EVENTS Express Pharma to host maiden edition of Indore Pharma Summit in August

Indore Pharma Summit 2023 will provide opportunity

Express Pharma is organising a series of “Pharma Summits” across the nation's pharma centres to strategically leverage opportunities as well as find and apply new operating business models that support a value-driven approach to foster business growth.

Indore, with its strategic location, well-developed economic zones and industrial cen- tres, skilled workforce can emerge as a big pharma hub and significantly accelerate the growth of the sector and of the economy. The city, with its conducive environment is wellpositioned to add value and volume to pharma products.

Indore Pharma Summit 2023 will provide the opportunity for professionals in the pharma sector to come together and exchange ideas on the most recent trends, challenges, and opportunities in the industry. It will offer an opportunity to network, learn, access policymakers, explore business opportunities, and stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and developments.

Therefore, Express Pharma, is organising the maiden edition of the Indore Pharma Summit on August 25, 2023.

Suggested topics

◆ Optimising pharma logistics for excellence

◆ Digital disruption in pharma

◆ Trends and disruptions redefining the pharma landscape

◆ Empowering pharma manufacturing: Driving efficiency and quality

◆ Accelerating innovation in drug development

◆ Regulatory compliance in the digital age

What is a Type I glass?

Schott Glass India: Type I is a special designation used in the ISO standards and Pharmacopeia to describe the quality of glass used for pharmaceutical primary packaging. Type I describes the highest quality and is generally recommended to be used for parenteral packaging. According to the definition in the current Pharmacopeia Type I glasses are Borosilicate glasses containing significant amounts of boric oxide, aluminum oxide and alkali and/or alkaline earth oxides. With this composition they offer a high hydrolytic resistance and a high thermal shock resistance. Whether glasses belong to the group of Type I glasses is determined with both the glass grain test and the container surface test, which are described in the pharmacopeia. Both tests evaluate the resistance of the glass against water attack at 121°C. The higher the resistance of the glass is the higher is its quality and the more it is a preferable packaging material.

What is a Type III glass and what is this usuallyused for?

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Schott Glass India : A Type III glass usually is a soda-lime glass with a higher content of Alkali and Alkaline earth metals like Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), Barium (Ba), Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg). The glass is therefore softer and easier to convert. They have a CTE of higher than 9.0 10-6/K. This makes them more susceptible to thermal shock breakage and they are not recommended to be used for lyophilization processes, as also written in the Ph. Eur. Furthermore, due to its composition it also has a much lower hydrolytic resistance, therefore they are recommended and very well suitable for orals, cosmetics, etc., yet not for parenteral products.

For more information contact: santosh.jadhav@schott.com

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