![]() Q: What are the key quality considerations for manufacturers of plastic packaging systems for drug products?Ī: As drug products are manufactured, packaged, and stored, they come into direct contact with packaging systems and their plastic materials of construction. Plastic packaging systems can include-not only the container that holds a particular drug product-but also gaskets, rubber stoppers, tubing and other components that may be part of the overall system used to store and/or deliver a drug to the patient. Plastic materials commonly used in these systems include polyethylene, polypropylene, polyolefins, and polyvinyl chloride, among others. Q: What types of “plastic packaging systems” are used in the pharmaceutical industry?Ī: Plastic packaging systems for pharmaceutical use include bags, bottles, vials, cartridges, metered-dose inhalers, prefillable syringes, pouches and closures for capsules and tablets. Hunt works closely with USP’s Expert Committee on Packaging and Distribution-the volunteer experts who serve as key decision-makers in the USP standards-setting process. Desmond Hunt, Ph.D., USP’s Senior Scientific Liaison, provides insight into plastic packaging systems for drugs and how USP standards can support quality in this field. ![]()
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