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Amanta invests Rs.80 crore to design & develop new generation IV fluid system Steriport
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Our Bureau, Bengaluru
May 30 , 2016
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Amanta Healthcare Ltd., a manufacturer of sterile dosages covering
critical care, fluid therapy, respiratory care and eye care products,
has now pumped in Rs.80 crore for the design and development of SteriPort which is a new generation IV fluid system.
Global
standards such as Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme (PIC/s)
and European Pharmacopoeia (EP) have emphasized a lot on container
integrity. Some of the most critical aspects are sterility, transparency
and closure system. Amongst others world over sterilization of
container at 121 degrees C is a norm and a necessary condition to meet
most of regulatory guidelines. 90 per cent of IV fluids bottles in India
do not comply. The other critical aspect is a closure system to ensure
leak-free IV administration and supplementary medication without
breaching the container integrity. The container has to be transparent
so that any contamination in it can be detected before administrating.
However,
the fact is that 85 per cent – 90 per cent% of IV containers are
neither meeting sterility requirement nor have necessary closure system
and are, at best, translucent, said Bhavesh Patel, MD, Amanta
Healthcare.
SteriPort is a novel packaging concept. It has high
sterility assurance level (sterilized at 121 degrees C), and is as
transparent as a glass container and has two port closure systems.
Moreover, the product and the process meet the global standards like
Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme and European Pharmacopoeia
on critical aspects like container integrity, drug delivery compliances
and drug compatibility. Its unique feature is that it is compatible
with most of the oncology products for IV administration, which is not
the case with polyethylene (PE) bottles.
“Innovation and adopting
new concepts comes naturally. SteriPort – is made of Random Co-Polymer
(RCPP). This polymer resists temperature up to 125 degree C. It has
superior tensile strength, optical and barrier property.
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