West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., a leading global innovative injectable drug administration solutions provider, recently announced the expansion of its remarkable collaboration with Corning Incorporated, which now includes exclusive distribution rights for Corning Valor® Glass vials as well as the launch of its first product, West Ready Pack™ with Corning Valor® RTU Vials employing SG EZ-fill® technology.
The West Ready Pack™ with Corning Valor® RTU Vials integrates West's highest quality NovaPure® stoppers, Flip-Off® CCS (Certified, Clean, Sterilized) seals and Corning's best-in-class Valor® RTU Vials with SG EZ-fill® technology into a complete containment solution to assist in the introduction of parenteral drugs and diagnostics to the market.
West announced its agreement with Corning in January 2022, which includes a multimillion-dollar investment to develop Corning's Valor® Glass technology to improve patient safety and increase access to life-saving therapies. This strategic alliance provides premier elastomer-glass system solutions for injectable drug storage and delivery. In addition, West and Corning intend to collaborate to develop the next generation of integrated packaging and delivery system solutions.
Valor® RTU Vials with SG EZ-fill® technology improve medication storage and distribution, enable more reliable access to important medicines for public health, and maximize production efficiency. This pharmaceutical glass was explicitly created to handle the problems of modern industrial procedures.
The Ready Pack™ mixture of NovaPure® stoppers, Flip-Off® CCS seals, and Valor® RTU Vials with SG EZ-fill® technology offers drug developers the following advantages
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Proven Container Closure Integrity (CCI), which includes the ability to sustain cold storage CCI when cooled to and kept at -80 degrees Celsius;
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Ready-to-use sterile format that may be introduced immediately into filling operations, avoiding the requirement for component preparation;
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Premium components with the most stringent particle requirements available from West; and
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Availability in volumes appropriate for small-scale filling operations with continuity to quantity alternatives for large-scale commercial operations.
About West Pharmaceutical Services
Founded in 1923, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a leading high-quality, innovative injectable solutions and services provider. It is a trusted partner to both established and emergent drug producers and contributes to the safe, effective containment and delivery of life-enhancing and life-saving medications to patients. West supports its clients by supplying over 45 billion components and devices each year, with a team of approximately 10000 members spread across 50 facilities globally. Headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, the company has been operating for over a century and achieved $2.83 billion in net sales in the fiscal year 2021.