Tubing solutions for pharma industry

Vaibhav Datke, Sr Manager-Business Development, Ami Polymer, during his session talked about polymer solutions for the pharma industry and how to select the right polymer for a fluid transfer system. He mentioned about the factors that need to be considered for selecting tubing polymers, which are chemical compatability, temperature, pump compatilibily and compliances.

Datke also spoke about pharma grade products which should be free of toxicity as well as should be compliant with USP Class 88, USP Class 87 and ISO 10993-5 as recommended by the US FDA. He touched upon various types of available polymersand informed that the polymer should be tested for ICH Q3Dguidelines. He also made recommendations for volatile, semi volatile and non-volatile matter testings and talked about silicon and viton elastometers.

His discussion further touched upon the various certificates which Ami Polymer provides. He also presented some case studies, projects and solutions offered by Ami Polymer to its customers.