Is the Packaging Supply Chain Ready?

ABSTRACT

[...]SCHOTT, which operates a global validated production network with 20 plants and more than 600 production lines for pharma glass and packaging, already has delivered millions of glass vials to SARS-CoV-2 programmes including supplying three out of every four COVID-19 vaccine projects undergoing Phase I, II, and III testing (3). Since we produce the pharmaceutical glass tubing for the packaging ourselves, we are also able to adjust the capacities for glass production in advance, which also benefits packaging manufacturers who do not have their own glass production facilities." "Since our sites are already validated by the authorities and by major pharma companies, our expansion is happening at a very fast pace," reports Stöcker. Per the agreement ... with BARDA [Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response], Corning will provide priority access to designated BARDA vaccine and drug development partners."