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Stoppers
Components Daikyo RUV Stoppers
Small scale injectables packaging a new option from Daikyo and West

By Michelle Deutsch

May 18, 2016

Small is the new big. Growth in specialty treatments that target smaller patient populations means less emphasis on economies of scale and more focus on adaptable and modular manufacturing.

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Science Posters Crystal Zenith Daikyo PFS Piston
Evaluation of piston movement and container integrity under severe storage conditions in plastic and glass prefilled syringes

By Lloyd Waxman and Vinod Vilivalam

May 29, 2012

Lloyd Waxman, Harold Murray and Vinod Vilivalam

 
ABSTRACT
 
Purpose: The shipment and storage of biopharmaceuticals in prefilled syringes (PFS) places new demands on PFS performance. Studies compared package integrity of glass and plastic PFS: piston movement was evaluated under reduced pressures to simulate transport by air in non-pressurized holds, and container closure integrity was tested on PFS that had been frozen or frozen and thawed, since some biopharmaceuticals are stored and transported in the frozen state. Piston release and travel forces were also measured in plastic PFS since in order to be competitive with siliconized glass PFS, the functional characteristics of plastic PFS must meet or exceed the criteria established for glass PFS.

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Science Posters Crystal Zenith Daikyo Prefilled Syringe
Quality Performance of Advanced Cyclic Olefin Plastic Prefillable Syringes

By Tibor Hlobik

March 14, 2012

Tibor Hlobik, Director, Prefillable Solutions and Technologies
Mike Gills, Customer Technical Support Process Engineer

Growth in biopharmaceutical therapeutics is leading innovation with prefillable syringe systems. These complex sensitive drug products require highly inert primary packaging materials for improved stability and delivery in perfect quality for reduced safety risk. This poster will provide a quality comparison of primary prefillable syringe options including glass, coatings/laminates and cyclic olefin polymers, and highlight the findings of a case study comparing 1mL long syringe attributes.

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