A recent peer-reviewed study by Matthew Eckelman, PhD and Robert Litan, PhD found that the lifecycle of a Prefilled Apiject Injector produces 55% fewer carbon emissions than the lifecycle of a standard single-dose glass vial format with syringe. Likewise, the lifecycle of a Prefilled Apiject Injector has a 50% smaller carbon footprint than a standard prefilled syringe, and an estimated 39% less than a multidose vial with staked syringes.
The study also estimates that the Prefilled Apiject Injector also uses less than 1/100th of water per dose in the fill-finish process, requiring only 6.4mL of water as compared to a glass vial needing 750 mL of direct water for cleaning and sterilization of a container for a single 1mL dose.
These environmental benefits are due in large part to the nature of a plastic versus glass primary container. Manufacturing a glass vial is a highly energy-intensive process, and the multiple stages of cleaning a glass vial or syringe uses a lot of water.
In the Blow-Fill-Seal aseptic process, the primary container is made from heated plastic resin that is formed, cooled, filled, and sealed in a 3-8 second procedure. This fill and finish process requires no washing or cleaning steps, and no primary container preparation. Likewise, a plastic BFS container is noticeably lighter than a glass vial, requiring the transportation vehicles to move less weight per dose.
The combination of Blow-Fill-Seal and the Apiject Platform provides environmental benefits from top to bottom of the pharmaceutical delivery chain. To learn more about the lower carbon footprint and reduced environmental impact of Apiject prefilled devices, visit our Expert Content section or read the 3rd party lifecycle assessment study below.
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