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Sponsor February 26, 2010 | Edited by Jim Butschli

MGS offers turnkey solutions for cartoning transdermals

Whether operating in batch mode or directly inline with the pouch machine, MGS offers the secondary packaging line to meet your needs. MGS's product-handling and batch-counting experience will ensure a highly efficient operation - with accurate counts and very little downtime.

MGS Machine Corp.

ShockWatch

ShockWatch products monitor the shipping and handling of temperature-sensitive, fragile, or tilt-sensitive pharmaceutical products. Click this ad to view our white paper.

ShockWatch

Clear Plastic Folding Cartons Help Build Brands

Packaging is the brand communications tool that gets up close and personal. High-quality plastic cartons from HLP Packaging showcase products beautifully, promote product identification and create lasting visual impressions. They also create bold shelf impact that cuts through the clutter of crowded retail shelves.

HLP Packaging Overview

Constantia Hueck Foils offers High-Slip Capping and Lidding Foil for Containers

Constantia Hueck Foils offers high-slip foil for tamper evident caps and lidding to protect the contents and seal in the freshness for bottles, cups and other pharmaceutical product containers. The domestically produced rolled foil works well with many container materials, including PP, PS, PET, COC, HDPE and LDPE.

Constantia-Hueck

Cortegra...Where Healthcare Turns for Packaging.

Cortegra is a leading cGMP compliant and ISO9001 certified supplier of packaging solutions to the healthcare market and has a wide range of products including, DFU/IFU booklets, inserts, cartons, labels, flexible packaging and brand authentication and anti-counterfeit technologies.

Cortegra

PACKAGING MEDICAL DEVICES

Medical device package testing focuses on distribution factors

Economic factors, testing for 'real-world' distribution, and evolving standards dominate the discussion at the Medical Packaging Update conference, held Feb. 8 at MD&M West 2010 in Anaheim.

International Red Cross: Healthcare packaging's most grueling battlefield?

With its focus now on natural disaster relief, the organization buys mostly generic, disposable injectables for emergencies, focusing on life-saving products, and purchasing in small volumes...

Pharmaceutical package design: A 'sea of sameness'?

As more pharmaceutical products switch from prescription-only to over-the-counter, there's a greater need for packaging to add shelf appeal and communicate healthcare information once conveyed by physicians or pharmacists, reports Phillip Federspiel, CEO at design firm Group 4...

Pediatric packaging design seeks medication compliance for kids

Children can and should be included as a partner in their healthcare, says Jean-Marc Aiache, emeritus professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Clermont-Ferrand, France...

Advancements in syringe technology

New offerings in the prefilled syringe market were a hot topic at Pharmapack 2010. Here is a quick review.

NEW Products

MATERIAL

Medical device copolyester

  • Tritan™ copolyester MP100 is an enhanced-performance polyester for rigid medical packaging introduced at the MD&M West trade show Feb. 9

  • maintains the properties of Eastar™ copolyester 6763, providing a balance of design, processing, and performance advantages through higher heat resistance, greater inherent toughness, and post-sterilization clarity and color
  • may be thermoformed with little material waste; does not stress-whiten, or increase particulate or angel hair compared to sheet made from acrylic, acrilonitrile, or polyvinyl chloride

Eastman Chemical Co.

MACHINE

Capsule inspection system

  • InspeCaps 150 is a new single-file vision inspection system for two-piece hard-gelatin capsules, which removes foreign capsules and capsules with cosmetic defects and shape irregularities
  • handles opaque, transparent, and translucent capsules, whether empty or filled with powder, granules or liquid
  • for capsule manufacturers as well as product manufacturers filling OTC and regulated pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, the 150 inspects up to 120,000 capsules/hr; changeover time is less than five minutes, with no tools required

Proditec
Upcoming events:
Packaging Automation Forum
Driving profit through controls and integration technology. Produced by Packaging World and Automation World. May 4 at the InterContinental Chicago O'Hare, Rosemont, IL

Shelf Impact!'s Package Design Workshops
One-day workshops teach package design strategies that incorporate today's retail and consumer preferences. Spring Workshops in Minneapolis and New York City, plus four more locations in 2010.

Packaging Summit 2010
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Healthcare Packaging Conference & Workshops
Packaging strategies and solutions for pharmaceuticals, medical devices and healthcare products. Breakout workshops offer relevance, optimal education for attendees. Hyatt Regency Princeton, NJ on May 27.
Healthcare Packaging Conference

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General session presentations from Pfizer, Walmart and industry experts, plus Workshop breakout sessions offer packagers of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, nutraceuticals and biologics an customized day of learning and networking. Plan now to attend Healthcare Packaging Conference and Workshops on Thursday, May 27 at the Hyatt Regency in Princeton, NJ.

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