Quality Testing Of Glass For Pharmaceuticals

Dr Jim Janimak, Global Packaging and Development Manager for Eli Lilly & Co, focused on Quality Testing of Glass component supplier starts with gathering and sorting of supplier information. After choosing a potential supplier, the pharmaceutical company will do feasibility (extractables and leachables) and non product stability studies with the containers in question. Lastly, product specific testing and supplier certification takes place. Only after all these steps have been completed will the pharmaceutical company be in a position to use packaging from a given supplier.