Containment Technology in the Pharmaceutical Market

Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increasing need for containment equipment of production systems in the pharmaceutical industry. The background is that the number of new drugs developed for cancer diseases and the demand for them is expanding due to the aging of the population. Therefore, an increasing number of companies are setting up facilities for manufacturing highly pharmacologically active drug substances such as anticancer drugs, and regard them as one of the pillars of their business. This way, each company is focusing on expanding production facilities. However, as the handling of highly pharmacologically active drugs increases, cross-contamination (effect on product quality due to contamination with other products), health problems (exposure to workers), and environmental pollution have become issues. For these reasons, a containment technique is required as a measure to prevent powders (hazard substances) having high pharmacological activity from scattering and floating. At our company, there are many inquiries about isolators and booths. In this report, we will summarize the “management classification of hazardous substances and applicable equipment” and “types of containment equipment” and introduce the containment technology in the pharmaceutical market.

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