Core tips: classification and market of pharmaceutical packaging industry in 2015

Pharmaceutical packaging refers to a processing process that uses appropriate materials or containers and packaging technology to divide (fill), seal, pack, label and other operations on the semi-finished or finished products of pharmaceutical preparations to provide quality assurance, identification trademarks and instructions for drugs. From the static point of view, packaging is to use relevant materials, containers, auxiliary materials and other materials to package drugs and play its due role; From a dynamic point of view, packaging is a technical method using materials, containers and auxiliary materials, and it is a process and operation. Pharmaceutical packaging industry classification Pharmaceutical packaging, as the carrier of drugs, plays a very important role in ensuring the quality of drugs in the process of transportation and storage. Especially for the inner packaging that directly contacts drugs, the stability of the materials used has a direct impact on the quality of drugs. 1. The drug packaging materials can be divided into direct use (such as solid medical polyolefin plastic bottles, etc.), reuse after cleaning (such as ampoules, etc.), indirect use or indirect contact with drugs (such as medical glass tubes, antibiotic bottles, aluminum caps, etc.), etc. 2. According to the classification of material composition, pharmaceutical packaging mainly includes glass, rubber, metal and plastic. At present, some new composite materials are also being introduced into this field. 3. According to the shape, the drug packaging is divided into containers (plastic containers for eye drops, etc.), tablets/bags (rigid PVC sheets for medicine, composite bags for drug packaging, etc.), stoppers (butyl rubber infusion bottle stoppers, etc.), and caps (tear aluminum caps for oral liquid bottles, etc.). To sum up, pharmaceutical packaging materials and forms will give full play to their unique advantages in the highly competitive market, provide more choices for manufacturers, and provide consumers with safe and beautiful packaging products.