Almac, a provider of contract services for global pharmaceutical and biotech markets, expanded its Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency/U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved U.K. commercial packaging facility by adding a Noack N 623 blister packaging line from Romaco.
The packaging line acquisition aims to meet growing client demand for enhanced flexibility related to larger blister sizes and multi-unit blister formats, along with a requirement for non-permeability and enhanced environmental protection, particularly product humidity control.
The flexible, cGMP-compliant technology can be configured to process both thermoform and coldform materials, with maximum blister sizes of 220 mm x 155 mm. The line’s automatic feeding system, filling inspection and ejection station, and shorter set-up times provide increased productivity, processing over 25,000 blisters/hr, including multi-product blisters.
