Product/Primary Packaging White Papers & Case Studies

11. Pharmaceutical Blister Packaging: How Barrier Films Work 8/1/2012

    This paper outlines a simple approach to explain how packaging material works to provide barrier to moisture, oxygen, and gases and its applications in solid oral-dose packaging.

12. Checkweighers Improve Sanofi-Aventis Vial Production 4/27/2012

    Sanofi-Aventis is the global leader in core medical areas. In the Injectables Division, where liquid drugs such as different types of insulin or drugs for emergency medicine are produced, the packaged medical compounds are subjected to final checks using a dynamic checkweigher. 

13. Blister Pack — Texture Application Note 2/9/2012
    The objective was to evaluate the hardness of blister packs by compression using a hemispherical probe.
14. Clarified Polypropylene Pharma Bottle Inspection 1/20/2012
    A leading maker of pharmaceutical plastic bottles originally inspected its clarified polypropylene bottles for aesthetic defects using human eyes.
15. Container Closure Systems For Packaging Human Drugs And Biologics 7/28/2011

    This document is intended to provide guidance on general principles for submitting information on packaging materials used for human drugs and biologics. This guidance is not intended to describe the information that should be provided about packaging operations associated with drug product manufacture. By PharmaSystems, Inc.

16. White Paper: Production Of Prefilled Syringes 6/16/2011
    The production and the filling of prefilled syringes is a process that comprises a lot of single steps: first the syringe has to be manufactured out of glass tubes. After that the syringes have to be cleaned, sterilized, and siliconized. By Dr. Wenzel Novak
17. System Reduces Cost And Improves Efficiency 12/3/2009
    Since the launch of its Mucinex brand of expectorants, Adams Respiratory Therapeutics (Chester, NJ) has become a strong company in the OTC respiratory market. Thanks in part to an award-winning advertising campaign that introduced U.S. consumers to the company’s animated Mr. Mucus mascot, Mucinex product sales have skyrocketed. By Multisorb Technologies Inc.
18. Case Study: System Reduces Cost And Improves Efficiency 12/3/2009
    Since the launch of its Mucinex brand of expectorants, Adams Respiratory Therapeutics (Chester, NJ) has become a strong company in the OTC respiratory market. Thanks in part to an award-winning advertising campaign that introduced U.S. consumers to the company’s animated Mr. Mucus mascot, Mucinex product sales have skyrocketed. By Multisorb Technologies Inc.
19. New Pharmaceutical Applications Demand Intelligent Sorbents 8/5/2008
    An intelligent sorbent is designed to provide a specific management outcome, which could be controlling the level of moisture, oxygen, and/or hydrocarbons in a pharmaceutical packaging system. A sorbent might be used to maintain a specific humidity range to maintain a drug’s stability, or reduce or eliminate volatilized hydrocarbons. In some cases it is necessary for a sorbent to carry out multiple protective functions. By Adrian Possumato, Global Director, Healthcare Packaging, Multisorb Technologies
20. How Tough Is Your Capsule?

    Hard and soft-shell capsules are utilized in large quantities every day in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical plants around the world. By Bob McGregor, General Manager, Brookfield Engineering