Pharmaceutical Glass Cartridges | Stevanato Group - Stevanato Group
Discover our glass cartridges for parenteral applications, ideal for pen injectors, auto-injectors and on-body delivery systems. Explore our solutions now!
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With over 70 years of experience in glass production, Stevanato Group is currently the market leader in cartridge systems manufacturing.

Our knowledge ensures high quality glass cartridges for parenteral applications, and they are designed for hand-held or wearable injection devices. These devices are frequently employed for biologic medications like insulin, GLP-1, growth and fertility hormones as well as for immunology, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.

Cartridges Designed to Ensure Superior Stability and Accurate Dosing for Self-administered Drugs

Our highly-accurate glass converting process includes:

  • Extended 100% temperature control by pyrometers
  • Monitoring of forming speed (rotation and tool speed)
  • 100% online dimensional controls for the most critical/crucial dimensions and statistical in-process controls
  • Optimized tool design and use of new materials for improved handling of the cartridges
  • 100% online camera control for cosmetic defects

With complete control of the forming conditions and through continuous product improvements, we can ensure:

  • Internal shape optimization to maximize dosing accuracy
  • High glass resistance from external forces acting on the primary packaging such as drug delivery systems

Our Glass Cartridges are Available as Ready-to-use

The continued drive to improve efficiency and quality places consequent emphasis on the need to reduce pharmaceutical manufacturing complexity and limit component handling while minimizing resource usage. At the same time, it’s equally important to uphold high-quality standards and increase flexibility.

Our cartridges are available in a ready-to-use (RTU) configuration. They are pre-washed, pre-siliconized and pre-sterilized, making them suitable for processing on both new and existing fill-and-finish lines. They are available in nest &tub or in tray configurations, according to the different manufacturing needs.  

Explore the advantages of our EZ-fill® ready-to-use cartridges, crafted to simplify pharmaceutical processes by avoiding several production steps, such as siliconization, crimping and sterilization. Learn more about EZ-fill® and EZ-fill Smart® platforms.

Explore Our Portfolio of Pharmaceutical Cartridge Solutions

Our portfolio includes both small-volume cartridges – from 1.5mL to 3mL – and large-volume cartridges, from 5mL to 20mL, offering the widest range of validated cartridge systems available in the market compatible with the main device platforms from hand-held injection devices to on-body delivery systems.

Find out our glass cartridges portfolio

Add-on Components for Cartridge Systems: Enhancing Containment Solutions

Collaborating with the best-in-class components manufacturers and an expert team, Stevanato Group can suggest and supply the most adequate cartridge elastomeric components, depending on the final application of the drug.

Components glass cartridges
Components glass cartridges

The cartridges systems comprise a glass barrel, a plunger and a lined cap (aluminum cap + lined rubber) or a vial crimp (aluminum cap + rubber stopper). Depending on the application and fill-finish process, the cartridges components vary in sizes, formulation, and design.

Add-on Specifications
36D2 Caps Lined

Lined Caps (for Cartridges from 1mL to 3mL)

  • Mono-layer for mono-injections
  • Bi-layer for multiple punctures
  • Different Designs / Suppliers / Formulations
36D1 Caps Alu

Front Stoppers and Alu-Caps (for Large Volume Cartridges for on-body delivery devices from 5mL to 20mL)

  • Lyo / Serum
  • Coated / Un-coated
  • Alu-cap with or without flip-off
  • Different Designs / Suppliers / Formulations
41A Cartridge Plunger

Rubber Plunger Stoppers

  • Coated / Un-coated
  • Different Designs / Suppliers / Formulations

Discover all the Details of EZ-fill® RTU Cartridge Containers in the Brochure

White Paper: Ready-to-Use Cartridges Ensuring Compatibility for GLP-1-based Drugs

Find out how RTU cartridges are a viable solution for GLP-1 applications for both auto-injectors and pen injectors

Discover Our Testing Services for Cartridge Containment Selection

Would You Like More Confidence that You’ve Chosen the Right Cartridge Containment Systems?

With over 10 years of know-how throughout the Technology Excellence Centers, we support you in defining and running the best testing protocol to assess the performance and compatibility between your product, the containment system, and relevant delivery devices such as pen injectors.

Our Technology Excellence Centers can be your strategic partner performing comparison and compatibility testing throughout the product development lifecycle. Early testing minimizes the risk of a future re-formulation or container re-validation while in clinical development, or worse to re-call your product after the launch in the market. 

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