The packages job is to protect the product it holds before it is use or it gets to the final consumer but this can vary depending on type of product is holding. Is not the same, packaging fruits than rice, the same thing occurs with packaging medicines or pharmaceutical products; they need specific material and cares to preserve what it has inside. That is why the packaging is very important in this kind of sector because it provides safety and helps to prevent contamination and microbial growth throughout the shelf life of the products. Pharmaceutical packaging equipment may ensure the high quality the products and safety of the packaging.
Nowadays, there have been many advancements in the packaging techniques, modern pharmaceutical packaging equipment are becoming more flexible and are more automated and integrated than the traditional packaging systems.
The pharmaceutical industry is growing rapidly as so there are the developments in advanced pharmaceutical packaging equipment that have a much better reliability. The industry may suit to the patient rising needs and may obey to very strict quality norms. Depending on the measurements of medicine it requires different types of packaging that can be bottles, cartooning, ointment blister and tablets.
There are three major types of pharmaceutical packaging, which are: solid packaging, semi-solids packaging and liquid packaging. Those can have mandatories changes on the way of packaging. The solid packaging is use for tablets, capsules and powder packaging; The semi-solid that is more related to cream and ointment packaging. And the liquid packaging are for drops (eye or ear), aerosol (for nose congestion) and syrup packaging.
Finally, it is important to highlight that the pharmaceutical pachaking is a very profitable industry and it is estimated that for 2022 it will reach USD. 8.24 billion; This shows the importance the industry have towards the economy and the importance of packaging overall.
Sources:
The blog of Logistics at MGEPS at UPV 