Child resistant, senior friendly compliance packaging
Co-developed by Stora Enso and Bosch

- Tear resistant packaging solution from Stora Enso
- Need for further protection of inside blister eliminated

Stora Enso Pharma SHR (Small Hands Resistant) is a child resistant, senior friendly compliance packaging solution for oral pharmaceuticals. The unique opening mechanism is based on adult hand size in order to efficiently provide child resistance. The first packaging machine to supply this solution is a joint development between Stora Enso of Finland and Bosch Packaging of Germany providing the worldwide service. It has now been successfully tested and released to the industry. The first machine is planned for small and medium volumes, initial product ramp-ups, and clinical trials.

The unique Stora Enso Pharma SHR solution is a package design constructed out of a special tear resistant board. This packaging solution has been tested successfully in Europe and in the US against the highest standards of child resistance and senior friendliness. Child resistance is achieved entirely by the outer package, eliminating the need for further protection of the blister inside as well as reducing costs and material. Compared to other solutions, Stora Enso Pharma SHR is also more userfriendly and efficient.

The first flexible, semi-automatic production machine available is for contract packing with a variety of possible configurations. A fully automatic line, with online or offline blistering can be supplied as well. This initial system is particularly suitable for packaging almost any existing blister in a child resistant manner without modifications to the blister and with no risk imposed by individual child resistance testing. This allows distribution of a drug in a single blister design in both Europe and the US, with conventional secondary packaging for Europe and Pharma SHR as the child resistant solution for the US.

Contact for reader inquiries:
Helmut Deichert
Product Management
Bosch Packaging Technology
Product Division Pharma

Bosch Packaging Technology
Product Division Pharma
P.O. Box 1127
D-71301 Waiblingen
Tel: +49 711 811 57220
Fax: +49 711 811 57442
Email: helmut.deichert@boschpackaging.com
Internet: www.bosch.com/pa/SmartWallet

Contact for press inquiries:
Patrick Farinato
Manager Communication
Bosch Packaging Technology Division

Bosch Packaging Technology
Sigpack International AG
Rheinstrasse 36
CH-8212 Neuhausen am Rf.
Tel: +41 52 674-6228
Fax: +41 52 674-6350
Email: patrick.farinato@sigpack.com
Internet: www.bosch.com/pa

The Bosch Group is a leading global manufacturer of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology. In fiscal 2005, some 250,000 associates generated sales of 42 billion euros. Set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as ``Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering,`` the Bosch Group today comprises a manufacturing, sales, and after-sales service network of some 270 subsidiaries and more than 12,000 service centers in over 140 countries.

The special ownership structure of the Bosch Group guarantees its financial independence and entrepreneurial freedom. It makes it possible for the company to undertake significant up-front investments in the safeguarding of its future, as well as to do justice to its social responsibility in a manner reflective of the spirit and will of its founder. 92 % of the shares of Robert Bosch GmbH are held by the charitable foundation Robert Bosch Stiftung. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG.

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