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West Pharmaceutical Services touts needle shield

June 26, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

West Pharmaceuticals RNS
[Image from West Pharmaceutical Services]
West Pharmaceutical Services has expanded its product offerings to include the Rigid Needle Shield (RNS).

The RNS helps add safety to profiled syringes with a staked needle. It also helps ensure the integrity of injectable drug products.

“Pharmaceutical companies continue to look for drug packaging and delivery solutions that offer safety, efficiency and an improved experience for patients and care providers alike,” said Mike Schaefers, VP of global product management and marketing operations at West. “As a trusted partner to the world’s top pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, West understands the important role that component and delivery system technologies play in helping to improve patient outcomes. We’re proud to provide the West RNS as an offering that helps support the safe, effective delivery of injectable medicines to patients around the world.”

Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.

Filed Under: Featured, Hospital Care Tagged With: medtech, West Pharmaceutical Services

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About Danielle Kirsh

Danielle Kirsh is an award-winning journalist and senior editor for Medical Design & Outsourcing, MassDevice, and Medical Tubing + Extrusion, and the founder of Women in Medtech and lead editor for Big 100. She received her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and mass communication from Norfolk State University and is pursuing her master's in global strategic communications at the University of Florida. You can connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn, or email her at [email protected].

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