DuPont™ Tyvek® for Pharma and Healthcare Desiccant Packaging

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DuPont™ Tyvek®, trusted material for your pharma and healthcare desiccant packaging

For pharmaceutical and healthcare products, moisture is always a challenge. It can impact the chemical and physical stability of drugs and nutritional supplements. Desiccant packs inside the product packaging can help absorb the moisture inside and help preserve the products throughout their shelf life.

However, desiccants particle shedding or possible leakage might be potential contamination threats to the healthcare products. The pharmaceutical and healthcare sector faces stringent regulations that vary from country to country, particularly concerning materials that come into contact with the contents.

What Tyvek® can provide:

  • Supporting Regulatory information for selected offering: European Pharmacopoeia 3.1.3 and 3.1.5; <USP 661.1>; US FDA Food Contact Regulation (21 CFR 177.1520); European Food Contact Regulation (EU N° 10/2011 and EC N° 2023/2006) – The regulatory information letters are available upon request.
  • Breathability helps enabling moisture absorption.
  • Low linting, super nonwoven structure and good durability to keep what inside always inside.
  • Tyvek® styles without antistatic treatment will not promote the growth of mildew or other microorganisms.
  • Chemical and solvent resistance.

Product Offerings:

DuPont™ Tyvek® 1059B and 1073B

Typical applications,
for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals,
and diagnostic test kits:

  • Humidity control
  • Oxygen scavengers
  • Odor adsorption

Count on DuPont™ Tyvek® for demanding active packaging solutions!
Learn more: http://activepackaging.tyvek.com


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