With revolutionary advances being made in the development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals these past few years, along with greater access to these products globally, packaging equipment is evolving in an equally impressive manner. Sophisticated, high-tech systems now address the most diverse drug product requirements.

Among the chief trends impacting pharmaceutical packaging equipment are biopharmaceuticals and highly potent compounds, which require sophisticated containment systems, personalized medicine, requiring scale flexibility, and serialization requirements for Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) compliance. 

Generally, the trend toward smaller-sized, very flexible and modular packaging systems is still ongoing, according to Matthias Poslovski, technical sales director at OPTIMA pharma GmbH. “These elaborate processing systems assure that every drop of an existing amount of pharmaceutical product can be transferred into a saleable unit,” he said. “What’s behind this trend is mainly the growing sector of biopharmaceuticals, which are typically chara