April 23, 2012

MOCON MOCON highlights medical packaging issues Our focus this year has been on total package integrity issues for Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals & Combination Products. Check out the resources below to help you gain insight into this ever-changing field. • Whitepaper: Physical testing of medical packaging • Package integrity testing revolutionized • Webinar: ASTMF2097 choosing test methods for medical packaging • Webinar: Package integrity - how to get started Nosco EXTra Information. EXTra Value. Nosco’s EXTra Labels. In a competitive marketplace you need every advantage to make your products stand out, cut costs and maintain FDA information standards. EXTra labels provide more space for whatever message you choose while enabling you to replace inserts, outserts and cartons. Click here to learn more and view our special offer. PakSense Temperature monitoring just got easier About the size of a sugar packet, PakSense XpressPDF Labels feature a USB plug which can be connected directly to a computer. Eliminating readers and software, it automatically generates a PDF file containing temperature statistics and graphs. PakSense XpressPDF Labels – welcome to Cold Chain Simplicity! • XpressPDF Label automatically generates PDF data file • Flat, waterproof label eliminates readers and software • Learn more about cold chain simplicity Schreiner MediPharm Visit Schreiner MediPharm at INTERPHEX 2012, Booth 1071 Schreiner MediPharm develops and produces customized labeling solutions with innovative, value-added functions. Products include specialty peel-off labels; labels with integrated hangers; multi-page labels; brand protection and RFID solutions; and functional syringe labels. Products featured at Interphex 2012 include: • Pharma-Cushion label to protect vials during shipping • Pharma-Comb Void label to fight tampering • Award-winning Needle-Trap safety device with detachable label parts • Specialty labels for autoinjectors Constantia Flexibles Visit Constantia Flexibles at INTERPHEX 2012, Booth #1153 Constantia Flexibles offers integrated, start-to-finish, foil-based packaging solutions with services such as laminating, coating, rotogravure and flexographic printing, metalizing, holography, slitting, in-house graphics preparation and cylinder engraving. Products on display at INTERPHEX 2012 include: • CPI security foil • Dispense lid for bottles • Blister lidding & high performance foil Compliance packaging + package design Novartis pack named Compliance Package of the Year At RxAdherence 2012, the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council honored the Tasigna physician sample starter kit as the 2011 Compliance Package of the Year. Submitted by Anderson Packaging on behalf of Novartis Pharmaceuticals, the pack features a compliance-prompting, calendarized unit-dose pack with 28 capsules for seven days of therapy. Tags: » Patient compliance   » Carton pack   » HCPC   » Anderson Packaging » MWV » Oliver Products is acquired by Berwind Group » HCPC awards packs for patient compliance, innovation » Depot system makes reusable cold chain shipping smart and green » Grant issued to study sheep's wool for packaging and shipping vaccines » Cloud Computing Comes to Healthcare Sector, But May Drift Over Developed Economies Personalized medicine + clinical trials Personalized medicine: A 'batch' of one At the Parenteral Drug Assn.’s 2012 Annual Meeting, one speaker noted the need for flexible manufacturing technology, including suites that could be shipped worldwide for single-use processes in an effort to employ personalized medicine to help patients. Tags: » Personalized medicine   » PDA   » Clinical trials Unit-dose + drug delivery New unit-dose spray device for cancer patients On March 26, INSYS Therapeutics, Inc., a Phoenix-based specialty pharmaceutical company, and drug delivery firm Aptar Pharma, announced the U.S. launch of INSYS Therapeutics' SUBSYSTM, which uses an Aptar Pharma sublingual (under the tongue) Unit-Dose Spray (UDS) device for breakthrough cancer pain in patients age 18 and older and who are already tolerant to opioid therapy. Tags: » Aptar Pharma   » Patient compliance   » Closures » Unit-dose » Drug delivery Research + tableting U.K. school of pharmacy, toolmaker team up for tableting An April 3 report from in-pharmatechnologist.com reports that U.K.-based tooling maker IHolland "has teamed up with researchers at the University of Nottingham's School of Pharmacy on TSAR-Tableting Science Anti-stick Research-a two-year project that aims to develop a way of predicting which formulations have the best tableting characteristics." Tags: » IHolland   » Stat-Ease   » Tablet filling ISO/USP pre-tested additives for pharmaceutical packaging Clariant introduces a new range of ISO/USP pre-tested MEVOPUR® colorants, which help reduce cost and development times for clients. April 24-28 » National Assn. of Container Distributors Annual Convention April 26-27 » CBI's 11th Annual Patient Adherence Forum May 22-23 » Pharmapack North America May 22-23 » The Automation Conference » Dates, venue, and partnership announced for 2012 » ProSys redesigns, expands Web site » RAPS' Regulatory Focus Unveils Mobile Application for iPhone, iPad » West's Investment in Arizona Facility

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