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Structural and graphics package design

Reports cover package development of materials that provide structural and/or graphic benefits required by manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Diet Coke can communicates “The Heart Truth” raising awareness for women’s heart disease

Helping consumers be socially responsible, with little or no effort on their part, is a global cultural trend....

COMPASS Version 2.0 provides more resources for sustainable packaging design

Enhancements to SPC’s packaging design application include the ability to model transportation impacts, create multipack scenarios, and more....

New Kotex brand: Discreetness makes a bold statement

Kimberly-Clark identifies a feminine care products ‘language’ among young women and launches fashionable U by Kotex cartons and tins that reduce the embarrassment....

Preserve launches mail-back pack for recycled toothbrushes

Made from recycled PP, toothbrushes can be mailed back to Preserve Products for recycling into plastic lumber....

‘Tube-in-a-tube’ dispenser for Avon wins cosmetic innovator award

World Wide Packaging, a provider of cosmetic packaging components, was recognized as an ICMAD Cosmetic Innovator of the Year at the trade organization’s 37th Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 17th at 3 West Club in New York City....

New frontier emerging in use of packaging to differentiate pharmaceuticals

The time has come to view packaging as more than just a container, but a value-added element that can improve patient outcomes and offer on-shelf differentiation for pharmaceutical manufacturers....

Nurse medication errors and the role of packaging

Sixty percent of nurses polled identified look-a-like drugs and packaging as the sixth-leading cause of medication errors....

Personal technology headset gets sustainable package redesign

Medical syringe packaging provides inspiration for Bluetooth headset redesign that uses 68% less plastic than original packaging....

Medical monitoring device design concept introduced

At a June 8 press conference in New York, a team of suppliers unveiled a mobile, wireless, vital signs monitoring system....

Transparent box brings differentiation for LifeStyles

Ansell Healthcare introduces new THYN-brand condoms in a transparent APET box that reflects the product’s sheer nature....

Shrink film labels

• Light-blocking, opaque PETG-HY labels block up to 99% of visible and UV light to safeguard and extend product shelf life, efficacy, and nutritional value • for nutraceuticals, vitamin waters, supplements, and other light-sensitive packaged products • decorative, promotional 360°...

P&G optimizes shelf-ready packaging

Packaging professionals at P&G’s Schwalbach, Germany, office have greatly improved the shelf-ready secondary packs used for feminine care products....

New lidding structures provide child-resistance and adult-friendly properties

One in a series of articles looking at presentation topics for the May 27 Healthcare Packaging Conference & Workshops event in Princeton, NJ....

New graphics contemporize Lubriderm lotion's look

Johnson & Johnson has updated the look of its Lubriderm Skincare lotion, capitalizing on the brand equity of its bottle shape, while adding decorative touches that make the packaging look “more contemporary, attractive, and impactful on shelf,” says Sherry Thompson,...

Sustainability growing as a medical device packaging concern

Designers may carry the burden of developing ‘greener’ medical devices and packaging to help offset hospital waste and increased environmental concerns....

Package design: A matter of life or death

In the chaos and stress of an emergency room or operating room, package design must help busy healthcare professionals....

Tube decorating

• Greenpix™ technology allows printing photorealistic pictures and graphics onto the company’s seamless tubes, rather than using paper labels • instead of using thermal varnishes, it uses UV-curable colors, reducing solvent emissions • produced on hydro-powered flexo-printing equipment to minimize...

Eli Lilly’s insulin kit delivers innovation, information

Available in Italy and Spain, the rigid plastic pack provides convenience for diabetics taking insulin for the first time....

Simplicity shines in packaging survey and package design

In an era of job insecurity, more work and less pay, a survey says pharmaceutical workers are turning to what’s important. Meanwhile, simpler package design may be what’s hot next....

Safety device for prefilled syringes

• Safe’n’Sound™ is a four-component system (sleeve, body, plunger, and spring) for staked and luer-lock -mL-long prefilled syringes • provides healthcare professionals and patients with protection from needlesticks to prevent accidental contamination. • when the injection is complete, the syringe...

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