms in bulk or finished packaged form with three major goals:
• Produce volumes necessary including clinical and commercial supply
• with a rigorous and reproducible process
• Focus on continuous improvement of speed and quality
Ethypharm proposes a range of manufacturing services to fit the customer needs including:
• Microsizing and Nanosizing of active ingredients
• Granulation: wet granulation using conventional granulator and High shear granulator
• Drug loading and Coating: microgranules and microcristals produced in conventional coating pans, perforated coating pans, or fluid bed granulator/coater
• Tabletting: orodispersible tablets (ODT),Conventional tablets, Matrix tablets, Multilayers tablets
• Coated tablets
• Encapsulation of microgranules using single filling and double filling encapsulating machines equipped with 100% weight checking systems
• Packaging: blister packaging and labelling using alu/PVC or Alu/alu blisters packaging lines
Global quality Management
Meet international regulatory and customer company requirements; Manage quality worldwide.
Ethypharm has state-of-the-art and efficient facilities strategically located in Europe, North America and Asia, with a fully integrated Quality Management team from R&D to manufacturing operations.
Based on Corporate Quality Policies & Procedures, the Ethypharm Global Quality System ensures that products meet the same quality standards throughout the Ethypharm R&D and manufacturing sites worldwide.
Ethypharm’s teams of professionals are trained to work in compliance with current international GMP environments to deliver high-quality drugs and services to the market in a Continuous Value Improvement Process.
Regular involvement in: Self audits, Customer audits, AFSSAPS inspection, FDA cGMP inspection
Approach to cGMP
Global computerized systems for quality issues management (corrective action preventive action (CAPA), complaints, anomaly) promotes issues visibility, root cause analysis and speed to resolution.
Quality control laboratories at each plant including, raw material, in-process and final product analysis, microbiological testing, stability testing, final release by accredited quality professionals.
