Schott, one of the leading international technology groups in the areas of specialty glass and glass-ceramics, has trained more than 3,000 pharma professionals at its Fiolax Academy. Started in 2010, Fiolax Academy events share the latest information on the composition, properties and production of high quality pharma glass.  This knowledge helps the industry to manufacture and use even better vials, syringes, ampoules, and cartridges for the optimal storage of medicines – supporting pharma companies in their efforts to minimize risks and ensure patient safety.

Participants have come from within specialist companies that are converting glass tubes to primary glass packaging, and from pharmaceutical businesses. The academy takes its name from Schott Fiolax glass tubing, which has grown to become the gold standard ‘raw material’ for glass containers in the pharma industry. Schott hosts Fiolax Academy events in many of the world’s leading and emerging pharmaceutical markets.

Schott Glass continues to offer opportunities to leading pharmaceutical companies to learn more about the benefits of using primary pharmaceutical packaging made of high quality glass, through its academy in India. Schott India is dedicated to maintain highest quality standards in glass tubing for primary packaging and to overall promote best practices in the pharmacy sector. With such encouraging participation in these specialized programmes, we are further motivated to conduct more of such events,” said vice president- sales and marketing, Schott Glass India Pvt. Ltd., Sundeep Prabhu.

Dr. Bettine Boltres, product manager pharmaceutical tubing and responsible for this training programme, explains, “At Schott we are thrilled to have already trained so many people in the Fiolax Academy. We are continually expanding the programme to offer a complete training experience, covering topics such as drug-container interactions, regulatory requirements and glass quality. Through these training events we help our partners to improve quality and to increase efficiency and in turn advance their position in both their domestic and international markets.”

The Fiolax Academy modular training programme has been designed in six parts. Schott experts share the latest industry information on the use of glass in pharmaceutical ampoule, vial, cartridge and syringe manufacturing. Specialist insight is also provided for drug makers and contract fillers about the handling of glass during the filling processes to help decrease the risk of breakages.