Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation is a global leader in manufacturing generic respiratory medications and a pharmaceutical contract manufacturer. Nephron is headquartered in Orlando, FL and manufactures all its pharmaceuticals in the U.S. For a new production facility in South Carolina, Nephron was on the lookout for a supplier and service provider for secondary packaging line processing – taking products from the filling system to the pallet – and ideally, coordinated from a single source.
In the new facility, Nephron planned to package what would be an entirely new product for the company: an injection agent to be filled in a new type of vial – using polypropylene for the first time, instead of polyethylene. Nephron didn’t yet have any direct experience in handling this product in the secondary packaging system. Furthermore, the products had to be sterilized in an autoclave – another process step with which the company wasn’t familiar. And finally, the products would have to be fitted with a shrink-wrap sleeve prior to packing, instead of a labeled pouch or a separate label, like other Nephron products.