DuPont will be displaying the Tyvek® range of Cargo Covers at the Convention for Pharmaceutical Ingredients (CPhI) fair in Mumbai, India, from 1st - 3rd December 2015.
"Tyvek® Cargo Covers significantly reduce the risk of high temperatures and provide a high level of passive thermal protection from solar radiation during external handling procedures. This is widely acknowledged as the weakest link in the pharma cargo cool chain, says Shyam Patnaik, Tyvek® Leader at DuPont India. "In these circumstances Tyvek® covers have been shown to reduce pallet content temperatures by as much as 15 degrees Celsius, minimising the effects of solar gain." Manufactured in India, the Tyvek®-branded cargo covers offer lightweight, reliable protection for temperature-sensitive pharma goods. The special reflective properties of Tyvek® keep shipments naturally cooler than other covers on the market. "Current harmonised GDP requirements stress that it is absolutely vital that the clinical effectiveness of temperature-affected drugs is not compromised by a lack of thermal protection and these regulations have now been extended to APIs," adds Shyam Patnaik. "It is particularly important to protect pharmaceuticals from the effects of solar radiation and other environmental influences and pharma ingredients need the same degree of thermal protection as finished dosage-form products. Tyvek® Cargo Covers provide a quick, easy, but very effective, way of protecting these constituent ingredients from the potentially damaging effects of high ambient temperatures, solar radiation and airborne contamination." In addition to being used directly over standard pallets for Controlled Room Temperature (CRT) drugs, Tyvek® covers can be used to provide secondary thermal protection for merchandise within heat-insulated passive containers and for cloaking the outside of rigid ULD containers to prevent unnecessary heat build up during exposures to direct sunshine. "Tyvek® covers work well in a secondary role where they can bolster the protective capabilities of insulated ULDs and packaging", confirms Srinivas Cherukupalli, Senior Scientist at the DuPont Knowledge Center in Hyderabad. "Unexpected temperature surges from exposure to sunlight can sometimes overwhelm the protection provided by passive protection systems that have been designed to cope with normal ambient variations. In practice it is the rocketing temperatures associated with even brief solar radiation exposures during loading and unloading operations that are the prime cause of costly and disruptive temperature excursions." Strong and tear-resistant, Tyvek® covers give excellent protection from tampering, precipitation, airborne contamination and debris. They also help prevent cold-sensitive merchandise from freezing in sub-zero temperature conditions, a scenario that can seriously compromise product safety and quality. "These low-weight, low-bulk cargo covers from DuPont are an intelligent substitute for bubblewrap and similar cover materials which are often used to insulate pharmaceuticals", notes Dr Cherukupalli. Such materials have been shown to dramatically increase pallet content temperatures through the 'greenhouse effect' of direct sunshine." Tyvek® covers from DuPont will be on display at Booth V166 in Hall 3 at CPhI India on December 1-3 2015.