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Abstract
Containers, packaging, and packaging materials for drugs and BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS. These include those in ampule, capsule, tablet, solution or other forms. Packaging includes immediate-containers, secondary-containers, and cartons. In the United States, such packaging is controlled under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which also stipulates requirements for tamper-resistance and child-resistance. Similar laws govern use elsewhere. (From Code of Federal Regulations, 21 CFR 1 Section 210, 1993) DRUG LABELING is also available.
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Synonyms
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- Packaging, Drug
- Drug Packagings
- Packagings, Drug
- Drug Containers
- Drug Containers and Closures
- Container, Drug
- Containers, Drug
- Drug Container
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10 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
includes containers, packaging methods, packaging materials; IM; DRUG LABELING is also available
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History Note
78; was DRUG CONTAINERS AND CLOSURES 1968-77
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Previous Indexing
- Drug Industry (1966-1967)
- Pharmacy (1966-1967)
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QV 825
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Drug Packaging. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004349. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004349
- Drug Packaging. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_packaging
- Drug Packaging. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7180760