Amcor Flexibles and Rohrer Win a 2017 Alufoil Trophy

The Frangible Formpack Blister is a multi-chamber pharmaceutical blister that enables moisture-sensitive active ingredients such as drugs, vaccines or diagnostic reactants to be contained in the same package safely, prior to being mixed and dispensed. It has been jointly developed by Amcor Flexibles and machine builder Rohrer – Leading Solutions.
 
One chamber can be filled with a dry powder incorporating the active ingredient, the other one with a liquid. Due to the peelable frangible seal that opens the channel, both components are mixed by pushing on the cavities.
 
“Sensitive dry medicines can be damaged by exposure to light, heat and, especially moisture,” Guido Schmitz, director of packaging design in Consumer Health, Bayer, the head of judging, noted.  “This pack goes a long way to solving all these issues, while offering a secure means of delivering it, in a liquid solution with sterile water, in almost any environment. This is a very well designed pack with much wider potential for application.”