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1. Introduction to the pharmaceutical industry
Photo of nurse and child
Picture 1.1 Thw nurse is administering medicine to the child.
The pharmaceutical industry provides doctors with medicines - the tools of their trade. These have helped to raise our expectations of a long and healthy life. Their manufacture also contributes to the health of the economy through exports and providing a wide range of jobs.

In this electronic resource (e-source) we will look at the pharmaceutical industry. You will see how it develops and manufactures new medicines and the systems that it uses in their manufacture.
Structure of this e-source
The resource is split into 7 chapters:
  1. Introduction to the pharmaceutical industry
  2. Systems in pharmaceutical manufacture
  3. The development of a new medicine
  4. Primary manufacture
  5. Secondary manufacture
  6. Packaging
  7. What makes pharmaceutical manufacture different?
"Manufacturing pharmaceuticals"
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