1/6/15

1/6/15

Today was the first day we visited a company. We woke up early so we could drive about 2 hours through the city to a pharmaceutical company called Sharon Bio-Medicine. This company was in New Bombay, a more recent part of the city. Two men in charge of different operations gave us a presentation on their business and its requirements. We then toured the facility seeing the various parts of the process used to create the medicine that will get turned into pills and tablets. It is a very exacting process where there are high standards in the training of employees, the filtering of water and materials and in quality control. It was a new experience for me. We then went to a separate facility that performs pre-clinical live animal testing.

A sign for Sharon Bio-medicine

This organization graciously served us lunch and then gave us a briefing of their operations as well as a tour. The testing of live animals is done in a very controlled way from start to finish. Mice, rabbits, and guinea pigs are bred in controlled environments. All of the animals are tested in various ways to help determine if a certain medicine will have a negative impact on humans. It was an experience to see what goes into making the chemicals and medicine our society uses safe, and I appreciate the effort that goes into this process. I hope tomorrow is thought provoking as well.