“ODF and MBF” – a Novel Introduction
Typical Process Demands on Conversion and Packaging
Maschinen- und Anlagenbau
Key Words New drug delivery | Oral and buccal application | Film dissolution | Film converting | Quality control | Packaging requirements
Abstract
Tablets and capsules remain the most popular and accepted dosage forms, but use of orally dissolving films to deliver existing and potential new APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) also offer advantages, including patient convenience and lifecycle extensions. Final packaging of the individual film provides safe use and protecting until the point of use with respect to the dissolvable polymer matrix behaviors. Typically packaging elements like humidity, choice of packaging material, packaging design and appropriate opening features combined with intuitive handling are key elements to consider. The following article outlines the dosage form’s basic principles, advantages and highlights typical process demands on conversion and packaging.
Korrespondenz:
Hartmut Thier, Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, Helmholtzstrasse 4, 71573 Allmersbach i.T.; e-mail: Hartmut.Thier@hoefliger.de
 | Hartmut Thier Hartmut Thier graduated in engineering studies followed by an executive MBA at the University of Würzburg and in Boston. For more than 20 years he has been working in leading positions for special machinery companies which are supplying process and packaging equipment to the Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Industry. His focus is on Transdermal Patches or Transdermal Therapeutic Systems (TTS/TDS). He is personally dedicated to Oral |
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