Pharmaceutical Liquid Filling Systems — A Succinct Comparison And Selection Guide

By Christian Lavarreda

Having sold filling lines for all types of liquid pharmaceutical products (hundreds of lines in aggregate), Syntegon, formerly Bosch Packaging Technology, is in a unique position to advise on filling system selection.

Here we provide an attributes comparison of the primary strengths and weaknesses of the various filling systems based on the properties of the fill media, availability of additional functionality, filling tolerance, capital cost, and overall benefits and limitations.