Olive Healthcare

Olive Healthcare’s mission is to be “a Reliable source of Quality Healthcare products that safeguard Life and Health over the world”.

To fulfill this goal, we seek to achieve excellence in:

• Dedicated Research and Development in the field of soft gels.
• Manufacturing expertise alongside a state-of-the-art facility.
• Maintenance of globally benchmarked quality and regulatory standards.
• Customer satisfaction through delivery of products and services with an organized approach.
• Creating and sustaining a professional environment conducive to learning and human resource development.

The Management at Olive Healthcare pledges to the development and maintenance of Quality Systems that are in complaint with the International Regulatory Norms. Quality is assured at every stage of product manufacturing through the effective implementation of systems. Internal quality checks are carried out at all manufacturing stages by qualified professionals who contribute in upgrading the quality standards. To meet the growing demands from international regulatory bodies, the Quality Assurance staff is involved in:

• Development of protocols for Analytical Method Validation, Process Validation, Cleaning Validation and Qualification of the manufacturing and laboratory equipments.
• Preparation and submission of Technical documents and dossiers for registration of drug products with International Regulatory Authorities.
• Organization of training programs enhancing professional and technical development of all employees.

At Olive Healthcare, the Management, Quality Assurance and the Technical Staff are involved in the continuous improvement of work flow hence raising the existing Industry Standards.

he Quality Assurance (QA) system is an integral part of a healthcare product manufacturer. The role of the Quality Assurance is to co-ordinate the development and maintenance of the company’s Quality procedures and systems. There are standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for all activities including Production, Quality Control, Material Management, Engineering, Environmental Controls, House Keeping and Sanitization. Quality Assurance ensures that these procedures are adhered to and the records of the same are maintained.

QA ensures that necessary measures and relevant tests are undertaken before the products are released for use or supply.  A major portion of the analytical testing done on the raw materials and finished products is accomplished in-house and is carried out by qualified staff. The analytical processes are under the control of qualified technical staff.

The Quality Control laboratory is equipped with analytical instruments such as HPLC (brands complying with the cGMP and CFR requirements), Gas Chromatography, FTIR, UV Spectrophotometer, Dissolution Apparatus et al. The microbiology department is equipped to carry out the necessary microbial tests that are an integral part for products involving the use of gelatin. The microbiology department is equipped with double door high pressure steam sterilizer (Autoclave), BOD incubators, LAF and a TOC analyzer to assure the highest quality of water.

Quality is mandated by the management and assured by the technical staff at every level of operation. The effectiveness and applicability of Quality Assurance is regularly monitored through an internal audit system at regular intervals.

The plant commenced commercial production in the year 2001. It has a built up area of approximately 150,000 sq. ft. which are further divided into 8 independent manufacturing lines. Each line has a highly automated encapsulation machine with an installed capacity of 250 mn softgel capsules per anum, reaching a cumulative output of about 2 billion softgels per year. The plant is equipped with the capability of packing formulations in the form of bottle and blister packs (inclusive of alu-alu packing capability).

The plant has one manufacturing line each that is dedicated solely for the production of hormonal and immunosuppressant drug products. As per the cGMP guidelines we maintain independent raw metarial, packing and bulk store rooms for these products. Material handling and manufacturing processes occur in a controlled environment as per the regulatory norms.

Formulation Development:

• Conversion of conventional solid oral dosage forms to soft gel formulations.
• Development of soft gel formulations on a lab scale.
• Scale up and Technology Transfer undertaking.

Analytical Development:

• Method Development.
• Method Validation.
• Stability Studies.
• Method Automation and Advancement.

Possession and preservation of a skilled workforce is the means to success for any organization. We at Olive Healthcare consider our employees as our most valuable asset. People belonging to the various departments undergo routine on the job and classroom training.

The Technical Heads conduct training programs for the continuing education of the employees in regards to the ever changing regulatory norms. Head of Departments also regularly participate in national and international seminars, thus, enhancing their exposure to latest products, instruments and manufacturing innovations.