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25 Mar 2011

West & CareFusion to Develop Needle-Free Vial Device

The new product will be designed to help prevent leaks, as well as reduce surface contamination and risk of exposure during a drug product’s reconstitution process.

West Pharmaceutical Services and CareFusion will jointly develop and market a new, needle-free vial access device. This initiative is part of a five-year global distribution and supply agreement between the two companies.

The new product, which will be available in late 2011, will be designed to help prevent leaks, as well as reduce surface contamination and risk of exposure during a drug product’s reconstitution process. The system will be based on West’s vented vial adapter in combination with CareFusion’s needle-free connector and closed male luer technologies.

 

The companies signed a development and distribution agreement in September 2

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