Pharmacy Department

EQUIPMENTS

List of Equipments:

Pharmaceutics

No.Name of InstrumentDescriptions
1.Dissolution test apparatus
  • It is designed to determine compliance with the dissolution requirements for solid dosage forms administered orally. The test is intended for capsules or tablet.
  • It is used to evaluate the bioavailability of the drug.
  • It is also used to ensure the quality and stability of the product.
  • It is used to determine the amount of drug release and dissolution.
2.Fluidized bed Dryer
  • It is used in the drying of various materials such as powders, tablets, granules.
  • High rates of moisture removal due to excellent gas-particle constant which results in high heat and mass transfer rates.
  • Fluid Bed Dryer is Suitable for Heat Sensitive Products. It Ensures Efficiency in Material Drying. Handling Fluidized Bed Dryer is Easy and Less Labor Intensive.
3.Tablet punching machine
  • It is used in pharmaceutical industries for tablet making.
  • Tablet Press machine is also used in the research and development department for any experiments with Tablets.
  • It is also used in Ceramic, Herbal, and other relevant industries.
  • The tablet press machine is also used in various industries where different types of medicines are formed.
4.

Capsule filling machine

  • It is used for filling the bulks of capsules
  • It is used in the industries for a large number of production of the capsules
  • It is a highly flexible, accurate, and precise machine for the Pharma industries.
  • Capsule fill machine helps to prevent Pharma industries from the loss of the powder material to almost 90%.
  • It is a scalable and high-speed filling machine.
5.

Ampoule filling and sealing

  • To store or preserve liquid samples
  • The bottles are highly secured and protect the liquid from air and contaminants.
  • It is used to fill liquid drugs which are mainly used for injections inmedical facilities.
  • The Ampoule filling and sealing machine is used to fill and seal ampoules of all sizes and shapes.
  • It has been designed specifically to increase the rate of production in the pharmaceutical industry.
6.

Disintegration test apparatus

  • It is used to show how quickly the tablet breaks down into smaller particles, allowing for a greater surface area and availability of the drug when taken by a patient.
  • It is used for testing the disintegration time for tablets, capsules, and other solid dosage forms.
  • It is used in the pharmaceutical industry to evaluate the disintegration characteristics of formulations and the quality control of different dosage forms.
  • It is used to set the integration time as well as to switch off the motor.
  • It is used to test how a drug in pellet form will disintegrate in solution.
7.

Stability chamber

  • It is specially designed equipment for the testing of products and also to determine their shelf life such as drug, electrical components, industrial materials etc.
  • To provide a controlled temperature and humidity environment.
  • They are perfect for stability tests, e.g. in Pharma or packaging.
  • It is used in pharmaceutical laboratory, clinical trials, environmental simulation, material testing and ICH stability studies.
  • It is built to detect a wide range of humidity levels and temperature changes.
8.

Friability tester

  • It is used to test the degree to which a compressed substance will be reduced to fine particles or fibers when affected by friction, pressure, or vibration.
  • It is used to measure the difference between the weight of the sample before and after the process in order to check the physical strength of uncoated tablets.
  • To determine how long tablets can last during transportation without having to break.
  • To ascertain whether your tablets are robust enough to withstand the generic conditions inside the shelf packaging.
  • To determine physical strength of uncoated tablets upon exposure to mechanical shock and attrition.
9.

Hardness tester

  • To evaluate a material's properties, such as strength, ductility and wear resistance, and so helps you determine whether a material or material treatment is suitable for the purpose you require.
  • It is used to assess the stiffness or strength of a material.
  • It is used by the pharmaceutical industry to determine the breaking point and structural integrity of a tablet and find out how it changes "under conditions of storage, transportation, packaging and handling before usage.
  • To measure the breaking point of a tablet.To determine the suitability of a material.


Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology

No.Name of InstrumentDescriptions
1.

Biosafety Cabinet Level 1

  • It provides protection to the user while handling contaminated or potentially contaminated micro-organisms.
  • BSC 1 provides protection to user and environment but not to sample.
  • In BSC 1, lab coats, gloves, and eye protection should be worn as needed.
  • The lowest of the four biosafety levels, biosafety level 1 (BSL-1) applies to laboratory settings in which personnel work with low-risk microbes that pose little to no threat of infection in healthy adults.
  • To provide both a clean work environment and protection for employees who create aerosols when working with infectious agents or toxins
2.

