Packaging for an injection device, the packaging including a channel extending longitudinally to accommodate the injection device, the channel including a longitudinal wall adjoining a base wall; a handling recess extending laterally and formed through the longitudinal wall, a positioning rib extending longitudinally and protruding from the base wall into the channel for insertion into a positioning recess of the injection device, the positioning rib arranged offset laterally from the recess and extending in a longitudinal field defined by the handling recess.