Panelists in this video:
+ Ajay Bapat, Consultant, Packaging Concepts (Moderator)
+ Vinayak Joshi, Sr. National Sales Manager, West Pharmaceutical Services
+ Avinash Ballal, Head – Packaging Development, Serum Institute of India
+ Saravanan TJ, Associate Director – Packaging Development, Biocon Biologics
+ Tridip Majumdar, Head-Packaging Development-Sterile, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
+ Kumar Suman, AGM, Head-Injectable Packaging Development, Macleods Pharmaceuticals
Key Highlights:
[+] Quality by Design is a very key aspect to consider during the creation and adoption of packaging for high value biopharma products and vaccines.
[+] Prefilled syringes (PFS) is a growing trend. They have great potential, however challenges in terms of viscosity, dosing accuracy also exist. The greatest challenge for PFS is the product nature itself.
[+] West Pharmaceutical Services have specific products that cater to small batch size requirements of biologics. They support biologics R&D activities and help products reach the market faster.
[+] Digitalisation and automation can bring new capabilities and efficiencies to packaging of biopharma products and vaccines. But, scale, training of resources, evolving regulations, trained resource etc are key to leverage their potential.
[+] Biopharma and vaccine supply chains are getting fortified through technology. Monitoring systems such as real time data loggers and VVM are protecting the efficacy and quality of high value biopharma products and vaccines.