With the development of the global vaccination against neocoronavirus pneumonia, China has so far received 82,846,000 doses of neocoronavirus pneumonia vaccine. With the increase in vaccination, global demand for vaccine glass vials has surged, and the price of raw materials used to make the vials has skyrocketed.
A pharmaceutical glass bottle company in Puyang, Henan province, is working overtime in its production plant. The new Crown pneumonia vaccine needs to be contained in medical glass vials containing boron and silicon. But the production of high-end pharmaceutical glass vials required materials: borosilicate glass tube is currently in short supply, after the order about six months to receive the goods. And borosilicate glass tube prices rose 15-20% or so, the current price of 26,000 yuan a ton or so. Meanwhile, upstream suppliers of borosilicate glass tubes have also been affected, with orders increasing dramatically, even more than 10 times for some manufacturers.
Vaccine vials are made of special glass and usually contain between 2 milliliters and 100 milliliters of liquid, with an average height of 45 millimeters and a width of 11.5 millimeters. In addition, vaccine vials must be resistant to low temperatures and withstand the wear and tear caused by global transportation. According to an analysis of the glass market, a company's profit depends on the difference between its own processing costs and the industry's marginal costs, with fuel costs being the central variable contributing to relative profitability between companies. Broken glass is glass that cannot be reused after being molded and cooled by high temperature chemicals during production, processing and use. It may be in the form of fragments or a complete whole with cracks or bumps.
The development of the glass industry is related to many industries in the national economy, and the glass industry plays an active role in promoting the development of the entire national economy. Therefore, the 13th Five-Year Plan also puts forward specific requirements for the development of the glass industry. It has also promulgated various laws and regulations to regulate the healthy development of the glass industry. Under the new situation, the glass industry must change its mode of growth, effectively adjust its industrial structure and promote the healthy development of the industry in accordance with the requirements of the scientific concept of development.
Medical glass bottles are bright, clean, transparent, easy to disinfect, corrosion-resistant, heat-resistant, and have good sealing performance. At present, they are still commonly used infusion, antibiotics, ordinary powder, lyophilisate, vaccines, blood and biological preparations of choice for packaging, most packaged in medical glass, mainly controlled white and brown oral liquid bottles and molded brown medical glass bottles.