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To meet the ever-increasing demand of growing domestic pharmaceutical markets, the AccelTRA^® Components Program has expanded to include an RTS/RTU product line with Ready-to-Sterilize (RTS) and Ready-to-Use (RTU) gamma sterilized stoppers developed to provide an innovative customer service package to help customers get their products to market quickly.

The PDA Annual Meeting, “Modern Sterile Product Manufacture – Exploring Best Practices and Seeking New Approaches,” will be held April 15-17, 2013, at the Peabody Orlando in Orlando, Florida.  This meeting will focus on the challenges currently faced by the pharmaceutical industry, advances in modern manufacturing and look ahead to the future of the industry.

J. Riter, A. Janssen, D. Engels

Cracking of elastomeric needle shields and tip caps is a costly problem for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Cracked components can cause leaks that can result in loss of drug potency and sterility and may lead to a safety risk for the person administering the drug and the patient. This cracking has been attributed to ozone degradation of the elastomer formulations.