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Medical Polymers In India: Technological Developments And
Growth Pattern
Outstanding Transparency, Good Processability, Adds
Quality and Value
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Mr.Masayuki Sakai
Regional Lead, Asia Pacific,
Healthcare & Diagnostics
Styrolution ABS (India) Ltd |
The
growth of consumption for medical polymers in India
India’s primary
competitive advantage over other Asian countries lies
in its large pool of highly trained medical
professionals and well established pharmaceutical
infrastructure. The demand on medical polymers in
India is expected to achieve rapid growth due to the
booming medical device sector; supported by increasing
middle-class population, government initiatives and
cost advantage.
The specific product areas
where polymers being supplied by the company have
substituted conventional materials for medical
applications. |
Styrenics are marvelous
polymers. Its copolymerization capability generates added
quality and value, such as high impact strength,
outstanding transparency, excellent chemical resistance,
low density, balanced performance and good process ability
etc. Styrolution’s broad styrenics portfolio which
includes Terlux HD (MABS), Novodur HD (ABS),
Luran HD (SAN), Styrolux (SBC), Styroflex
(S-TPE), Zylar (MBS), NAS (SMMA), GPPS and
HIPS has been gaining popularity in the following medical
device segments:
• Infusion System:
Connectors, Stopcocks, Filters, Spikes etc.
• Flexible Device: Tubing, Bags, Drip Chambers etc.
• Respiratory Device: Inhalers, Nebulizers, Face Masks,
Gas Filters etc.
• Cardiovascular: Dialyzer, Oxygenator, Transfusion System
etc.
Effect of Improving
Regulations on the global medical device industry. The
regulations and compliance criteria met by Polymers
Supplied by The Company.
USP Class VI and
ISO-10993-5. (Additional ISO-10993 parts certification is
also available depending on grades.) Besides, our medical
grade polymers comply with EUP (European Pharmacopoeia),
JP (Japanese harmacopoeia) as well and are registered in
DMF (Drug Master File at FDA). Styrolution has been
committed to Medical Device Industry for long years. To
support this, we offer a special Service Package,
including Long term supply, Fixed resin formulation,
Enhanced quality control and Global regulatory approval
support, which are beyond the benchmark of plastic
industry.
Polymers for Packaging
Applications.
Medical grade ABS (Novodur
HD) is most popular material of choice for DPI (Dry Powder
Inhaler). This application has typically strict
requirements by the end customers (pharmaceutical
companies), such as regulatory coverage
(bio-compatibility, FDA), interaction between drug and
housing material, security of sustainable supply etc.
Styrolution’s Novodur HD fulfills all those requirements
and further offers material properties like good balance
of stiffness and impact resistance, dimensional stability
and high gross surface, environmental stress crack
resistance (ESCR), which make Novodur HD the perfect-fit
for DPI application.
New developments in the
polymers supplied by the company.
Styrolution had been
selected to partner a leading medical tubing manufacturer,
Microspec in the U.S. for the development of highly
flexible multi-lumen tubing which makes it possible to
administer different medications from one access point.
Styroflex (S-TPE), the solution provided by Styrolution
has advantages overother materials typically used in
medical industry as it offers better clarity, lower drug
absorption, excellent bonding, free plasticizer migration
and better process ability. Furthermore, Styrolux (SBC),
often blended with Styroflex to adjust the hardness, is
being developed by global market leaders as soft segment
of drip chamber. With these developments, it will probably
not be too long before we see that LL the components in
the Infusion System are made by “STYRENICS” solutions –
Bag (S-TPE), Spike (ABS), tube (STPE), Drip chamber (SBoC),
Roller clamp (ABS / HIPS), 3-way Stopcock (MABS), Filter (SMMA)
and IV Catheter (MBS / SBC).
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