Flexibles Play Vital Role in Medical Supply Chain

When we talk about the healthcare supply chain, the conversation understandably focuses on medicines, medical devices, active pharmaceutical ingredients and the infrastructure needed to manufacture and distribute them. But there is another component that is essential to getting those products safely to patients: packaging. Packaging is not simply what surrounds a medical product. In many cases, it is an integral part of protecting that product from contamination, moisture, oxygen, light, physical damage and other risks throughout manufacturing, transportation, storage and use. That makes packaging a public health issue – and flexible packaging has an important role to play. It also raises important questions about how healthcare packaging can balance demanding safety and performance requirements with growing expectations for material efficiency, waste reduction and sustainability.

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