TekniPlex Healthcare, a company that leverages advanced materials science to improve patient outcomes, is set to exhibit and present at The Pharma Days 2026. The event will take place on May 27-28 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland. At Stand C1 in Hall 3, the company will showcase its latest sustainability-focused innovations for primary pharmaceutical packaging, along with advanced barrier materials and expanded injection blow molding capacity for multidose vial applications.
Presentation on PPWR-Driven Blister Innovations
On May 28 at 10:20 a.m. in the TPSD Room, Robin Van Landeghem, Head of Strategic Innovation & Market Development at TekniPlex Healthcare, will deliver a presentation titled “Advancing Recyclable Polymer Solutions for Pharmaceutical Blister Packaging Under the PPWR Framework.” The session will cover next-generation recyclable polymer structures, with a focus on patented polyester and polypropylene technologies. It will also address how the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is reshaping requirements for pharmaceutical packaging. Although primary pharmaceutical packaging is exempt from PPWR’s recyclability and minimum recycled-content rules when product quality is at stake, it remains subject to the regulation’s mandatory minimization obligation, meaning that material and weight reduction principles still apply.
Industry Shift Toward Sustainability
“PPWR is accelerating a fundamental shift in how the pharmaceutical industry approaches primary packaging,” said Van Landeghem. “Recyclability and material reduction are no longer aspirational. They are converging into the baseline expectation for blister formats. TekniPlex Healthcare’s role is to give pharmaceutical companies the technical confidence and regulatory clarity to adopt next-generation polymer solutions without compromising on product protection or manufacturability.”
Recyclable Blister Solutions Across the Moisture Barrier Spectrum
For applications requiring mid- to high-moisture barrier properties, TekniPlex Healthcare’s Tekniflex COC thermoformable blister films, paired with barrier PP lidding films, are recyclable within the PP #5 waste stream. For drugs that require little to no moisture barrier, the company’s thermoformable polyester films and push-through polyester lidding films are recyclable within the PETE #1 waste stream.
In partnership with Alpek Polyester, TekniPlex Healthcare has also introduced a pharma-grade blister film containing 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content using a mass balance approach, designed for applications with minimal barrier requirements.
Advanced Barrier Laminates and Coated Film Solutions
TekniPlex Healthcare will also feature its portfolio of advanced barrier solutions, including Aclar laminates and PFAS-free SBC PVDC-coated PVC structures, engineered to deliver strong protection against moisture and oxygen for drugs with demanding stability profiles.
