Ampoules are a traditional type of primary packaging for pharmaceutical drugs that offer a good choice for emerging markets. Here, Lothar Haaf, general manager of Gerresheimer and Dr Volker Rekowski, chairman of the Gerresheimer Quality Council, discuss the benefits of this product.
Traditionally packaged
Ampoules were developed at around the same time as injections were invented as a form of medical treatment. With this type of primary packaging, pharmaceutical drugs only contact the inert and gas/vapour-impermeable material — glass — which is also tamper-proof.