New USP Requirements on Plastic Packaging Systems

New USP Requirements on Plastic Packaging Systems

The USP describes in an article of the Pharmacopeial Forum the future requirements for plastic packaging systems. Here, the importance is laid on the selection of suitable, safe plastic materials and the verification of potential interactions. More information can be found here in the News.

GMP News: New USP Requirements on Plastic Packaging Systems

An interesting article from the USP on the future requirements for plastic packaging systems has been published in the Pharmacopoeial Forum 39(6).

In this article, the USP’s experts group provides an overview of the already existing and also the planned General Chapters on pharmaceutical plastic packaging systems. Together both chapters aim to describe a general and chemistry-based approach for the quality and safety of packaging systems and their starting materials for the construction of these packaging systems.

Among the key topics which are discussed, you can find:

• a. The…