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Prefilled syringes and vaccines: Optimising parenteral packaging for the next pandemic

Pharmaceutical Technology

Manufacturers are actively looking at ways they can improve drug delivery through well-designed parenteral packaging systems, and the choice to deploy prefilled syringes for more and more injectable drug products is a key part of this push. Prefilled syringes offer a number of advantages over the more traditional glass vial. A new challenge

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Packaging Solutions for Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices: Insights and Considerations

XTalks

A container closure system consists of all the packaging components that contain and protect a pharmaceutical product. They provide specific guidance on packaging requirements for closed closure integrity (CCI) and general integrity testing. Container Closure Systems. Container closure systems are highly regulated by health agencies.

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6 Reasons Why Aluminum is The Perfect Material for Food Packaging

XTalks

Aluminum is a popular choice for food packaging because of its superior recyclability and unique properties for product brands over other materials like plastics and glass – it is endlessly recyclable compared to plastic and paper, while being lighter and studier than glass. Availability. Environmental Sustainability. Versatility.

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FDA Alerts the Public to Potentially Contaminated Products from Family Dollar Stores in Six States

The Pharma Data

The impacted products originated from the company’s distribution facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, where an FDA inspection found insanitary conditions, including a rodent infestation, that could cause many of the products to become contaminated. Recalls, Market Withdrawals & Safety Alerts Report a Problem to the FDA. ###.

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Container Closure Integrity Testing: A Necessity for Pharmaceutical Industry

Roots Analysis

Considering patient’s health and safety, the drug products are expected to be free from microbial contamination and should be safe for use throughout the drug’s life cycle. One of the stages that require quality assurance is packaging of the drug product, as compromised packaging could have serious consequences.

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Guide to using AAV vectors in gene therapy

Drug Discovery World

The event aimed to help the audience understand the AAV workflow, from upstream methods for AAV production and validation to downstream analysis of the packaged product for enhanced therapeutic development. This all creates numerous challenges for the market. For the AAV packaging service, what is the titer of the viral particles?

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Preliminary Study Results Indicate COVID-19 Might be Able to Travel on Food

XTalks

The study, “ Seeding of outbreaks of COVID-19 by contaminated fresh and frozen food ,” was published in the journal BioRxiv which circulates preliminary findings that have not been scrutinized by peer review. Related: Garden Gourmet’s Plant-Based Tuna Exploits Market ‘White Space’. “An