This comprises of ampule, packaging bottle, and vial, which have varied uses. Vial refers to a small bottle or a sealed sterile container used for storing drugs or injections. Ampule is a small glass container or vial used for keeping hypodermic injection solutions. Packaging bottles are the containers used for storing liquids, antiseptics, and medicated solutions.

Can be primarily categorized into two main categories namely leak testing equipment and leak detectors. Both of these devices are avidly used in pharmaceutical industry. Leak detectors such as ampule detector and vial leak detector easily identifies when a liquid is leaking from a pipe, tank and other receptacle area. The global size of leak testing equipment industry is around US $ 2.3 billion, which is estimated to reach nearly US $ 3.1 billion by the end of 2011.

Are the devices or machines particularly used for sealing, dispensing, filling and packing drugs, syringes, creams and other medical supplies used in hospitals and pharma bodies. These devices can be operated either manually or electronically. Some of the examples of pharmaceutical packaging equipment are blow fill machine, capsule filler, induction sealing machine, pouch sealer, tube filler etc. Globally, the market size of the pharmaceutical packaging equipment industry is equivalent to US $ 22 billion.

These are supportive items used for packing different types of drugs, syringes, creams, medical equipment and other types of medical products. The common types of pharmaceutical packaging supplies are bulk bag, pouch, vial, tube, tape, film, dispenser, closure, drum, carton, capsule, packaging cap etc.