This book deals with the intersection where the world of pharmaceuticals meets the world of glass. It is written in a comprehensible way for everybody who deals with glass as a primary packaging material for the first time or wants to freshen up and round off their knowledge about glass. After covering the basics of Pharmaceutical glass, the book dives into all relevant fields, like reactions with water, acidic and alkaline solutions, organic acids, extractables & leachables, surface reaction like protein adsorption and delamination, but also thermal stability and light protection, and several more. At last it reveals the difference between the theoretical and practical stability of glass, why glass breaks and how this can be minimized by proper handling.