Steriline, a company specialized in the production of complete lines for the aseptic processing of injectable and ophthalmic products, has recently delivered and installed a complete filling line for plastic and glass vials, suitable for both eye drops and lyophilized products, at one of Tubilux’s manufacturing sites.

Tubilux Pharma is an Italian company specialized in contract development, manufacturing and filling of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and cosmetics in multidose bottles, single dose vials and tubes. Tubilux Pharma specializes in designing, developing and producing ophthalmic drugs and services to national and international standards, offering full-service support activities.

Tubilux Pharma’s challenge

Tubilux Pharma faced the strategic challenge of introducing a new filling line for plastic and glass vials, suitable for both eye drops and lyophilised products. To achieve state-of-the-art ophthalmic processing, the company chose to invest in a hybrid production line capable of handling both freeze-dried and liquid products to maximize production flexibility.

The solution

The new filling line offers maximum flexibility for the processing of both liquid and lyophilised products. Designed to handle a wide range of container types, it processes glass vials closed with rubber stoppers and aluminium caps, as well as plastic bottles equipped with various closure systems, including droppers, screw caps and multidose preservative-free droppers.

Benefits for Tubilux Pharma

The new line installed by Steriline represents an innovation in ophthalmic aseptic filling, offering significant advantages in terms of improving operational efficiency and production capacity. The selected line offers flexibility, allowing the processing of different types of containers through a streamlined format-change procedure. In particular, it can handle traditional plastic vials paired with various closure systems—such as droppers, screw caps or sealing solutions for multi-dose, preservative-free formulations—as well as glass vials with lyo stoppers.

Pietro Parisi, Project Manager at Steriline said, “Working with the Tubilux team has been an inspiring experience. From the very beginning, there was open and effective communication about the objectives to be achieved, and together we consistently worked towards identifying solutions that best met their needs. I look forward to future opportunities to work with them on other projects!”