PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide packaging for storing and dispensing medical needles.SOLUTION: Packaging is disclosed for a medical needle, such as a pen needle, having a hub with a patient end of the medical needle protruding from a distal end thereof. The packaging includes a tube having: a first closed end into which the patient end of the needle is inserted so that the hub contacts an interior of the tube; a second closed end enclosing a proximal end of the hub; and a circumferential region disposed between the proximal end of the hub and the second closed end for opening the package to expose the proximal end of the hub.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6【課題】医療針を格納し取り出すための包装の提供。【解決手段】ハブを有しその遠位端部から医療針の患者端が突起するペン針などの医療針用の包装が開示される。包装は、ハブが管の内部と接触するように針の患者端が中に挿入される第1の閉端部と、ハブの近位端部を封入する第2の閉端部と、ハブの近位端部と第2の閉端部の間に配設された、包装を開いてハブの近位端部を露出させるための円周方向領域とを有する管を含む。【選択図】図6