Aylward Enterprises appoints Dana S. Waterman as CEO... Hubert H. Keil, managing director and CEO of Uhlmann Packaging Systems, was appointed vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council... TCP Reliable acquired the assets of Cryopak Industries... International Business Solutions Alliance, LLC signed an agreement with SATO America, Inc., to offer a more secure method of administering patient care and improved patient safety through SATO's Positive Patient Identification solution... Paxonix and Global Vision have formed a drug packaging partnership to help companies reduce packaging blunders and meet compliance and validation demands... Oracle acquired Tolas Healthcare Packaging... Perfecseal will expand several facilities, including those in New London, WI; Derry, Northern Ireland; and Selangor, Malaysia.
Counterfeits jeopardize security of american drug supply... According to The American Council on Science and Health (www.acsh.org). The consortium of scientists and physicians' report Counterfeit Drugs: Coming to a Pharmacy Near You, says "consumers should pay attention to the appearance and packaging of their prescription drugs for any unusual changes in shape, size or color, or sudden changes in the effectiveness of a medicine."
Global influenza market to reach $7 billion by 2010... Says The Global Influenza market: Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics, a technical market research report from BCC Research (www.bccresearch.com).
Contract packaging strategy... "is moving from an ad-hoc to strategically determined long-term approach, as pharma companies begin to relax in the arms of service providers," according to in-pharmatechnologist.com (www.in-pharmatechnologist.com). The benefits: Flexibility to ramp up manufacturing capacity when required, while maintaining control of the bulk of manufacturing. The downside: Less predictable production forecasts and little opportunity for process optimization.
