Pharmaceutical packaging configurations

Lastly, another way to approach the decision about which tool to choose can be addressed from the perspective of which package type from which oxygen levels are desired. For the sake of brevity, only the three most common pharmaceutical packaging (plastic bottles, glass vials/ampoules, blister packages) configurations are discussed. 

The scope of the project includes not only the definition of the final product deliverable but the level of work effort required to complete this project. For example, a new pharmaceutical drug will be used to reduce long-term intractable pain, will be in an injectable form, and will use existing packaging configurations in defined concentrations and formulations. This is an initial, general definition of the product scope. The project scope, however, is much more time consuming and complex to develop and would include ... 

If hydrolysis is expected to be an issue, desiccants can be a valuable addition to the packaging scheme. The rate and capacity for water adsorption of desiccants will vary depending on the type of adsorbent and the configuration (i.e., canister vs. sachet). Table 9 summarizes various desiccant options for use with pharmaceutical products (63). 

LIMS is now a mature technology, and many packages are commercially available. Therefore, this chapter will concentrate on the selection, configuration, and implementation of a LDVtS in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment, rather than the development of in-house software for laboratory management. 

Use standard pharmaceutical industry methods and configurable off-the-shelf packages as much as possible. 

Already, chemistry is turning into a computerized subject, where mathematical modeling of molecules is just as important as molecular synthesis or chemical analysis. The structure of molecules can be worked out from the interatomic potentials using computer packages which are continuously under development at the large pharmaceutical companies (Section 5.3). The configurations of molecules, their reactions, and products will ultimately be predictable through the computer. 

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