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February 2021 Blog

February 2, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccines Drive Sourcing Increase for Medical Injection Molded Plastics

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Medical injection molded plastics demand is increasing due to the COVID-19 vaccine
According to the Thomasnet.com platform, sourcing for medical injection molded plastics has increased 133% since 2019, with a 77% growth over the previous quarter of 2020 alone. With over 90 different vaccines in development or manufacture now, the demand for vials, syringes, and freezers has significantly increased. Plastic injection-molding suppliers have been awarded multi-million dollar contracts from the U.S. Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services to provide additional syringes and vials to meet the increased demand, estimated at 6 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses globally. 
 
Two manufacturers with innovative solutions to the increased demand and related shortages are ApiJect and SiO2. ApiJect uses its Blow-Fill-Seal aseptic technology to create plastic, prefilled syringes. SiO2 has developed a plastic alternative to borosilicate glass vaccine vials by stretch blow molding an injection molded preform into the vial shape and then coating it with a very thin layer of glass. Read more about these innovative solutions here.
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