Packaging Trends

Electronic pharmaceutical tablet counters meet demands for accuracy, flexibility, speed, compact size, easy cleanability, and quick changeover.

Checkweighers, metal detectors, x-ray inspectors, leak detectors, headspace analyzers, and optical inspection systems for packaging were demonstrated at INTERPHEX 2015.

Electronic pharmaceutical tablet counters meet demands for accuracy, flexibility, speed, compact size, easy cleanability, and quick changeover.

Optical inspection equipment for packaging was displayed at INTERPHEX 2015.

Pharmaceutical companies should take into consideration intellectual property protection when outsourcing the packaging of their products.

Innovations include multimedia packaging and improved filling systems.

Revisions to USP General Chapter may impact evaluation of sterile product package integrity.

Industry awaits the final revision of USP General Chapter and the impact it will have on the evaluation of sterile product package integrity.

Implementing serialization on a packaging line requires a complex integration of hardware and software and often requires that new and existing systems work together.

Temperature-controlled packaging trends include prequalified systems that simplify adoption, reusable systems that are more sustainable, and new temperature-monitoring technology.

A new machine is designed for inspection of prefilled syringes.

Careful selection of a contract packager should include interviews, surveys, and on-site visits.

The Shantha facility will be Sanofi's second, in addition to its site in Frankfurt, for production of Insuman insulin.

Better barrier materials and software modeling streamline the blister-package design process.

Packaging film suppliers offer new materials and alternatives to Barex copolymers.

New materials and software modeling streamline the blister-package design process.

New pharmaceutical packaging equipment includes advances in automation and efficient systems.

New child-resistant packaging designs meet regulatory requirements, and consumer research into child-resistant closures continues.

Temperature-controlled packaging trends include prequalified systems that simplify adoption, reusable systems that are more sustainable, and new temperature-monitoring technology.

InnoPack, which runs alongside CPhI Worldwide in Paris Nord Villepinte, France, is specially focused on pharmaceutical packaging. This is the place where companies gather to showcase their latest innovations and technologies in packaging. In this article, Martin Dallas from Essentra explains the role of innovative packaging technologies.

The pharmaceutical industry has traditionally used glass as a primary material for containment systems due to a variety of characteristics that enable generally safe and efficient drug storage. However, there are many risks associated with glass.

Trends driving pharmaceutical packaging include product protection, productivity boosters, and patient adherence improvement.

Temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals and biologics depend on a variety of services and technologies to establish, maintain, and verify proper storage and transport conditions.

Solid-dosage forms and parenteral products benefit from next-generation packaging machines.

The annual INTERPHEX show presents end-to-end packaging solutions.

Overt and covert packaging technologies evolve to authenticate drugs and fight counterfeits.

Packaging and monitoring tools protect temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals.

Highly automated and sensitive quality-control equipment quickly identifies product faults.

Highlights included the latest in pharmaceutical packaging equipment, containers, and labels and new capabilities among contract service providers.

Visitors will see many packaging innovations at the annual industry exhibition.