Ceepackaging

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Presentation made on filling syringes

A small exhibition during the course of the congress
rounded off the information package.
Dr. Stefan Kettelhoit spoke. This highly qualified pharmacist was
himself previously involved in pharmaceutics manufacturing and also
has specialist experience as an auditor. Today he works with
Gerresheimer Bünde as an expert in quality assurance and pre-sales
support for the competence centre for injection systems. His scientifically
and technically well-informed talk took the conference
participants in Mannheim through all the steps in syringe production.
Kettelhoit not only described the individual production
processes and advanced techniques used for quality assurance but
also provided an overview of the various syringe types and finishing
possibilities. In particular he focussed on individual up-to-the-minute
aspects – especially with regard to highly sensitive biotech drugs:
revealing sideline comments here informed the participants about
the physicochemical relationships and special processes such as
baked-on siliconisation.
With highly competent speakers from the pharmaceutical industry,
the responsible supervision authorities and the fields of plant
engineering and syringe production, the conference as a whole
provided a comprehensive overview of the requirements and
manufacturing norms according to the latest status of technology.
The overall standard is set by the ready-to-fill category says Burkhard
Lingenberg, Marketing and Communications Director for the
Gerresheimer Group: “It stands for highly-advanced technologies, so
its above-average growth rate is by no means coincidental.” The
safety and convenience offered by ready-to-fill syringes today in
drug-delivery practice was clearly demonstrated by the
accompanying exhibition, in which Gerresheimer displayed its
systems together with intelligent accessories.