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It’s October and tradeshow season is upon us. West is excited to participate in some of the world’s premier meetings related to pharmaceutical manufacturing. Additionally, the company will offer its semi-annual Educational Series on the West Coast in November.
Please consider joining us at the following events to meet and hear from West thought leaders.
CPhI/Innopack
October 13-15
Madrid, Spain
AAPS Annual Meeting
October 25-28
Orlando, FL
West to host session on advances in parenteral drug packaging and delivery systems
PDA Universe of Prefilled Syringes and Injection Devices
November 3-4
Vienna, Austria
Chris Evans, Graham Reynolds, Tibor Hlobik and Christa Jansen-Otten presenting
World Vaccine Congress
November 9-11
Madrid, Spain
Henrik Hornsved presenting
West Educational Series
November 12
La Jolla, CA
USA Pharmapack Symposium
November 17
San Francisco, CA
Tibor Hlobik presenting
What does it mean to have package integrity for your container closure system? It means an absence of breaches that can lead to product loss or ingress. Container closure integrity testing should not be just a “one and done” study. It should be understood throughout the life cycle of the product.
For injectable drug product package systems, seals are considered to be secondary package components. Though not in direct contact with drug products, they perform critical functions such as: Maintain an integral sterile seal by holding the stopper firmly in place, protect the injection site on the stopper and provide evidence of tampering (dependent on seal design).
The regulatory landscape in China continues to evolve and become more stringent. In December 2018, the Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission (ChPC) published: Second Draft for Comments on Guideline for Stability Study of Plastic and Rubber Pharmaceutical Packaging Materials. This guideline comprises part of the results of a research project organized by ChPC in 2016 and is one of the actions taken by National Drug Administration of China (formerly the China Food and Drug Administration, CFDA) to support the previously announced Opinions on Reforming the Review and Approval System for Drugs and Medical Devices (No. 44).
<span style="color: #333333;">We would like to thank all West employees in Germany for their commitment and hard work during this year’s West without Borders charitable campaign. More than 16,000 Euro was raised and presented to the three selected organizations—</span><a href="http://pferde-staerken-online.de/index.html"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Kids auf Trab</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">, </span><a href="http://zwischenuns-filzbluete.de/filzbluete/"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Zwischen Uns e.V.</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> and </span><a href="http://fortschritt-aachen.de/"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">FortSchritt Städteregion Aachen e.V.</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">—during a closing ceremony on September 24.</span>
Known for a commitment to excellence in elastomeric components, West has complemented its vial closure portfolio with the Flip-Off® seal brand. Particularly in its ability to provide solutions for aseptic and clean crimping, the Flip-Off seal demonstrates potential to become an industry standard.
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