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Patient Compliance

Articles examine package design, child-resistance, senior-friendly, and tamper-evident features, as well as the materials and machinery used to develop packages that assist patient adherance to prescribed medicine regimens.

Packaging and cough-and-cold meds for children

With cold and flu season here again, it's time to pay attention to packaging to protect children....

FDA, regulatory and legal | January 18, 2012

Sunkist's pouch tops Healthcare Packaging's top 10 in 2011

Package innovation, trends, regulations, and track-and-trace issues pique reader interest....

Structural and graphics package design | January 4, 2012

Mobile apps pack promise for healthcare products and packaging

As we turn our calendars to 2012, watch for a proliferation of mHealth technologies in healthcare products and packaging....

Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | December 8, 2011

Author of new eBook forecasts consumer revolution in health care

Genome sequencing, smartphone apps, wearable sensors, and social media will provide continuous patient health updates. Will packaging play a role?...

Patient Compliance | December 5, 2011

Looking for a silver lining in World Diabetes Day news?

Diabetic epidemic continues to strike fast-growing economies, but treatments and products will require packaging....

Patient Compliance | November 15, 2011

Packaging may contribute to 'significant' improvement in patient adherence

HCPC-Europe, NVC Netherlands position paper calls on industry and governmental organizations to facilitate the use of intelligent packaging to improve patient adherence to medications....

Patient Compliance | November 4, 2011

Unit-dose line additions

Patient Compliance | October 14, 2011

Maalox Plus launched in slider pack in Italy

Sanofi's heartburn treatment becomes latest pharmaceutical product to use this slider packaging with integrated leaflet design....

Patient Compliance | October 12, 2011

Duke think-tank evaluates the state of medication adherence

Recommendations aim to help ensure that Americans get the most benefit from advances in pharmacology....

Patient Compliance | October 11, 2011

New dosing feature for Pedia Care and Little Remedies acetaminophen brands

For single-concentration brands of children’s products, new packaging helps to protect infants and children under age two....

Patient Compliance | September 22, 2011

Flavored glucose in stick packs provides tasty relief to diabetics

New stick packages make it convenient and ‘cool’ for children to prevent low blood sugar....

Flexible films, lidding and foils | September 14, 2011

Oral medication dosing syringe

Ampules, vials, syringes and tubes | September 8, 2011

Demographic developments and packaging

As grandparents play a larger role in raising children, child-resistant/senior-friendly packaging will gain importance....

Patient Compliance | August 26, 2011

Unit-dose compliance pack

Patient Compliance | August 19, 2011

AccuDial spins children’s liquid medication dosing into the 21st Century

AccuDial’s inner and outer labels provide parents and caregivers information to precisely dose their child based on weight, not age....

Patient Compliance | August 8, 2011

Study reports 'modest improvement' in medication adherence

Dispensing data from 3.1 million individuals filling prescriptions at nationwide Walmart pharmacies shows positive adherence results from using calendar blister packaging....

Patient Compliance | June 17, 2011

St. Mary’s employs pharmacy bar-code labeling system

Aimed at improving patient safety at bedside....

Labeling | June 8, 2011

Packages designed for patient user experience win market share

Cambridge Consultants survey reveals patients are willing to pay more for advanced features, which can increase compliance, improve health outcomes....

Structural and graphics package design | June 6, 2011

Pharmaceutical blister card folder/wallet card equipment

Patient Compliance | June 3, 2011

Children’s medication labeling carries weight with the FDA

Agency panel recommends acetaminophen dosage based on a child’s weight, not age....

FDA, regulatory and legal | May 20, 2011

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