Pharma Innovation Packaging of Medicinal Products: Important Trends for Pharma Producers, Machine Manufacturers Post-Covid

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Even after the Corona pandemic has subsided, the demand for pharmaceuticals is increasing. But the requirements are changing - and this has an impact on production equipment. Machines for packaging medicines are not exempt from this. And their manufacturers are only spurred on by this.

Biopharmaceuticals are the real mimosas: heat, moisture, oxygen ingress or simply just the wrong light can cause the sensitive drugs, which are made from living organisms or cells, to lose their effect. This became particularly clear in the Covid pandemic: the new mRNA vaccines from Biontech-Pfizer and Moderna require sophisticated packaging and logistics concepts to ensure storage temperatures between -60 and -80 °C, for example. And although manufacturers are working feverishly and also successfully on less sensitive active ingredients - packaging remains an essential element in the fight against past and future pandemics.

The example of vaccines only highlights the importance of pharmaceutical packaging. Every second new drug approved in the EU is now produced using genetic engineering, is particularly sensitive to environmental influences and must be packaged accordingly. In addition, there are increasing regulatory requirements for production technology, such as Annex 1 to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP guidelines), which was finalized in 2022: This will newly regulate the sterile production and the filling and packaging of medicinal products - with the aim of reducing contamination risks for the medicine.