Packaging is fast becoming an integral part of pharmaceutical medications and this is leading to more collaborations between the drug and packaging industries, according to German glass- and plasticware company Gerresheimer.
The company is exhibiting its product range this week at the taropak 2003 convention in Poznan, Poland.
Pharmaceutics represents the strongest segment of Gerresheimer's business, which encompasses not only glass and plastic containers but also drug delivery systems. Its product range includes syringes, cartridges, droppers, inhalers and ampoules as well as light glass bottles, medicine vials, syrup bottles, tablet jars, wide-neck jars, chemical/technical glass containers and aluminium packaging.
The company is presenting an optimised and expanded range of RTF (Ready to Fill) and Readyject products at taropak, as well as other innovations such as a flat dropper which, says the company, permits the finest dosage of eye drops and at the same time minimises the risk of injury during application.
Partnerships with pharma
"The systems area in particular has steadily increased in importance for the pharmaceutics sector," said Gerresheimer's marketing director, Burkhard Lingenberg.
System partnerships are therefore increasingly sought where the pharmaceutical industry collaborates closely with the packaging designers from the early development stages, noted Lingenburg. This leads to innovative and coordinated concepts that make application and dosage easier and often mean that optimum delivery of active substances is possible for the first time, while also providing cost benefits, he added.
Gerresheimer is presenting at taropak together with its Polish subsidiary Polfa, its German companies Bünder Glas, Spessart Glas, Tettauer Glashüttenwerke and Wisthoff and its Belgian company Nouvelles Verreries de Momignies.