Technology Tubes Protection strategy Product integrity Type Overt feature System Anti-reusing/Anti-refilling : Packaging Medium Primary packaging Authentication/Identificaton Authentication Traceability No Cost Price on request Required equipment none Vertification level Pharmacist; User N.B. Description Tubes made from metal or plastic (squeezable for dermatological creams and ointments). Snap-off caps, removable or pierceable foil seals and shrink sleeves are used as tamper evident feature. Features, such as labels, can also be added on the tube Strengths Product integrity; Product protection; Tamper evidence (cap); Possibility to add anti-counterfeiting features on the tube’s surface; Limitations Easily copied by counterfeiters; Can be refilled if there is no tamper evident feature (such as removable or pierceable foil seals); Links:
Technology Tubes
Protection strategy Product integrity
Type Overt feature
System Anti-reusing/Anti-refilling : Packaging
Medium Primary packaging
Authentication/Identificaton Authentication
Traceability No
Cost Price on request
Required equipment none
Vertification level Pharmacist; User
N.B.
Description Tubes made from metal or plastic (squeezable for dermatological creams and ointments). Snap-off caps, removable or pierceable foil seals and shrink sleeves are used as tamper evident feature. Features, such as labels, can also be added on the tube
Strengths Product integrity; Product protection; Tamper evidence (cap); Possibility to add anti-counterfeiting features on the tube’s surface;
Limitations Easily copied by counterfeiters; Can be refilled if there is no tamper evident feature (such as removable or pierceable foil seals);
Links:
Technology Tubes
Protection strategy Product integrity
Type Overt feature
System Anti-reusing/Anti-refilling : Packaging
Medium Primary packaging
Authentication/Identificaton Authentication
Traceability No
Cost Price on request
Required equipment none
Vertification level Pharmacist; User
N.B.

| Description | Tubes made from metal or plastic (squeezable for dermatological creams and ointments). Snap-off caps, removable or pierceable foil seals and shrink sleeves are used as tamper evident feature. Features, such as labels, can also be added on the tube |
| Strengths | Product integrity; Product protection; Tamper evidence (cap); Possibility to add anti-counterfeiting features on the tube’s surface; |
| Limitations | Easily copied by counterfeiters; Can be refilled if there is no tamper evident feature (such as removable or pierceable foil seals); |
| Links: |