Pharmaceutical Primary Packaging material
Packaging plays a crucial role in the pharma Industry by providing barrier protection to products for the shelf-life period. It is increasingly playing a vital role in ensuring overall patient safety by carrying key information pertaining to the product, ensuring tamper- evidence, and traceability of products. Pharmaceutical packaging is usually the economic means of providing presentation, protection, identification, information, convenience, integrity, and stability of the product.
Indian Pharmaceutical Packaging Market can be understood by Products and its construction material, some of the most common types of primary pharmaceutical packaging products are
- Ampoules
- Vials
- Cartridges
- Glass Bottles
- Syringes
- Bags
- HDPE table Containers
- Rubber Stoppers (closures)
- Child Resistance Cap (CRC) Caps
- Blister Packs
- Sachets
- Laminated Tubes
- Collapsible Aluminum Tubes
- Sterile Bags
Some of the packaging are also classified as per their functionality like Single Dose container, multiple dose container, CRC Containers, Tamper evident containers and others.
Primary Packaging material can also be classified based on the construction of material used in producing them.
Packaging Material Type
- Glass (Sand (Silicon Dioxide) Soda Ash (Sodium Carbonate) Limestone (Calcium Carbonate) Glass Crumb (Pirmik) – Aluminum, Boron, Potassium, Magnesium, Zinc, Barium. )
- Type I – Highly Resistant borosilicate glass
- Type II -Treated soda lime glass
- Type III – Soda lime glass
- NP- soda glass (non parenteral usage)
- Plastic and Polymers( There are many types of plastics used, such as PET, HDPE, and PP.)
- Aluminum Foils
- Paper and Paperboard
- Rubber( Rubber is mainly used for the construction of the closures meant for vials, transfusion fluid bottles, dropping bottles and in many other products)
- Others
Top Indian Pharmaceutical Packaging Companies
- West Pharmaceutical Packaging India Pvt.Ltd.
- SGD Pharma India Ltd
- APTAR GROUP INC
- Uflex Limited
- Huhtamaki PPL Ltd
- Essel Propack Ltd
- Nipro Group
West Pharmaceutical Packaging India Pvt.Ltd
West Pharmaceutical Services is a leading provider in field of pharma packaging, and drug delivery systems. It Started its operation in India in 1990, with an office in Hyderabad, in 2014 they inaugurated their manufacturing facility in Sri City near Andhra Pradesh.
Pharmaceutical Primary Packaging Products manufactured in West Pharmaceuticals – ( few examples)
- Vial Containment Solutions
- Stoppers
- Seals
- Vials
- Prefillable systems
- Syringe Components like Plungers , caps, and other accessories
- Self – injection Platform
- Cartridge Systems and components
- Cartridge Plungers, components and seals
- Vial adapter Systems
- Sterilized Components ( READY TO USE)
West Pharmaceuticals Services has a very strong regulatory system helping them complete many FDA registration in the form of US Drug Master File (approximately 22 Active US Drug Master Files with USFDA),510k Submissions for Medical Devices, they also have DMFs filled with Health Canada and CHINA NMPA Drug Master File.
West Pharma provide approx 1800 LOAs each year to its DMFs, and their entire portfolio of DMF is published in eCTD Format.
SGD Pharma India Ltd
SGD is a global leader in glass pharmaceutical packaging. SGD Pharma produces over 8 million vials and bottles per day at its five manufacturing plants in Europe and Asia. Primarily SGD manufactures Type I, II, or III, amber and clear glass, it also offers value addition like internal siliconization or protective plastic coatings
Pharmaceutical Primary Packaging Product Manufactured in SGD Pharma
Type I Molded Glass Vials
INJECTABLE VIALS-
- Ampoules
- Injectable Vials in Molded glass
- Injectable Vials in Tubular glass
- Sterile Vials
INFUSION BOTTLES
ORAL Bottes
- Aerosols
- Bottles for Antibiotic with Filling Mark
- Dropper Bottles
- Single Dose Bottles
- Syrup Bottles
- Tablet Bottles
SGD Pharma products are manufactured under GMP conditions related to pharma primary packaging and all their facility have ISO 15378 certification. SGD pharma also has FDA registration in form of US DRUG Master File, Health Canada DMF, CHINA DMF with NMPA (National Medical Product Administration).
