A new approach to blister packing of highly potent drugs

Published: 3-Dec-2013

High potency drugs place demanding requirements on blister machinery and often result in a trade-off between flexibility and scalability. Marc Schweisfurth, Managing Director, Rohrer, examines the issues and describes a new machine, jointly designed with the Swiss company, Skan, to meet these challenges

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High potency drugs place demanding requirements on blister machinery. The provision of adequate operator protection and the need to seal the blister inside an isolator are just some of the customer demands for such packaging equipment. These complex requirements often result in a trade-off in flexibility and scalability, and commonly, solutions become dedicated to limited product or pack formats.

Rohrer and Skan’s answer to this challenge is a novel blister machine that is fully-contained and has integrated systems that enable the safe and flexible development or production of both class 3 and 4 compounds. This new development combines advanced isolator technology with an operator friendly and highly flexible blister machine.

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