Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Drug Packaging

Containers, packaging, and packaging materials for drugs and BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS. These include those in ampule, capsule, tablet, solution or other forms. Packaging includes immediate-containers, secondary-containers, and cartons. In the United States, such packaging is controlled under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which also stipulates requirements for tamper-resistance and child-resistance. Similar laws govern use elsewhere. (From Code of Federal Regulations, 21 CFR 1 Section 210, 1993) DRUG LABELING is also available.

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Abstract

Containers, packaging, and packaging materials for drugs and BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS. These include those in ampule, capsule, tablet, solution or other forms. Packaging includes immediate-containers, secondary-containers, and cartons. In the United States, such packaging is controlled under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which also stipulates requirements for tamper-resistance and child-resistance. Similar laws govern use elsewhere. (From Code of Federal Regulations, 21 CFR 1 Section 210, 1993) DRUG LABELING is also available.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Packaging, Drug
  • Drug Packagings
  • Packagings, Drug
  • Drug Containers
  • Drug Containers and Closures
  • Container, Drug
  • Containers, Drug
  • Drug Container

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

includes containers, packaging methods, packaging materials; IM; DRUG LABELING is also available

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History Note

78; was DRUG CONTAINERS AND CLOSURES 1968-77

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Previous Indexing

  • Drug Industry (1966-1967)
  • Pharmacy (1966-1967)

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NLM Classification

QV 825

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Drug Packaging. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004349. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004349
  2. Drug Packaging. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_packaging
  3. Drug Packaging. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7180760