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June 2009

Six steps to pharmaceutical packaging sustainability

Through proactive planning, regulations need not be a hindrance to environmentally friendly pharmaceutical packaging practices....

Nurses observations challenge medical device packagers

AORN study addresses medical package design issues such as ease of opening, labeling, sustainability, and sealing....

Tracking elusive OEE in pharmaceutical packaging

Pharmaceutical manufacturers lag behind food and other industries when it comes to overall equipment effectiveness on their packaging lines....

Hamburg faces daunting issues

The position of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner is always thankless, but nowadays it may be shading over into undesirable....

Capping and lidding foil

• high-slip foil for tamper-evident caps and lidding protects the contents and seals in product freshness within bottles, cups, and other pharmaceutical containers • rolled foil works with PP, PS, PET, COC, HDPE, and LDPE • reduces the need for...

MSU researchers question labels

Marketing claims and brand names still overshadow critical fine print on nonprescription medications, Michigan State University researchers found in a recent study examining the effectiveness of two required warnings on over-the-counter (OTC) medications—specifically, their relative prominence and conspicuousness....

Healthcare Packaging Community Minute

Companies • Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG and Alcan Packaging Singen GmbH are cooperating to offer mutual customers in the packaging and pharmaceutical sectors the ability to print short runs digitally....

Health professionals express ESD concerns

During HealthPack 2009 in Memphis, several conference users and attendees outlined issues pertaining to static electri-city with packaging materials, electrostatic discharge (ESD)-protective compliant packaging, and electrostatic attraction (ESA) observations with packaging....

Walmart, the economy, and packaging differentiation

Even in a severe recession there are silver linings to be found....

Flint glass lotion bottles

• Penelope Set flint glass lotion bottles are available in 30-mL, 20-410 finish and 60-mL, 24-410 finish • cylinder-shaped bottles are for prestigious cosmetic lotions, creams, moisturizers, and toners • may be further enhanced with optional frosting, ceramic decorating, and...

Anti-counterfeiting/ anti-fraud technologies

• RxTrackNSecure offerings include integrated micro-printing, holography, color-shifting inks, varnishes, taggants, frangible materials that leave behind a signature code of the package, and digital watermarks • can provide random serialization, RSS with lot code and expiration date Cortegra...

Side-actuated nasal spray device

• consists of a standard actuator coupled with a customizable shell and cap • combines ease of use for patient comfort/compliance, and includes Equadel®, a pump that dispenses the same dose and spray every time, no matter how much pressure...

Carousel blister packaging machines

• Aergo® Carousel is ergonomically designed for ease of use • automatically feeds up to five companents and is suited for unit-dose blister cards, sustainable trapped-style packaging, and Natralock® security packaging •dual-position sealing platen increases dwell time at all speeds...

Security software

• AuthentiTrack offers end-to-end security that encompasses serialization, track and trace, and authentication technologies and services • serializes all levels of the packaging hierarchy from the pallet down to the unit level • automatically aggregates and disaggregates serial numbers while...

Pharmaceutical packaging: How much progress?

When Editor Jim Butschli and I started Healthcare Packaging five years ago, we agreed that two of the major issues facing the healthcare packaging community were poor packaging line efficiencies and little innovation in structure or functionality of package design....

Machine vision inspection system

• IMprints™ CodeMatch enables pharmaceutical companies to begin building an e-Pedigree-compliant packaging line system • this addition to the IMprints Track & Trace Solutions suite provides a range of inspection tools for validation and verification of label information •...

Compliance-prompting package

• Compliance In A Bottle®, CIAB®, now features extended-dosing regimens, accommodating larger tablets and capsules • CIAB combines health benefits of a unit-dose blister and convenience of a bottle • uses a CR cap and body design to keep...

Abbott develops sustainable packaging guidelines

Healthcare company revises product features and designs to limit the adverse environmental effects from manufacturing through disposal....

Blister documentation package

• comprehensive Quality Documentation Package comes at no charge with every set of the company’s blister tooling • includes everything necessary for tooling validation, including inspection documents, material data sheets, and material safety data sheets • a similar package...

NACD announces packaging winners

LNK Intl./Walgreens, Innovative Therapies, and Boehringer Ingleheim Roxane Labs earn NACD drug/pharmaceutical category awards....

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