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Specialty Pharma Co. Offers New Single Doses with Liquid Cup Filling Machine

A new unit-dosing cup machine allows WES Pharma to offer a controlled substance in single doses without sacrificing floorspace.

Ferguson selected the FD-Pharma™ Series II from Medical Packaging Inc.
Ferguson selected the FD-Pharma™ Series II from Medical Packaging Inc.

Manufacturers and regulatory bodies are increasingly looking at the way packaging plays a role in proper dosing of controlled substances.

WES Pharma Inc., a Maryland-based specialty pharmaceutical company,manufactures a controlled substance for oral dosage that, until recently, was distributed in 500 mL bottles.WES saw a need in the market to add single-use packaging for the low-viscosity liquid product.

“We were originally looking at our options and were planning to outsource the packaging of smaller dosages down to a quantity of 5 mL,” says Rick Ferguson, Director of Manufacturing at WES, which offers research, development, manufacturing and marketing of both OTC and prescription generic products in liquid and solid form.

“We went to visit a contract packager where another product was being manufactured and decided that if a machine doesn’t take up much space, it would be ideal to bring packaging in-house,” he says.

Challenges

Floorspace and accuracy were key decision points for WES when they sought a new packaging machine. As Ferguson explains, “Because this is single-unit packaging and not multi-dose units, the biggest challenge is accuracy. There’s a regulatory requirement that the weight of 10 containers has to average out to 100% of target.”

Implementation

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