Neopac applicator tube Among the innovations highlighted at CPHI Frankfurt last November, Neopac introduced a tube with a specific applicator for Bayer Consumer Health’s Canesten cream. Canesten is a product for the treatment of fungal infections that relieves athlete’s foot and is packaged in a Neopac Polyfoil®tube fitted with a special applicator made of soft TPE (thermoplastic elastomer). This allows the patient to apply the product without having manual contact Flacons en quartz with the product and the infected area, which is highly Le Japonais Nexus présentait un tout nouveau matériau contagious. Bayer Consumer Health needed to develop an pour les flacons pharmaceutiques lors du CPHI Francfort applicator geometry that would allow effortless treatment : le quartz. Fabriqués à partir de quartz pur, ces flacons évitent of the skin areas between the toes. To achieve this, the ainsi tout risque de délamination ou de modification du pH que applicator material had to be flexible and compatible l’on peut rencontrer avec des flacons en verre ou en plastique. with the filling formulation. Neopac also incorporated a rotating ring on the applicator to prevent leakage and Quartz vials protect the product. On/off marking indicates whether the applicator is open or closed and, thanks to a novel ribbing The Japanese Nexus introduced a totally new material for phar- effect, operation of the rotating ring is convenient for for maceutical vials at CPHI Frankfurt: quartz. Made from pure quartz, anyone, regardless of their dexterity. The Polyfoil®tube these vials prevent the risk of delamination or pH changes that protects the product against light, air and water vapour. might occur with glass or plastic vials. SWEN