APTAR GROUP INC
APTAR Group Inc. is a global manufacturer of drug delivery devices, Closures and various components used in pharma and allied industry.
Pharmaceutical Primary Packaging Product Manufactured in APTAR GROUP INC
Vial Stoppers and Syringe Plungers
Lyophilization & Parenteral Stoppers
Vial Components
Spray Pumps
Tubes
Nasal Spray Systems
Blister Packing Solutions
Dry Powder Inhaler and many More products
Aptar Group INC has filled more than 20 US DMFs and has a wide range of experience in different therapeutic areas with USFDA and other regulatory authorities.
Uflex Limited
UFLEX in one of the largest flexible packaging manufacture in INDIA . The company operates through seven different segments, Packaging Films, Chemicals, Aseptic Liquids, Holography ,Flexible Packaging, Printing Cylinders and Engineering.
Uflex Limited offer various products for the Pharmaceutical Industry Such as
- BOPET Films
- BOPP Films
- CPP Films
- Holographic PVC blister / Aluminum foil / Alu-Alu for pharmaceuticals
Regulatory And Quality Approvals
Uflex plants are having quality certificate like ISO 9001, 14001, HACCP Certification, and they also have US DMF filled for their products.
Huhtamaki India Limited
Huhtamaki India Limited provides tube laminates, old forms and extrusion laminates, bulk bags, multi-layered PS labels and sterile and specialized pouches for the healthcare sector. It also offers seal packs sachets etc.
Pharmaceutical Primary Packaging Products manufactured in Huhtamaki India Limited-
- Primary Packaging laminates
- Secondary flow wraps
- Tube laminates
- Premade pouches
- Primary packaging laminates
- Secondary packs
- Premade pouches
- child-resistant pill packs
- blister tablet packing formats
- High barrier laminates for powdery products
Huhtamaki India Limited has major plants certified to BRC Packaging, ISO 9001-2015, ISO 14001 : 2015 & OHSAS 18001 : 2007/ISO 45001:2018. They also have Filed US DMF Registration to meet this pharmaceutical customer requirement.
EPL Limited
Essel Propack Limited is a global tube packaging company it was started in 1982 and is owned by Blackstone group. It primarily manufactures laminated tubes, caps and closures. Laminated tubes are used in the packaging of the ointments and lotions for a variety of medical applications
Packaging Products manufactured in EPL limited
- Laminates-
- Laminated tubes
- Extruded tubes
- Caps and Closures
- Dispensing Systems
EPL LTD follows many ISO standard with an aim to provide quality product, they also have US DMF for Lami Tubes with USFDA.
Nipro Corporation
Nipro India Corporation Pvt. Ltd is a medical equipment and pharmaceutical packaging manufacturing company.
It operates through three segments, namely, the medical devices business, the pharmaceutical business, and the pharmaceutical packaging busines
- Packaging Products manufactured in Nipro Corporation
- Glass vials
- Syringes
- Cartridges
- Ampoules
- Glass tubes
- Glass bulbs for vacuum flasks
- Rubber plugs
Nipro India Facility for pharmaceutical packaging material is ISO 15378 certified and has US DMF for Ampoules and vials, they also have Health Canada DMF and CHINA DMF for their Pharmaceutical customers.
Pharmaceutical Primary Packaging Material Market Size?
The global pharmaceutical packaging market is projected to grow from $101.59 billion in 2022 to $150.78 billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 5.8% in forecast period… Read More at:- https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/pharmaceutical-packaging-market-102860
