For pharmaceutical parenteral packaging the glass compositions have always been either
Type I borosilicate or Type III soda-lime glass. As both the compositions and certain …

Glass is the ideal material for parenteral packaging because of its chemical durability,
hermeticity, strength, cleanliness, and transparency. Alkali borosilicate glasses have been …

The pharmacopeia method for measuring the chemical durability of parenteral glass
packaging is the hydrolytic resistance test in which the vial is filled to 90% of its brimful …

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 …

Glass has long been used for packaging precious liquids, in particular pharmaceuticals. Its
unique combination of hermeticity, transparency, strength, and chemical durability make it …

As prescribed by pharmacopoeias, containers should meet certain condition of stability to be
used for pharmaceutical products. Glass containers are classified according to their …

Among the factors that affect the glass surface chemical durability, pH and complexing
agents present in aqueous solution have the main role. Glass surface attack can be also …

Glass is used as packaging material for parenteral formulation from years. Various untoward
occurrences have observed over the period of time with glass containers which leads to …

Primary packaging containers used for the storage of parenteral drugs are designed to
protect the medicinal product from the environment to ensure patient safety. Mainly …

Despite the proliferation of new drug delivery systems for parenteral products, glass vials
remain the most widely used primary containers worldwide. This trend is expected to …