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Packaging of Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Products

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. H. Lockhart

    1. School of Packaging, Michigan State University, USA
      Center for Food Pharmaceutical Research, USA
      Committee of Revision, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, USA

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  2. F. A. Paine

    1. School of Packaging, Michigan State University, USA
      Packaging Technology & Management, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction to the packaging of pharmaceuticals and healthcare products

    • H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine
    Pages 1-12

  3. Spoilage mechanisms

    • H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine
    Pages 13-24

  4. Packaging requirements of pharmaceuticals

    • H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine
    Pages 25-41

  5. Developing packaging for medical preparations

    • H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine
    Pages 42-67

  6. Licensing considerations regarding the immediate packaging of pharmaceuticals for human use

    • M. J. Robertson
    Pages 68-97

  7. Primary and intermediate packages

    • H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine
    Pages 98-137

  8. Quality Assurance for packaging in the pharmaceutical industry

    • R. R. Evans
    Pages 138-150

  9. Child-resistant packaging

    • H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine
    Pages 151-171

  10. Tamper-evident packaging

    • H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine
    Pages 172-187

  11. Packaging of healthcare products

    • H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine
    Pages 188-205

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 206-211
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About this book

As was the case with Charles Ross's Packaging of Pharmaceuticals published by the UK Institute of Packaging in 1975 it is assumed that the reader of this book already has a broad understanding of the basics of packaging. If not the Packaging Users Handbook and the Handbook of Food Packaging are recommended. The packaging needs of pharmaceuticals are different in degree only from those of other perishable products such as processed foods. Because the required action of a medication can be nullified by any deterioration in its active principles the protection required from its packaging is at least an order of magnitude greater than that needed by foods for example. Functional efficiency is therefore of prime importance. Conversely the need for the packaging to 'sell' the medication is much less, hence the graphics required need only provide the right 'image' for the product when presented for use in hospital or surgery. Even when on sale at the pharmacy the 'appeal' required is that of providing hygiene and confidence more than anything else. Thus, the textual requirements are paramount including traceability (batch numbers, date-coding etc) in case of recall; while striking appearance to attract customer attention is in lower key. And with the increase in malicious tampering nowadays recall is more frequent.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Packaging, Michigan State University, USA

    H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine

  • Center for Food Pharmaceutical Research, USA

    H. Lockhart

  • Committee of Revision, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, USA

    H. Lockhart

  • Packaging Technology & Management, USA

    F. A. Paine

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Packaging of Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Products

  • Authors: H. Lockhart, F. A. Paine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2125-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7514-0167-7Published: 31 December 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5886-2Published: 08 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-2125-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 211

  • Topics: Food Science

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