Electrophoresis

  • For separating DNA, RNA, or protein molecules based on their electric charge or size
  • To separate nucleic acids and proteins based on their size and charge
  • It is used to analyze and separate colloids (e.g., proteins) or to deposit coatings.
  • It is a method used to separate mixtures of DNA, RNA, or proteins according to molecular size
3.

PCR

  • To make multiple copies of a segment of DNA.To amplify small segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
  • It is also used in genotyping, cloning, mutation detection, sequencing, microarrays, forensics, and paternity testing.
  • It is used in DNA analysis of archaeological specimens.
  • Valuable for detecting specific pathogens that are difficult to culture in vitro or require a long cultivation period.
4.Fermenter 
  • It is used for cell biology, tissue, cell, and microbial cultures.
  • They are used for the production of enzymes, ingredients, biomass, vaccines, antibiotics, monoclonal antibodies, and therapeutic proteins.
  • To grow bacteria and fungi in large amounts.
  • It is a piece of laboratory equipment used for fermenting microorganisms or biochemical reactions.
  • It offers the best growth conditions for animal cells or microorganisms and aid in the fermentation process.
5. 

Lyophilizer

  • The method is used for products that cannot be dried by any other heat method, example antibiotics, blood products, vaccines, enzyme preparation and microbiological culture.
  • Stabilization and storage of biological materials in research.
  • In Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology it is used to increase the shelf life of products such as vaccines and other injectables.
  • In food industry, it is used to preserve food and produce essences or flavouring agents.
  • To preserve perishable materials, to extend shelf life or make the material more convenient for transport
6.

-20°C Deep Freezer

  • It is used for freezing of ice bars and storage of various products such as samples, reagents, buffers etc. across hospitals, clinics, health and disease prevention systems, laboratories in colleges & universities, the frozen food industry and catering industry, etc.
  • To preserve medical samples, medicines, and more for extended periods.
  • To have a consistent temperature.
  • For better airflow
  • For conserving energy


Pharmacology 

No.Name of InstrumentDescriptions
1.

Biosafety Cabinet

  • They are one type of biocontainment equipment used in biological laboratories to provide personnel, environmental, and product protection.
  • To provide both a clean work environment and protection for employees who create aerosols when working with infectious agents or toxins.
  • It is a primary engineering control used to protect personnel against biohazardous or infectious agents.
  • Personal Protection from harmful agents within the cabinetProduct Protection to avoid contamination of the samples
2.

CO2  Incubator

  • It is used to maintain an optimal environment for cell growth.It is used in areas where cells need to be grown in sterile conditions.
  • To maintain or grow microbiological culture or cell culture.
  • To maintain optimal temperature, humidity and other conditions such as CO2 and Oxygen content.
  • They are equipped with HEPA filtration system that provides protection from airborne contaminants
3.

- 80°C Deep Freezer

  • It is used for the safe storage of vaccines, human cells and tissues.
  • It is equipped with a high performing cooling system that ensures temperature uniformity, reliability and energy efficiency.
  • It is specially designed for faster temperature cool down and optimized cryopreservation.
  • It is used for the storage of samples that require ultra-low storage temperature.
  • To protect samples containing biomolecules.


Pharmacognosy

No.Name of InstrumentDescriptions
1.Projection microscope
  • It is used for comfortable & convenient manipulation of specimen slides.
  • It is used to magnify small objects.
  • To study biological specimens.
  • To visualize very minute objects such as cells, and microorganisms.
  • To magnify a small object or to magnify the fine details of a larger object in order to examine.
2.Rotary Vacuum Evaporator
  • It is used for concentration, crystallization, drying, separation, and solvent recovery in addition to the continuous distillation of volatile solvents.
  • It is used for the efficient and gentle removal of solvents from samples by evaporation.
  • It is used to extract solvents at low temperatures with a high degree of repeatability and efficiency.
  • It is used for to remove solvents with relatively low boiling points such as EtOAc (ethyl acetate) and n-hexane from a sample.
  • It provides efficiency and better accuracy.
3.Muffle furnace
  • To isolate the samples from the fuel and the combustion to eliminate contamination of the samples. 
  • They are ideal for research and development, materials testing and quality control, heat treatment, ceramics, glass, and so much more. 
  • To achieve greater control of temperature uniformity and isolate heated materials from combustion contaminants. 
  • They are helpful for heating tasks, such as binder burnout, sintering, and melting.


