Effective Alternatives for Ammonium Sulfate Treated Pharmaceutical Glass Vials

Rubrik: Technik

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Crawford A | Zuccato D | Hladik B

Effective Alternatives for Ammonium Sulfate Treated Pharmaceutical Glass Vials / Crawford et al. • Alternatives for Ammonium Sulfate Treated Glass Vials · Crawford A, Zuccato D, Hladik B · SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems, Lebanon, PA (USA)
Alkali-borosilicate glass has been the material of choice for pharmaceutical primary packaging over the course of decades [ 1 ]. This is due to its technical characteristics, such as its chemical durability, optical transparency, thermal expansion, and mechanical strength, as well as business considerations of speed and cost of manufacture along with raw material availability. These features allow alkali-borosilicate glass to fulfill the requirements to contain a plethora of drug materials in a safe, reliable, and effective manner [ 1 – 4 ]. While originally soda-lime-silicates were the first glass containers produced to store valuable substances, early scientific endeavors found ...