For Vimal's Benefit, :}},

In response to Vims comment on the post by Arun "Monsoon Magic"

Vimal, hehehe, you are not the only one confused. I myself am confused. I did my bachelors in organic chemistry, masters in soil science, Ph.D in agronomy and my work is not even close to any of the three disciplines mentioned above.
In any case let me see if I can confuse you and everyone else who reads this post even more:
My job is to source analytical instruments that will make the drug manufacturing process fast and accurate. The instruments I recommend will make measurements like moisture, active pharmaceutical ingredient levels etc. directly while they are being manufactured instead of having to withdraw a sample from the process, send to an analytical lab and waiting for results. I have to source the vendors, provide them with specifications, evaluate the instruments to determine if they are appropriate for our process, make the final vendor choice, purchase the instrument, install and commission it once it arrives at the manufacturing site, train the operator on how to use the instrument and finally make sure that the instrument is in top working order at all times. The techniques used for the measurements can be chromatography, microscopy, near infrared spectroscopy etc. For example, if a tablet is sold with the claim that it contains 500mg of the active ingredient, the instruments I recommend will make sure the value is actually 500 mg +/- a statistically acceptable range above and below the 500mg.