The Centre comprises of four main functional areas viz., Formulation Development, Analytical Development, Packaging Development and Documentation. A unique integrated approach has been adopted; wherein Formulation Development work is actively supported by Analytical Development and Packaging Development functions, eventually leading to Documentation.
Gufic R&D Centre occupies an area of about 6000 sq.ft. and is equipped with sophisticated lab/pilot scale machines to simulate production conditions for development of all dosage forms e.g. Tablets, Capsules, Dry Syrups, Dispersible Tablets, Vaginal Tablets, Ointments, Creams, Gels, Liquid Syrups, Suspensions, Emulsions, Lotions, Solid and Liquid Injectables, etc.
The Formulation Development labs have been designed to include both Lab scale development work as well as Pilot scale development
work facilities. The lab scale facilities is equipped for development of all types of conventional pharmaceutical dosage forms. While the pilot scale up labs have been equipped to simulate conditions similar to that of production by use of pilot scale prototype equipments and machines such as Mass mixer, Double cone blender, Sifter, Multimill, Planetary mixer, Fluid Bed Drier, Tray Drier, 16 Station Rotary Tablet compression machine, Colloid Mill, Coating Pan, Capsule filling machine, Ointment/Cream filling and crimping machine, Ampoule/Vial filling and sealing machine, ROPP Cap Sealing Machine, Filtration Units for Oral Liquids and for Sterile Preparations, Laminar Flow Bench, Blister and Foil Packing machine. The products under development are subjected to accelerated stability study conditions using Incubators/Ovens set at various temperature and humidity, as per ICH guidelines.
The Analytical Development labs support Formulation Development activity by developing New methods for New molecules and New formulations, New stability indicating Test procedures and carrying out analysis of accelerated stability studies samples. The analytical development lab has Modern Instruments such as Binary Gradient High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Gas Chromatograph, Potentiometric Autotitrator, Polarimeter, Refractometer, Brookfield Viscometer, 6-Station Dissolution Rate Apparatus, etc. The in-house Microbiological Testing for Antibiotic Assay, Sterility, Microbial Count, etc., is carried out with the help of equipments such as B.O.D. Incubator, Antibiotic Assay Zone Reader, Laminar Flow Bench, Autoclave etc.
The Packaging Development Lab is equipped with equipments such as Vibration Tester, Drop Tester, Tensile Strength Tester, Substance Indicator for GSM measurements, Cobb Tester and Bursting Strength Tester to develop and evaluate the packaging from immediate container/closure stage to the final shipper pack stage.
The Centre subscribes to Indian and International Scientific Journals for in-house reference work. The Centre is manned by qualified and experienced Scientists from the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Analytical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Packaging Technology.