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  1. Risk Mitigation With Pouch Packaging Inspection

    A major pharma company could not reliably verify that their pouch packages were sealed properly and the product could potentially ship with questionable packaging which failed stability testing.

  2. Advanced Leak Test Methods

    A major pharmaceutical company in North America was using the dye ingress testing method, and found it was not only slow and operator dependent (not reliable), causing false accepts. 

  3. Trends In Pharmaceutical Leak Tightness Testing

    Great confusion exists in the definition and application of leak tightness. That confusion is a result of improper leak-tightness design specifications. 

  4. Pfeiffer Vacuum Releases Virtual Showroom To Showcase CCIT Solutions In Pharmaceutical Industry

    In its virtual showroom, Pfeiffer Vacuum presents a variety of different leak testing methods for pharmaceutical packaging (container closure integrity testing or CCIT). Visitors to the site will find information about the challenges of leak testing IV bags, syringes, blister packs, plastic bottles, vials and other non-porous containers. At the virtual trade show booth, visitors will learn about Pfeiffer Vacuum’s unique portfolio of leak detectors. Informative videos explain the different technologies used – helium mass spectrometry, optical emission spectroscopy and mass extraction.

  5. Container Closure Integrity Testing Of IV Bags

    As a means to ensuring the safety of sterile products, the FDA and the United States Pharmacopeia have provided strict guidelines for the testing of container closure systems.