Pharmaceutical packaging innovations: enhancing drug safety, efficacy, and patient compliance: A brief review

Ansari, Abdul Wadood and Yadav, Arti, Ashish Kumar and Yadav, Abhisek and Mushaid, Mohd and Singh, Tanya (2025) Pharmaceutical packaging innovations: enhancing drug safety, efficacy, and patient compliance: A brief review. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 22 (3). 072-087. ISSN 2582-5542

In the pharmaceutical sector, packaging plays a significant role in the development of different drug formulations. An essential component that protects the pharmaceutical substance is the packaging. Maintaining the quality of pharmaceuticals during storage, delivery, transit, and sale is dependent on the product's quality. Product containment, ease of use, and compliance during storage, transportation, display, and consumption. the stability of medicine solid, liquid, gel or paste form depend on packing material to prevent drug from chemical degradation. There are three levels of classification for pharmaceutical packaging: primary, secondary, and tertiary. The product is closely protected by the primary packaging. The pharmaceutical formulation has direct control over the primary package. secondary packaging that is used for product display and branding. The tertiary package, which is utilized for transportation, is the outermost package of the secondary packaging. Materials like glass, plastic, rubber metal, etc. are used for packing. By offering display, protection, identification, and information against physical damage, content loss, and undesired environmental elements including oxygen, water vapor, and light, packaging preserves the integrity of the product. The purpose of packaging is to keep a product contained so that it cannot interact with the environment. In order to turn the formulation into a product that is both aesthetically pleasing and commercially viable, pharmaceutical packaging plays a crucial role. The review article focused on type of packaging, packaging material and function of packaging.