Funny Pharm: You Write the Caption
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing introduces "Funny Pharm," featuring drawings by award-winning cartoonist Jerry King.
The winning cartoon caption will be featured on the PharmaManufacturing.com Web site and in the PharmaManufacturing.com eNewsletter. The winner will receive a coffee mug with the cartoon and winning caption printed on it.
Please submit your caption to [email protected]. Thank you for your contributions!
WINNER: "Alright, Alright, I'll do the process validation, but the cleaning validation is all yours!" - Submitted by Vic Jewell
Honorable Mention:
23. "Alas, 13yrs and $1 billion in development we can now eradicate that disease which affects .00000001% of the human population. Now, lets go work on our marketing campaign to recoup our costs." - Submitted by David C. Teer
26. "Don't laugh... you should've seen the output before we scaled it up!" - Submitted by Jim McDow
Contending Submissions:
1. "YES I KNOW BUT IT WORKS...QUALITY NOT QUANTITY" - Submitted by Raymond LaPierre
2. “Unfortunately, by the time we manufacture enough for our launch batch, the patent will have expired." - Submitted by Tim Gibson
3. "There is planning and doing, but I've found there is always more planning than doing" - Submitted by Pat Gute
4. "I think Willy Wonka may have some serious competition now." - Submitted by Laura Hays
5. “We haven’t been able to figure out if it is actually working.” - Submitted by Jean Akin
6. " and.. how much did you say the yield was, again?" - Submitted by Damanjit Singh
7. "Nice, but they said they wanted it in BLUE." Tamara Stewart
8. "The design specs called for a one-a-day tablet, not a one-a-day production unit!!" - Submitted by Alex Packard
9. "PAT is great and all, but do you really think we can sell a $1 million pill?" - Submitted by Darren M. Lewis
10. "I told you to just buy a new espresso machine." and "I don't care what Neo did. You take the red pill - you still have to come to work tomorrow." - Submitted by Ken Forman
11. "I don't understand. It worked so well in the simulations." - Submitted by Annette A Johnston
12. “The good news: we got FDA approval. The bad news: we probably should have streamlined the process a bit first.” - Submitted by Robert P. Morgan, P.E.
13. "And you can't find the root cause? Neither the supplier. No affected batches delimitation... And FDA is coming next week?" or "Are you sure QbD training was effective?" - Submitted by Tatiana Cavazza Giffoni
14. “But we followed QbD” - Submitted by Sheldon P. Krocker, RAC
15. “remind me again, was it Quality by Design or Productivity by Design we were aiming for?” - Submitted by Brian Szukala
16. “This soap dispenser looked smaller in the catalog.” - Submitted by Jeff Young
17. "Do you really think hand product transfers meet cGMP requirements?" - Submitted by Ian Sellick
18. “We need to get a faster hamster.” - Submitted by Chad Hodges
19. "But it’s meant to be filling vials, not producing tablets isn’t it?" - Submitted by Mark Symonds
20. "Don't drop it!" - Submitted by Mark Harrington
21. "Isn’t it pretty. And an Everlasting Gobstopper too." - Submitted by Greg Van Auken
22. "It took three years to validate this machine. It looks like it will take another three years to finish the 1st lot!!!" - Submitted by John Connelly
23. "Alas, 13yrs and $1 billion in development we can now eradicate that disease which affects .00000001% of the human population. Now, lets go work on our marketing campaign to recoup our costs." - Submitted by David C. Teer
24. "OK! Now let’s see if we can get a cappuccino out of this thing!" - Submitted by Bill Cracknell
25. “Hmmm...It seems like a lot of trouble for a vanilla sugar cube.” - Submitted by Nancy Klimpel
26. "Don't laugh... you should've seen the output before we scaled it up!" - Submitted by Jim McDow
27. “Yes it’s slow…. But just think 10,000 vitamins and minerals and you can swallow it!!!” - Submitted by Mike Jackson
28. "Its heads again!" - Submitted by John Corrigan
29. "That really takes the romance out of this inter-office affair all that for one little Viagra!" - Submitted by Jeff Reiche
30. "Expedite it to the Gulf of Mexico. They need it NOW!" - Submitted by Joe Magginnis
31. "We should offer this to BP." - Submitted by Eric Brinsfield
32. "HOW many do we need for production?" - Submitted by Glenn E Knowles
33. "I don't understand it. The Rube Goldberg Engineering firm was highly recommended by one of our competitors." and "Alright, Alright, I'll do the process validation, but the cleaning validation is all yours!" - Submitted by Vic Jewell