Glass vials have come a long way from mere commodities and are now considered an integral part of final drug product. Borosilicate glass vials have been a mainstay for primary pharmaceutical packaging ...

CORNING, N.Y. — When Corning Incorporated developed something called Valor glass a decade ago, the company never imagined it would play such a vital role during a world health crisis. "It's just ...

Glass flaking or delamination can result in a failed quality-assurance test, thus bringing production to a halt and causing substantial revenue loss. If glass delamination remains undiscovered, it can ...

As the world waits for COVID-19 vaccines, some pharmaceutical companies stand armed and ready with an exciting improvement: better vials to hold the doses. Vials haven’t changed much in the last 100 ...

The pharmaceutical company worker stood at the top of a stairwell, holding a tiny glass vial in their hand. They held the vial out, peering at the ground three storeys below and dropped the vial. On ...

FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - Drugmakers are warning of a potential shortage of vials to bottle future COVID-19 vaccines, but their rush to secure supplies risks making matters worse, some major medical ...