ISO standards give specifications for glass bottles in pharma

19 January 2017

The potency, purity, stability, and safety of a drug can be strongly affected by the performance of the primary pack. Three ISO standards have been published specifying the design, dimensions, material and requirements for glass bottles. Together with the corresponding closure systems, they serve for packaging of pharmaceutical preparations which are not intended for parenteral use.
NEN-ISO 11418-1:2016 is applicable to drop-dispensing glass bottles, NEN-ISO 11418-2:2016 is applicable to screw-neck glass bottles for syrups and NEN-ISO 11418-3:2016 is applicable to screw-neck glass bottles (veral) for solid and liquid dosage forms (World Packaging Standardisation Newsletter, January 2017).
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