Packaging, Labeling, and Distribution Systems

RFID and battery-powered containers are among the developments receiving attention in the pharmaceutical cold chain.

Pharmaceutical packaging can no longer be an afterthought in pharmaceutical product development.

Lilly Implements Bar Coding on Individual Insulin Vials

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Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

This article examines the different types of dessicants avaliable to the pharmaceutical industry. It provides information on choosing the right type, and how and when it should be used.

A review of Pack Expo International 2004, one of the world's largest packaging trade shows that featured the latest cutting-edge solutions.

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Pharmaceutical Science & Technology News

Pharmaceutical Science & Technology News

Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

Packaging machines for new or existing lines are easier to operate and change over than they ever were before. Today's packaging machines also accommodate a greater variety of heights, diameters, finishes, or dosage regimen counts.

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Stakeholders consider ways to improve printed patient inserts.

This article examines automated artwork generation, which enables pharma companies to generate validated artwork for their products' packaging. Automated artwork generation is based on a complete set of data stored in an artwork management system. It enables the dynamic assembly of artwork documents, accelerates traditional processes and significantly reduces costs.

Particulate generation and durability concerns are encouraging pharmaceutical manufacturers to seek alternatives to wood pallets.

This month's column highlights some of the latest innovations in packaging seen at this year's Interphex conference.

Comprehensive Web sites, journals, and other sources help pharmaceutical makers find packaging-related data quickly and easily.

The content and quality of information supplied with drug products are among the most specifically defined areas associated with the products for sale. For patient or drug user, the information is presented in patient information leaflets (PILs) placed in the package. The readability testing of PILs is an important stage in the process of making the texts contained in the summary of product characteristics comprehensible to users, as this article discusses.

Drug makers and their suppliers will need good planning and organization to meet the new bar coding requirements for drug products used in hospitals.

Protecting a product from temperature abuse is gaining importance as regulators seek proof of product stability throughout the distribution process.

With new features such as servo-controlled operations and modularity, today's packaging machines offer enhanced flexibility, increased uptime, and reduced product waste.

Based on a German initiative, an international standard on quality management systems for the primary packaging materials of medicinal products is discussed in this article. This new directive will help to standardize the production of primary packaging materials by defining global requirements.

The process of designing a new drug package must follow specific steps to ensure low costs and rapid market approval.

New blister packaging offers patient compliance aids, child-resistant mechanisms, and space to include brand information.

There can be little argument that packaging is at the forefront of the fight against counterfeit drugs, which currently costs the industry between 6-10% of the value of pharmaceutical sales. According to IMS Health, the figure is approximately $22 billion from global pharmaceutical sales of $364 billion. To set this in context, counterfeiting of all goods costs $200-400 billion annually, claims the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group. According to the the US Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, it can take an average of $250 million and 10 years to legally develop and market a drug, but it is possible for a counterfeiter to 'reproduce' a product within a couple of months for as little as $250000.

Interphex provided pharmaceutical manufacturers an opportunity to view the latest packaging materials and machinery.

Various types of metal detectors on teh market today can be used to protect product quality.

The latest generation of packaging equipment boasts technologies surpassing those of its predecessors while offering ease in operation, maintenance, and integration.