Pharmapack Europe Announces Winners of Pharmapack 2023 Awards
Pharmapack Europe has announced the winners of the 2023 Pharmapack Awards spanning five categories across two dedicated awards.
Pharmapack Europe announced the winners of the 2023 Pharmapack Awards on Feb. 1–2, 2023. The Health Product Awards are open to the entire pharma industry and include two categories for eco-design and patient-centric design. The Exhibitor Awards celebrate excellence across three categories for drug delivery innovation, packaging innovation, and sustainability initiative.
In the eco-design category, Rotor Print was rewarded for taking an important further step for the packaging industry by developing a high-grade 100% PET blister that provides an equal barrier to the traditional aluminum lid or PVC.
The award for patient-centric design went to ATB-West for Latentogram, which combines a holographic label incorporating a latent image, invisible to the naked eye, with a credit card-sized handheld viewer. Idevax and Voxdale were Highly Commended in the same category for the development of VAX-ID, a patented drug delivery device platform developed for intradermal injection.
In the Exhibitor Innovation categories, Owen Mumford Pharmaceutical Services won the drug delivery innovation category for its UniSafe reusable connected auto-injector.
In the packaging innovation category, PACKSYS GmbH was chosen for its ampoule dispenser system, which is a combination of ampoule breaker, body, and screw thread.
Finally, Körber Pharma Packaging Materials won in the sustainability initiative category for its plastic-free Rapid Covid Test, which is made solely of recyclable cardboard mono material and is biodegradable.
Source: Pharmapack
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