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Good Manufacturing Practice Facility

Professor Stephen W. Hoag is the Director of the GMP Core Facility, overseeing quality assurance and production. In addition to his academic experience, he has worked for the World Health Organization, 3M Pharmaceuticals, and Abbott Laboratories. As director of the GMP, he oversees project management, provides scientific oversight of the projects, handles client relations, and manages the three departments of UMSOP. As head of QA, he oversees the development and quality of the system and makes certain that procedures in the quality system are followed during all GMP operations.

The UMB School of Pharmacy has been long recognized as a center of excellence in industrial pharmacy, due in part to its ongoing collaborative agreement with the FDA. Total funding for this agreement has exceeded $11.5 million to date.

The GMP facility has nearly 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical formulation and the production of tablets and capsules. Projects have used the GMP facility include researchers at UM, FDA, large and small pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and suppliers of chemicals and excipients.

Several past projects included collaborations with the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Maryland Psychiatric Research Center where we performed quality control testing on products to be used in clinical studies, and the Cochrane Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Field.

Contact

Professor Stephen W. Hoag is the Director of the GMP Core Facility, overseeing quality assurance and production. In addition to his academic experience, he has worked for the World Health Organization, 3M Pharmaceuticals, and Abbott Laboratories. As director of the GMP, he oversees project management, provides scientific oversight of the projects, handles client relations, and manages the three departments of UMSOP. As head of QA, he oversees the development and quality of the system and makes certain that procedures in the quality system are followed during all GMP operations.

For all inquiries, call 410-706-6865 or e-mail shoag@rx.umaryland.edu.