Glass is one of the most relevant high-performance materials that has the benefit of a
favorable environmental footprint compared with that of other commodity materials. Despite …

Introduction Several new biopharmaceutical dosage forms have developed over time, such
as lyophilized vial, liquid vial, and liquid prefilled syringe formulations. This review …

Glass is the most used material in pharmaceutical packaging, and the production volumes
are continuously growing. The reasons why glass can be considered the best material for …

Pharmaceutical containers for parenterals have been predominantly manufactured using
glass as a packaging material of choice, especially Type-I glass, since it has been regarded …

Due to high optical transparency combined with high thermal and chemical stability
transparent fused silica glass is of high interest for many applications in microsystems …

This chapter discusses the important elements of extractables and leachables, with which
those in the pharmaceutical industry should be familiar. Drug products, biological products …

The field of formulation and stabilization of protein therapeutics has become rather
extensive. However, most of the focus has been on stabilization of the final drug product …

High-end biotech products continue to enter the market posing new technical and regulatory
challenges for the development of injection systems. Primary packaging for parenteral drugs …

Advances in pharmaceutical glass packaging offer advantages for both patients and
manufacturers, but the potential of new innovations will not be reached without rigorous …

Drug shortages are a severe threat to human health and life. The situation in the US became
so critical, that the US Food and Drug Administration formed a task force in 2018 in order to …