Do You Know The Reason For Empty Space In Medicine Packaging?

Sometimes when you buy a strip of medicine (tablets), you notice of empty slots. Irrespective of the exact shape of the tablet, it can be round, rectangle, oval; every strip is packaged in this typical design-geometry.  Ever wondered why?

 

 

There are many interesting consumer antidotes for this style of packaging:

• It provides an increased shelf life to medicines
• Pharmaceutical industry compliance
• Marketing standard
• Standard measure for unit dose
• Avoid tampering
• Plain buyer psychology – high cost means more effective tablets

 

 

There are some scientific answers too:

• Empty space is created to reduce inertness between tablets. In other words, reduce any chemical reaction between the tablets.

• The gap is to strengthen PVC. Tables are packed in PVC sheets. PVC has chemical properties to strengthen compression (fitting) of medicines and keep the packaging straight

• Empty space are used to  fill in important information including, date of packaging and expiry date

 

That’s it. That’s the explanation of it!