Drug Preservation and Shelf Life Extension

Many drugs are sensitive to oxygen, moisture and microorganisms in the environment. For example, some drug components that are prone to oxidation, like vitamin C tablets, can easily be oxidized and lose their efficacy when in contact with oxygen. The vacuum packaging machine can effectively reduce the oxygen content by extracting the air inside the packaging and inhibit the oxidation reaction of drugs. Meanwhile, it can prevent drugs from getting damp and deteriorating by reducing the entry of moisture, thus significantly extending the shelf life of drugs. Especially for some drugs that need to be stored for a long time or those with high requirements for stability, such as biological products like vaccines, vacuum packaging is one of the key measures to ensure their quality.

Maintaining the Stability of Active Ingredients in Drugs

The active ingredients in drugs are the key parts for exerting the curative effect. In a vacuum environment, the interaction between active ingredients and external environmental factors can be reduced. Take antibiotic drugs as an example. Their active ingredients may decompose or change in chemical structure due to factors such as light and humidity changes in an ordinary environment. Vacuum packaging can provide a relatively stable preservation environment for these drugs, ensure the stability of active ingredients, and enable drugs to continuously and effectively play a therapeutic role within the period of use.

Preventing Cross-Contamination of Drugs

During the drug production and packaging process, there is a risk of cross-contamination between different drugs. The vacuum packaging machine can conduct independent vacuum packaging for each drug packaging unit to isolate drugs from the external environment. For example, in factories that produce multiple compound preparations, the mixture of different drug ingredients may cause adverse reactions. Through vacuum packaging, the diffusion of the ingredients of one drug into the packaging of another drug can be avoided, ensuring the safety and purity of drugs.

Facilitating the Transportation and Storage of Drugs

The packaging of drugs after vacuum packaging becomes more compact and can better resist vibration and collision during the transportation process. For some fragile drug dosage forms, such as capsules, vacuum packaging can reduce the damage caused by friction and collision between capsules. Moreover, vacuum packaging makes the space occupied by drugs relatively smaller, so that more drugs can be stored in the limited storage space, facilitating the large-scale warehousing and transportation of drugs and improving the logistics efficiency.

Meeting the Hygiene and Regulatory Requirements for Drug Packaging

The pharmaceutical industry has strict regulations on the hygiene and safety of packaging. The vacuum packaging machine usually adopts materials that meet pharmaceutical-grade standards and clean processes to ensure that the packaging process complies with the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Its packaging with good sealing performance can prevent external pollutants from entering the inside of drug packaging, ensure the purity and safety of drugs, and meet the strict regulatory requirements of the pharmaceutical industry.