The company has collaborated with its French counterpart to manufacture this new technology indigenously in India
Gufic Biosciences has launched New Drug Delivery System: Dual Chamber Bags in India.
The company has collaborated with its French counterpart to manufacture this new technology indigenously in India. Until now the dual chamber bags have been largely imported and used to cost very high to the patients. These New Drug Delivery System products have longer shelf -life.
Dr Debesh Das, COO, Gufic Biosciences said, “We are committed to reduce the country’s dependency on imported products especially in critical care segment. Moving ahead with this vision we have launched indigenously produced Dual Chamber Bags of global standards in India at a pocket-friendly price. As we are experiencing rapidly growing demand for our product we look forward to grab major market share in this particular segment.”
These Dual Chamber Bags launched by Gufic Biosciences are 2-Chamber IV Bags made up of polypropylene (DEHP free) with a peelable aluminium foil allowing the storage of unstable drugs which need a reconstitution just before the administration to the patient. The peelable seal separates lyophilised (or powder) drug and its diluent. Moreover, the product complies with the US and EU pharmacopoeias and it is manufactured in ISO7 clean room under cGMP.
Features of Dual Chamber Bags (DCB)
It reduces risk of bloodstream infections and thereby ensures patient’s safety.
- Stability of the drug is much more in DCB rather than vials as it provides complete protection from light & moisture
- The bag’s closed system ensures that the product is sterile and avoids risks of contamination during handling.
- No Nitosamines used- No risk of cancer in diverse organs and tissues.
- DCB, tubing & twist-off port are DEHP free- No risk of cancer, birth defects & other reproductive harms.
- Glue free-Eradicates the risk of interaction with drug product.
- Prefilled with intended dosage and diluent in 2 separate bags- Accurate dosing, easy handling, seal integrity and high stability
- Individualised treatment regimens-Avoids hospital contamination & provides high stability and convenience- Thus significantly improving product quality & patient compliance.
- Provides high stability- Avoids leachability, free of airborne bacterial contaminants & needle stick injuries.
These bags can prevent contamination and protects the potency and efficacy of the drug. They also offer ease of handling at the time of reconstitution and also help in avoiding the dilution errors since the drug is present with the exact required quantity of the diluent to be used. It can be reconstituted just before administration by simply peeling off the aluminium foil and folding & squeezing the bag, thus the diluent enters the drug chamber and mixes with the drug. It is then directly administered as IV infusion to the patient with the help of IV tubes.