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Amcor Flexibles (Paris; www.amcor.com) has received two awards from the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) for its medical device and pharmaceutical packaging. In the product preservation category, the company was recognised for the role it played in the development of packaging for the Roche Accu-Chek Mobile blood-glucose monitoring system. The device uses a water-sensitive test tape cassette that is sealed by an alufoil strip coated with polypropylene (PP). Designed to provide the correct peel force for opening, the alufoil also helps dispense the test tape. A peelable alufoil seal is used for the PP tray that holds the cassette.

Amcor was also awarded an EAFA trophy in the technical innovation category for the use of alufoil to produce the template for Geistlich Pharma’s Chondro Gide. The surgery package for the device includes an individually wrapped template with which the surgeon can take an impression of damaged cartilage and cut the replacement to match appropriately.