Healthcare

Borealis is a leading supplier of innovative solutions for the healthcare industry. Our Bormed® family of products offer a complete range of dedicated polyolefins that are produced under controlled conditions, and follow stringent quality control procedures.

All Bormed products have a registered Drug Master File (DMF) at the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and comply with the European Pharmacopoeia (EP) and/or the US Pharmacopoeia.

A call for innovative, durable solutions

Customers in the healthcare sector expect a level of service and follow-up that are a notch above other market segments. They also expect their suppliers to combine long-term commitment and stability with the continual development of innovative solutions.
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The market can be segmented into 3 main categories:

• medical devices (including syringes),
• pharmaceutical packaging,
• medical pouches.

Medical devices require materials that are easy to sterilise using different methods, give low and controlled friction, and are transparent and easy to process.

Pharmaceutical packaging adds further material requirements. These include transparency, good barriers against humidity, easy disposal (e.g. through incineration), chemically inert, and are easy to sterilise using different methods.

For either segment, safety and traceability of the materials used, as well as their Drug Master File, European Pharmacopoeia, and US Pharmacopoeia registrations are an absolute must.

Why choose the Bormed family of products?

Borealis has fully understood not only the needs of the healthcare industry but also those of individual end users. The result is a tailor-made Bormed® product line. The products offer the following end-user benefits:

• Senior friendly yet child-proof packaging;
• Safety and security of use (compared to traditional materials such as glass);
• Safe disposal;
• Convenience and reduced weight (to cater to the increasing trend towards home care and self administration).

For healthcare industry converters and brand-owners, our materials are safe and adhere to stringent quality control procedures. We offer converters and brand-owners a comprehensive range of polypropylene (PP) homopolymers, random and block (heterophasic) copolymers and high-density polyethylene (HDPE).

Moreover, customers also benefit from extended supply guarantees and the controlled production conditions.

Recommended product grades  

RF830MO is a nucleated random polypropylene copolymer that is radiation sterilisable and has a very high transparency. It is recommended for syringe barrels.

HD810MO is a polypropylene homopolymer with high transparency that can withstand radiation up to 25 KGy.

RF846MO is a random polypropylene copolymer designed to be highly transparent without the use of nucleating additives. It is suited for ISBM or IBM and is the recommended material to replace glass and other materials for bottles and containers in the medical industry.

HD850MO is a polypropylene homopolymer with a high HDT (heat deflection temperature) and good transparency. It is suitable for several types of pharmaceutical packaging.

HE7541PH is a high-density polyethylene which is easy to process, has a very high ESCR and is recommended for closures.