Software

No.Name of InstrumentDescriptions
1. Schrodinger
  • For modeling, analysis and computational tasks.
  • Lead discovery and lead optimization in the context of drug discovery.
  • Atomic-scale simulation of chemical systems
  • Modeling biologics, antibodies, and proteins. 
2.Micromedex Software
  • Pricing information.
  • It is an indexing database that provides access to full-text tertiary literature.
  • Supports better patient understanding and adherence. 
  • Patient-friendly education materials and more – all at the point of care
  • Evidence-based drug and disease insights.


Central Instrument Room

No.

Name of Instrument

Descriptions

1.

Gas chromatograph
  • GC is capable of separating, detecting and partially characterising the organic compounds particularly when present in small quantities.
  • It is used for analysis of drug and their metabolites.
  • Separation and identification of volatile materials, plastics, natural and synthetic polymers, paints and microbiological samples.
  • Inorganic compound analysis.

  2. 

High Performance Liquid Chromatography(HPLC)

  • Isolation and purification of biologically active natural products.
  • Identification of intermediates and target compound.
  • Detection of biogenetic intermediates and enzymes involved.
  • Used for separation of antibiotic from broth mixture.
  • Shelf life determination of pharmaceutical products.
  • Complex molecule separation.

3.

UV-Vis Spectrophotometer

  • Detection of impurities.
  • Qualitative determination of compounds that absorb UV radiation.
  • Quantitative determination of compounds that absorb UV radiation.
  • For study of chemical kinetics.
  • For detection of functional groups.

4.

Ion chromatograph

 

  • It is used to convert one salt to another.
  • It is useful for pre-concentration of trace components of a solution to obtain enough for analysis.
  • It is used to prepare de-ionized water.
  • To analyse base composition of nucleic acid.
  • To measure the additives in food and drug sample.
  • To separate protein mixture.

5.

Auto Analyser

  • Clinical analysis: To determine of levels of albumin, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate transaminase (AST), blood urea nitrogen, bilirubin, calcium, cholesterol, creatinine, glucose, inorganic phosphorous, proteins ,and uric acid in blood serum or other bodily samples.
  • Industrial analysis: To determine levels of nutrients in sea water, soil analysis, plant analysis, tobacco, food , fertilizer and wine analysis.
  • It is used for neonatal screening

6.

IR Spectroscopy

  • Identification of functional groups and structure elucidation of organic compounds.
  • Quantitative analysis of a number of organic compounds.
  • Study of covalent bonds in molecules.
  • Detection of impurities in a compound.
  • Studying the progress of reaction.
  • Ratio of cis-trans isomers in a mixture of compounds.

7.

Atomic Absorption

  • Determination of trace elements in biological fluid like blood, urine etc.
  • Elemental profiles of biological sample.
  • Determination of the mode of poisoning.
  • Determination of amount of catalyst present in pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
  • To check the toxic impurities and to examine the raw materials in industry.

8.

Spectro fluorometer

  • To detect environmental pollutants such as polycyclic, aromatic hydrocarbons such as pyrene, benzopyrene, organothiophosphorous pesticides, carbamate insecticides.
  • For direct or indirect analysis of aromatic amino acids such as phenyl alanine, tyrosine, tryptophan.
  • To detect compounds from HPLC flow.
  • Accurate determination of glucose.
  • Diagnosis of cancer in human tissues.

9.

pH meter

  • pH meter is an instrument used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a solution - also known as pH. pH is the unit of measure that describes the degree of acidity or alkalinity. It is measured on a scale of 0 to 14.
  • pH meters are used in measurements in agriculture, water quality for municipal water supplies, swimming pool, environmental remedies, brewing of wine or beer.

CLASSROOM

Classrooms with all modern facilities. 

LABORATORY


Pharmacy department's Laboratory with modern instruments.