PREFACE
The pharmacy profession has made unlimited growth since last 50 years and hence pharmaceutical education has also been promoted at highest levels of standards. The present book in your hand help to understand what is packaging technology, what are different types, and what are the importances of packaging. This book provides a very systematic and comprehensive coverage of the theory as well as the illustration of application thereof. This book is designed to serve as textbook for students who are studying packaging technology at the undergraduate and post graduate level. It covers almost all types of packaging in industries.
The systematic structure of the book is assigned to cover the major syllabus of packaging technology into 19 topics.
Chapter 1 to 6 describe that what is packaging, future of packaging, packaging design research, different types of pharmaceutical containers, new trends in pharmaceutical packaging, different types of packaging materials and detail study of glass, plastic and metals in packaging .
Chapter 7 describes the detailed study of blister and strip packaging. Chapter 8 to 9 explains ancillary materials and rubber.
Chapter 10 describes closures, different types of closures and liners. Chapter 11 explains corrugated fiberboard.
Chapter 12 to13 describe sterilization methods of packaging materials and packaging of sterile pharmaceuticals.
Chapter 14 to 16 describes defects in packages, labelling of packages and packaging testing.
Chapter 17 and 18 describes stability of packages, packaging regulation and legal requirements.
Chapter 19 describes the detailed study of packaging functions.
We wish to acknowledge our great indebtedness to our teachers and collegous who have contributed towards the first volume of in one way or other. However our most sincere thanks are due to Dr. Umashankar Nagaich, Dr. Suman Jain, Dr.Ashutosh Kar, Dr. Manoj Sharma, Dr. Surendra Mohan Tiwari.
We also thankful to Mr. Ravindra Dhakad and Mr. Rajiv Chaurasia for their advises and constant encouragement in our endevour.
We also highly thankful to Mr. S. K.Jain and his team (CVS publishers) for their dynamic efforts for this publication.
We also thankful to our family members and finally we are thankful to God.
Place: Gwalior
