PQ
Quality
PQ (Performance Qualification)
Performance Qualification
Documented verification that a process performs effectively and reproducibly under routine production conditions.
Examples
- 01During PQ, the new tablet press runs three full commercial batches of 250,000 tablets with normal staff, materials and shift changes.
- 02The quality unit reviews PQ data for weight, hardness and dissolution before approving the press for routine production.
- 03When one PQ batch shows tablet hardness below the limit after a shift change, PQ stops until the setup instruction is fixed and the batch is repeated.