Addresses the rising need for prefilled syringes

Datwyler one of the leading manufacturers of elastomer components for pharmaceutical packaging is expanding its portfolio with two new products to meet evolving patient demands. The new offerings include a 5 and 8 inches rigid needle shield (RNS) to address the rising need for prefilled syringes to contain vaccines for intramuscular injection and isoprene rubber discs for infusion therapies.

Datwyler’s new 5 and 8 inches RNS answers the call for solutions to increasingly urgent challenges posed by the ongoing pandemic. The onset of Covid-19 has accelerated growth in demand for prefilled syringes and correlating needle shields. The prefilled syringes market is now expected to grow around 13% in the period 2021-2025 reaching a volume of 7.5bn units provided at the global level at the end of 2025. During the same period, the 5 and 8 in. RNS market is expected to grow around 25%, reaching a volume of 1.75bn units provided at the global level at the end of 2025.

Datwyler’s 5 and 8 inches RNS is designed with a best-in-class rubber formulation known as FM30. FM30 enables worldwide regulatory compliance with a low extractable profile and an adequate gas permeability that allows ETO sterilization and facilitates controlled pull-off force, high separation force, and excellent seal integrity. The design is also compatible with standard PFS and runs on standard syringe assembly lines with no necessary changes.

Additionally, Datwyler’s introduction of isoprene rubber discs will also help meet the demand for the packaging of a wide range of infusion therapies.

“This product is an excellent addition to Datwyler’s parenteral packaging portfolio,” said, Howie Yang, head of Market Development China.

The Covid-19 pandemic led to the country-wide lockdown on 25 March 2020. It will be two years tomorrow as I write this. What have we learned in this time? Maybe the meaning of resilience since small companies like us have had to rely on our resources and the forbearance of our employees as we have struggled to produce our trade platforms.

The print and packaging industries have been fortunate, although the commercial printing industry is still to recover. We have learned more about the digital transformation that affects commercial printing and packaging. Ultimately digital will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future.

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