Technology Vials 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; Physicians or nurses in charge of administering the product N.B. Several ways can prevent the reuse of vials: addition of a tamper evident flip cap above the rubber stopper (counterfeiters are known to re-glue this flip cap), addition of a shrink sleeve but again counterfeiters can easily obtain this technology Description Glass body with a sealed cap made an aluminum collar and a rubber stopper in the center. Typically used for parenteral products, both in liquid and solid (dried) form. The rubber stopper is usually punctured by a needle, no need to remove the cap. Strengths When a used vial is reused the cap can show sign of puncture on the rubber stopper, the collar can be loose etc..: tamper evidence; An anti counterfeiting feature can be added on the vial such as a security label; Limitations Easily copied by counterfeiters; Can be refilled; Often very sensitive and expensive product and the cap can easily be replaced; Links:
Technology Vials
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; Physicians or nurses in charge of administering the product
N.B. Several ways can prevent the reuse of vials: addition of a tamper evident flip cap above the rubber stopper (counterfeiters are known to re-glue this flip cap), addition of a shrink sleeve but again counterfeiters can easily obtain this technology
Description Glass body with a sealed cap made an aluminum collar and a rubber stopper in the center. Typically used for parenteral products, both in liquid and solid (dried) form. The rubber stopper is usually punctured by a needle, no need to remove the cap.
Strengths When a used vial is reused the cap can show sign of puncture on the rubber stopper, the collar can be loose etc..: tamper evidence; An anti counterfeiting feature can be added on the vial such as a security label;
Limitations Easily copied by counterfeiters; Can be refilled; Often very sensitive and expensive product and the cap can easily be replaced;
Links:
Technology Vials
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; Physicians or nurses in charge of administering the product
N.B. Several ways can prevent the reuse of vials: addition of a tamper evident flip cap above the rubber stopper (counterfeiters are known to re-glue this flip cap), addition of a shrink sleeve but again counterfeiters can easily obtain this technology
| Description | Glass body with a sealed cap made an aluminum collar and a rubber stopper in the center. Typically used for parenteral products, both in liquid and solid (dried) form. The rubber stopper is usually punctured by a needle, no need to remove the cap. |
| Strengths | When a used vial is reused the cap can show sign of puncture on the rubber stopper, the collar can be loose etc..: tamper evidence; An anti counterfeiting feature can be added on the vial such as a security label; |
| Limitations | Easily copied by counterfeiters; Can be refilled; Often very sensitive and expensive product and the cap can easily be replaced; |
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