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Insulin PackagingCan an excellent product be improved? It sure can!!!
Wockhardt package their insulin a similar way to other manufacturers, but in the time I have been using their vials I have found one frustrating problem.
The penetrable seal on their vials is a fairly hard plastic material of variable thickness and it is often very difficult to penetrate with a needle unless you get very close to the bulls eye (the very centre).
This is fairly difficult to do, especially if you are a diabetic who may be suffering some degree of optical impairment.
I have always tended to use my "single use" syringes a few times (I am not suggesting you do this) and would like to continue to do this for economy reasons. I find I even bend needles occasionally on the Wockhardt vials, even though my vision is quite OK.
I suggest Wockhardt abandon their current impractical partially penetrable seal and use a soft constant thickness "rubber" seal, similar to the ones used by Novo-Nordisk in their vials.Ian Kershaw
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