Gerresheimer and Portal Instruments develop an innovative primary packaging
Düsseldorf/Wackersdorf/Paris, January 21, 2020: Together with Portal Instruments (Boston, USA), Gerresheimer Medical Systems has developed an innovative primary drug container for use in needle-free automatic injection system. The cartridge-like container, made of the high-performance polymer COP, serves as the primary packaging for the sensitive active agent and is equipped with a nozzle, with which the hair-thin jet of medication is generated for the injection.
Automatic injection systems play an increasingly important role in the treatment of chronic illnesses. Patients can administer medication themselves at home with these devices and thus save the frequent trip to the doctor’s office. When the injection then also takes place directly through the skin without a needle, many people find it much easier to follow the prescribed treatment. Portal Instruments has developed a needle-free automatic injection system, the injection jet of which is considerably thinner than that of the usual cannulas, and which can inject even viscous medications through the skin in less than a second. The device is also networked through the Internet, so that the correct treatment can be monitored by the patient, and possibly also by the physician.
