Clariant doubles up its drug delivery materials at MD&M West and Pharmapack

The latest materials for disposable drug delivery devices can be seen at both MD&M West and Pharmapack thanks to Clariant

Clariant is exhibiting at both trade shows in order to highlight its Mevopur additives, including colour and additive concentrates (masterbatches) as well as finished plastic compounds.

Steve Duckworth, Clariant's global head, healthcare polymer solutions, said: "The way in which pharmaceuticals are packaged and used by patients is changing rapidly and colour has an important role to play.

“Not only does colour help identify products, it also can make delivery devices more attractive and may help to increase the likelihood that patients will adhere to their treatment regimen."

"Although the use of nucleating additives is not new," Duckworth concludes, "the fact that the additive is available as a Mevopur product gives the customer a level of regulatory support and change control that is not normally available but increasingly essential for materials used in many medical devices and pharmaceutical packaging products.

“The combination of Clariant technical expertise and focus on the needs of the market allows us to help the healthcare sector realise the same creative opportunities that are available in the less-regulated personal-care-packaging and consumer-goods markets."

Clariant is exhibiting at:

MD&M West, booth 2248 at the Anaheim Convention Centre in Anaheim, California February 9-11.

Pharmapack Europe, stand 430/431 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, 10-11 February.