Rexam’s SOF’BAG: the Airless Package Now Available in 50 ml


Rexam Healthcare recently announced the latest version of its industry reference in airless package – the 50-ml Sof’Bag – in anticipation of the worldwide growth in demand for nomadic airless packaging systems. Rexam Healthcare presents a total packaging system for transdermal and topical applications. The Sof’bag is easy-to-use for patients while keeping filling simple and logistics easy for drug manufacturers.

Developed by Rexam Healthcare to ensure that pharmaceutical formulations are delivered with extreme accuracy, the Sof’bag is shipped in two components: a bag and bottle assembly and a pump and cap assembly.

The multilayer bag in the plastic bottle guarantees a maximum protection against contamination and oxidation. The metering pump dosing from 0.70 ml up to 1.50 ml was developed especially for pharmaceutical use. The packaging, dispensing creams, lotions, and gels, can also be used in all positions, making it a smart choice for easing consumers’ lives. The Sof’Bag is currently on the market both in the US and in Europe for hormonal treatments and anti-inflammatory gels for example. The container can be supplied in 100 ml and more recently, in 50 ml.

The key benefits of the new 50-ml Sof’Bag include:
• easy to carry in a bag due to its compact size
• nomadic, much more compatible with today patients’ active lifestyle
• easy to dispatch, simplifies the patients’ life by keeping one product at home and taking another one with them

Rexam Healthcare is the global leader in healthcare rigid plastic packaging and devices, and provides solutions to protect and deliver pharmaceuticals. Building on its core expertise in plastic injection, injection blow-molding, and high-speed automated assembly, the company designs, develops, and manufactures innovative packaging to improve patients’ health. For more information, visit www.rexam.com/healthcare.