June 2009Six steps to pharmaceutical packaging sustainabilityThrough proactive planning, regulations need not be a hindrance to environmentally friendly pharmaceutical packaging practices.... Sustainability/environmental | June 26, 2009 Nurses observations challenge medical device packagersAORN study addresses medical package design issues such as ease of opening, labeling, sustainability, and sealing.... Medical devices | June 24, 2009 Tracking elusive OEE in pharmaceutical packagingPharmaceutical manufacturers lag behind food and other industries when it comes to overall equipment effectiveness on their packaging lines.... Packaging Line Efficiency | June 22, 2009 Hamburg faces daunting issuesThe position of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner is always thankless, but nowadays it may be shading over into undesirable.... FDA, regulatory and legal | June 19, 2009 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... Flexible films, lidding and foils | June 15, 2009 MSU researchers question labelsMarketing 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.... Labels | June 15, 2009 Healthcare Packaging Community MinuteCompanies • 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.... Community News | June 15, 2009 Health professionals express ESD concernsDuring 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.... Medical devices | June 15, 2009 Walmart, the economy, and packaging differentiationEven in a severe recession there are silver linings to be found.... Pharmaceuticals and biologics | June 15, 2009 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... Rigid containers/bottles | June 5, 2009 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... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | June 3, 2009 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... Medical devices | May 28, 2009 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... Thermoforming and blister manufacturing | May 26, 2009 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... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | May 21, 2009 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.... Pharmaceuticals and biologics | May 19, 2009 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 •... Inspection, verification and vision systems | May 19, 2009 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... Patient Compliance | May 15, 2009 Abbott develops sustainable packaging guidelinesHealthcare company revises product features and designs to limit the adverse environmental effects from manufacturing through disposal.... Sustainability/environmental | May 12, 2009 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... Validation, compliance and documentation | May 6, 2009 NACD announces packaging winnersLNK Intl./Walgreens, Innovative Therapies, and Boehringer Ingleheim Roxane Labs earn NACD drug/pharmaceutical category awards.... Pharmaceuticals and biologics | May 4, 2009 * indicates a sponsored article that was submitted directly to this Web site by the supplier, and was not handled by the Healthcare Packaging editorial staff. Healthcare Packaging may share your contact information with our sponsors, as detailed in our Privacy Policy. Healthcare Packaging will not share your information with a sponsor whose content you have not reviewed. |
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