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February 8, 2011 | Edited by Jim
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MGS provides compliance packaging automation solutions
 MGS has developed many standard solutions for pharmaceutical firms to aid in the automation of their compliance packaging formats.
Talk to us during your package design process, and we will provide critical feedback to assure your packaging format will be successfully automated.
MGS Machine Corp.
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Medical device bagger designed specifically for validation
 Watch this video of a medical device bagger from Advanced Poly designed specifically for validation of seal and dwell time, including temperature and pressure. Designed specifically to lower the cost of medical device packaging. Advanced Poly Packaging
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How to make 510(k)s more okay
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced in mid-January that it was going to embark on a large, multifaceted set of steps aimed at improving the 510(k) process for clearing new medical devices for marketing. The agency's new plan contains 25 actions for 2011. A public meeting in April aims to acquire additional feedback on some recommendations, so stay tuned for further developments.
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Band sealer expands lifeline for Haitian children
Nonprofit Meds & Food for Kids in Haiti installs new packaging equipment that doubles its output of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food for the country's starving children. A World Packaging Organization and International Packaging Press Organization reports, "The global packaging industry can contribute greatly to increased prosperity and sustainability to the world by ensuring that larger amounts of food reach more consumers, preserved in such a way that results in better quality and smaller losses..."
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Larger type, simplicity sought for labels
Pharmacy labels with larger font sizes that emphasize patient name, drug name and strength, and dosage instructions are key recommendations listed in a report in the American Medical News. The use of simpler, more concise language, with specific instructions, is also encouraged to help patients better read and understand labels on medical containers.
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Setting priorities for growth in 2011 A report on Tompkins Associates' "Top 11 Priorities for 2011 for Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, and Medical Products," reveals that protecting your products from tampering, theft, and counterfeiting are among the key issues. So are patent expiration and generics, regulatory, e-Pedigree, and lean/efficiency...
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Simplified packaging dresses up wound care products
ConvaTec, a Skillman, NJ-based developer and marketer of medical technologies for community and hospital care, recently introduced packaging changes for several of its wound-care products that are designed to help healthcare professionals identify the correct products to use quickly, and then open and apply them with ease and speed. The redesigned packaging also incorporates lighter-weight materials and more recycled components...
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MATERIAL
Next-generation Needle Trap
Needle-Trap is a label integrated safety device designed to help prevent accidental needlestick injuries.The award-winning system can be adapted to all conventional syringes and uses standard secondary packaging, providing cost advantages.
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Large-character ink-jet printers
Enhanced 2300 Series printers include automatic printhead micropurge that function during operation, preventing downtime and maintaining high-quality printing, even in dusty environments. Printers recycle and reuse ink during printhead micropurging; print text, logos, and GS1-compliant bar codes up to 2.7 inches to meet various case coding needs.
Videojet Technologies Inc.
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Contract Packaging Association Annual Meeting
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, AZ. A packed business agenda, networking, and social and recreational events will make this Annual Meeting CPA's best, from February 24-27.
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Hyatt Regency Chicago, IL. Sustainable Packaging Symposium, produced by Greener Package and the Institute for Sustainability, will examine the pivotal role of packaging in implementing sustainability across businesses' supply chains, from March 16-18.
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The Value of Specification Management
Register now to attend this one-hour webinar and learn the cost/benefit tradeoff of implementing an efficient specification management process and system. Produced in cooperation with Packaging World by PTIS and Specifi. Presenters are PTIS's Phil McKiernan (photo) and Ross Mast of the Sarbrook Co.
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