At the FDD Conclave 2025, Dhairy Sharma, Manager – Business Development (Healthcare Division), Cilicant presented a session titled, ‘Innovative active packaging: Step towards a more sustainable future.’
The session focused on the impact of moisture and oxygen on product degradation and the role of active packaging in addressing this challenge. Sharma began by showcasing the factors that impact product stability exposure to air and humidity.
To address these challenges, Sharma introduced Cilicant’s Accuflip, an equilibrium relative humidity (ERH) regulator which regulates the ERH within a specified range to protect the product. It contains a specialised sorbent which can adsorb and desorb moisture to maintain the specified range of the ERH level according to the requirement of primary packaging.
Sharma also spoke about another active packaging solution from Cilicant that includes desiccant and oxygen absorbers. OXABIDE is an oxygen absorber comprised of iron-based compounds that absorbs oxygen. It helps to create an anaerobic environment by limiting the progression of oxidative degradation by reducing the oxygen present within the primary packaging.
It comes in a canister form encasing high-potency compressed tablets. Describing its benefits, Sharma highlighted that its laser-marked canister design offers clean aesthetics, customisable printing options, eliminates ink-related concerns since they don’t need labels and therefore has almost zero online rejections due to label peeling.
Concluding the session, Sharma underlined the importance of selecting the right active packaging solutions to maintain product stability and safeguard the product shelf life.