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Primary, secondary and tertiary packaging
Working labels for the pack that touches the dose, the carton around it, and the shipper. Not a statute quote.
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Packaging
Operational labels for medicine packs, and the questions a packaging line has to answer.
Start here
Start with the three-layer labels, then use the comparison and process pages. None of them states a machine speed or a supply offer.
Primary, secondary and tertiary packaging defines the working labels used on this site and says they are not a quotation of a statute. Blister and bottle packaging compares unit-dose cards and multi-dose bottles without calling either form universally better. Pharmaceutical cartoning lists the checks around a carton, a leaflet and a missing component. Sachet and stick pack separates a flat sachet from a narrow stick and keeps food trials out of medicine claims. Pharmaceutical overwrapping explains a film around a carton and why that film is not the pack in contact with the dose. Packaging line selection turns a line into a requirement list rather than a price sheet.
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Blister and bottle packaging compared
A conditional comparison of unit-dose cards and multi-dose bottles, based on public descriptions rather than a test.
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Pharmaceutical cartoning, leaflets and missing parts
The checks around erecting a carton, inserting a leaflet and rejecting a missing component, without invented speeds.
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Sachet and stick pack compared
How a flat sachet differs from a narrow stick, and why a food trial is not medicine evidence.
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What pharmaceutical overwrapping does and does not do
Film around a carton is not the pack in contact with the dose, and it is not an automatic tamper proof.
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How to define a pharmaceutical packaging line
A requirement list for interfaces and checks, not a catalogue of prices or suppliers.