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:

Damn the SOP’s man!!!!  My coffee is in there! - Sean Eicher

Honorable Mention:

"Tell me again. You found what on the pallets?" - Ron Warrick

"They did say the merger would bring about a whole new relationship with QA" - Malcolm Brian Holmes

"I thought they had an open door policy." - Bill Russo

Contending Submissions:

"I told you not to leave your lunchtime meds in there." and "I told you we shouldn't have stepped out for a smoke." and "It's manufacturing, but it ain't Progress!" and "Making any progress getting into the manufacturing plant?" and "See? Never tell them about the inspections in advance." and "I TOLD you not to leave the key on top of the refrigerator." and "Don't you see? That's a Yale lock, and you went to Harvard." and "I can't help you. My name IS Smith, but I'm a lab technician!" and "I hope they're making a pill to help you remember where you left the key." and "I thought they had an open door policy." and "You have to change that sign. Now, the correct term is womanufacturing." and "I shudder to think they would shutter this plant." and "I hope they're manufacturing a key." - Bill Russo

They said it was the only way to make some progress! - Hiram Pabon

“I keep telling you, management thinks QA is the NFLPA!” - J. Richard Creekmore

"I told you not to make jokes about FDA audits" - Malcolm Ross

Damn the SOP’s man!!!!  My coffee is in there! - Sean Eicher

"They did say the merger would bring about a whole new relationship with QA" - Malcolm Brian Holmes

"I commend the project team's quick solution to locking down the Distributed Control System, but this is not what I had in mind." - Carl Tracy

"I thought you were Change Management!" and "That's not what I meant by the 'key' to GMP compliance." - Joseph Romano

"Arrrghhh!! I didn't know that is what they meant by 'lights out operation'!" - D. Campbell

“Is this what they call this process control?!” - Tara Bronson

“O,those poor workers are made to produce under such strict practices! Is this in compliance to manufacturing methods?” - Mohammed Abdul Jawad

“So they finally qualified the fully automated system – that’s bad news for us.” - Atul Deshmukh

"Who’s got the Indicator Process Key?" - Ted Hilliard

"We at least know this will have melamine if we go with this one." - Shyamala Rajagopalan

"Are they trying to keep the regulatory inspectors out??" - S.George

"Is this lock FDA approved?" - Imran Zia

“That is our legal team preparing documents to fight the lawsuit" - Mark Lad

"But you did tell them to create a new process control point" - Nick Sanders

"Sorry you can’t have the key to the restrooms until you read the SOP’s." - Ricardo Landrau

"So much for remembering the combination...." - Alex Packard

"Tell me again. You found what on the pallets?" - Ron Warrick

"If you hadn't drank that extra cup of coffee, you would not have dropped the key!" - Jim McDow