Innovative, safe, and secure packaging for drugs

Gerresheimer is presenting various new products for safe and secure drug packaging and administration at CPhI China in Shanghai from June 18 to 20, 2019 (SNIEC, booth N5P21). At the beginning of the year, the company strengthened its presence on the Asian market by opening a new plant in Changzhou, dedicated to producing CDFA-registered plastic containers.

Gerresheimer is showcasing a series of regional and international products for safe and secure drug packaging and administration at CPhl China. The company’s comprehensive product portfolio includes insulin pens, inhalers, micropumps, prefillable syringes, injection vials, ampoules, bottles, and containers for liquid and solid medicines with closure and safety systems.

Polymer syringes

This year, Gerresheimer is presenting a broad range of prefillable polymer syringes for highly sensitive bioengineered drugs. The benefits of prefillable syringes include the low risk of the syringe interacting with the drug, safety and reliable functionality for the end user, and outstanding compatibility with medical products.

Gx Elite Vials – top quality for even greater patient safety

With its Gx Elite vials for injectables made from type I borosilicate glass, Gerresheimer is unveiling the result of a careful product development process spanning several years. Glass-to-glass contact is avoided throughout production, ensuring that the vials are extremely shatterproof, highly robust, and free from cosmetic defects. They boast extremely accurate dimensions, while their resistance to delamination protects the drug inside. Simple handling and a range of packaging options ensure that Gx Elite vials can be supplied for end-to-end use on various filling lines. This cuts costs while improving quality, as countless past and ongoing tests by notable customers have shown.

Vials for injectables from Shuangfeng in China

Gerresheimer’s Shuangfeng site has been supplying many well-known pharmaceutical companies with tubular glass bottles for decades now. The range includes 1 ml to 50 ml bottles, 1 ml to 30 ml ampoules in various designs, and dental and insulin cartridges. The site is also home to a professional laboratory for complete glass analysis and test projects where extraction and leaching experiments can be conducted.

Gerresheimer in China and India – glass and plastic primary packaging for drugs

The product portfolio of the new plastics plant in Changzhou comprises containers with closures, dropper bottles for ophthalmological applications, and monolayer COP bottles. Duma’s famous Twist-Off container models are also included in the range, as are the Triveni containers with an induction seal. All containers are provided with various closure options, for example, to protect the original contents or make them child-resistant and/or user-friendly for the elderly, and are available with different integrated or assembled forms of desiccant and an absorbing agent. Gerresheimer’s Shuangfeng site in China manufactures vials, ampoules, cartridges, and other specialty products made from clear and amber glass.

In India, the company produces vials and ampoules for local and international customers across three sites. The Neutral Glass plant in Kosamba makes pharmaceutical primary packaging from moulded glass, while Gerresheimer’s Kosamba factory next door produces vials and ampoules from tubular glass. The Triveni Polymers plant in Kundli makes plastic containers bearing the Triveni Round and Square brand name.

Global ties

Gerresheimer’s factories in Asia, Europe, and the Americas work closely together as part of a global network. They apply current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) principles rigorously and are certified to ISO 9001. Some plants also have ISO 15378 certification or eve higher. All Gerresheimer products comply with the relevant pharmacopeias (Ph. Eur., USP, and JP).