Role of active packaging in drug development

The role and importance of active packaging in drug development was covered very well by Dhairy Sharma, Technical Sales, Cilicant, through an insightful presentation at Daman Pharma Summit 2022. Accentuating packaging’s pivotal role in drug development, he detailed how active packaging acts as a smart packaging solution to enhance the shelf life of a package system, when used in a scientific manner.

He also informed that as the names suggests, active packaging is functionally active and helps to maintain and manage some key aspects of the drug which helps to protect its efficacy and effectiveness. He explained that the volume of the bottle, oxygen transmission rate (OTR), moisture vapour transmission rate (MVTR), RH, temperature condition and the shelf life are very crucial considerations. Sharma also elabo- rated on the vital connection between moisture content and water and informed that mois- ture content is quantitative in nature, and a driving force that decides how one can choose the right packaging. Giving more details about his company and its active