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New E-Commerce Packaging Group Aims for Two-Way Dialog With Retailers

Several big brand owners have teamed up as the E-com Packaging Council in an effort to help steer the discussions with Amazon, Walmart, Target, and others.

The Robotic Nest Filling Machine for Lab is specifically designed to be used in laboratories.

Steriline Presents Robotic Nest Filling Machine for Research Lab

Specifically made for research and development of injectable drugs in nest, the machine is a response to client concerns.

CURE ID Screenshots

Quick Hits: FDA Launches Crowdsourcing App for Clinicians

CURE ID is an app where health care providers can share information about using approved medical products for unapproved cases.

Artificial Neurons on a Silicone Chip

Quick Hits: Neurons on Chips Could Cure Diseases

A team of researchers at the University of Bath has developed the world’s first artificial neurons for use in bio-electronic devices.

Macofar MicroMaxX 24 microdosing machine.

Romaco: Macofar Micromaxx 24 Microdosing Machine

ACG's BMax NXT from its NXT Series, with AR and IIoT capabilities.

ACG Group: NXT Series of Smart, Sophisticated Pharma Production, Inspection and Packaging Equipment

Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc announces the acquisition of Visual Packaging LP USA

Toshiba: A3 Multifunction Printer for Small-to-Medium Businesses

This filler/capper can be configured to run wide range of cosmetics just by adding or removing modules.

IIoT Gives Cosmetics Packaging a Makeover

Cannabis Packaging market through 2024

Packaging for Origin Almond’s almond juice includes an HPP-compatible 38-mm HDPE closure in the company’s signature yellow color.

Two Exceptional Brands Each Gifted with 0.5M Free Closures

Child-resistant packaging for medical and recreational cannabis

Denali: Kinder-Safe Child-Resistant Compliant Packaging for the Cannabis Industry

New E-Commerce Packaging Group Aims for Two-Way Dialog With Retailers

Attilio Bellman, Director of Business Strategy for Antares Vision; Andrew Pietrangelo, President. North America for Antares Vision; Beasley Reece, CEO of NFLA; and Bart Oates, President of NFLA.

NFL Alumni Org Taps Pharma Traceability Technology for Member Outreach and Engagement

Pharma Counterfeit Drug Market Growing by 20% Per Year

$200 Billion Pharma Counterfeit Drug Market Growing by 20% Per Year

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Case and Pallet Packaging Under A Serialization Mandate

Designed to reduce laboratory biohazard wastes and reduce costs on consumables.

GC Biotech: Rethinking Laboratory Waste with the Grenova TipNovus

By scanning a QR code on the bottom of the Friso infant formula packaging, consumers can learn about the product's journey from the farm to their home.

Live from AIPIA: QR Code Accesses Baby Formula’s ‘Grass-to-Glass’ Journey

Pharma Counterfeit Drug Market Growing by 20% Per Year

$200 Billion Pharma Counterfeit Drug Market Growing by 20% Per Year

Innovative chemical recycling technology for advancements with waste plastics.

Recycling at the Molecular Level Through Commercial Operation System

Packaging for Origin Almond’s almond juice includes an HPP-compatible 38-mm HDPE closure in the company’s signature yellow color.

Two Exceptional Brands Each Gifted with 0.5M Free Closures

A medical food for chemo/radiation patients and a low-sugar, carb, and calorie cold-pressed almond juice impress judges of Silgan Closures’ first Free Closures for a Year competition.

Attilio Bellman, Director of Business Strategy for Antares Vision; Andrew Pietrangelo, President. North America for Antares Vision; Beasley Reece, CEO of NFLA; and Bart Oates, President of NFLA.

NFL Alumni Org Taps Pharma Traceability Technology for Member Outreach and Engagement

Track My Way platform provides data for ambassador and chapter membership campaigns.

Quick Hits: FDA Issues Warning Letters to CBD Makers

The FDA issued warning letters to 15 companies selling illegal cannabidiol products that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Administering Flavored Medication

Quick Hits: New Strawberry-Flavored H.I.V. Drugs Improve Infant Compliance

India-based drug manufacturer Cipla just announced a more palatable form of an HIV drug that could save thousands of lives each year.

Treating Bladder Cancer

Quick Hits: Anthrax Could Soon Be Used to Fight Bladder Cancer

Researchers at Purdue University are using anthrax to treat bladder cancer in pet dogs, and it seems to be working.

By scanning a QR code on the bottom of the Friso infant formula packaging, consumers can learn about the product's journey from the farm to their home.

Live from AIPIA: QR Code Accesses Baby Formula’s ‘Grass-to-Glass’ Journey

Amazon's Alexa now fills prescriptions.

Quick Hits: New Features Turn Amazon’s Alexa into a Pharmacist

Amazon’s virtual assistant can now order prescription refills and instruct patients when to take their medications.

Pharma Counterfeit Drug Market Growing by 20% Per Year

$200 Billion Pharma Counterfeit Drug Market Growing by 20% Per Year

This alarming growth is twice the rate of the legitimate pharmaceutical market, and accounts for 2.5% of the total global pharma market.

Toshiba Cancer Screening Device

Quick Hits: New Device Screens for 13 Types of Cancer

Toshiba has developed a new technology that can detect 13 types of cancer from a single drop of blood with 99% accuracy.

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Case and Pallet Packaging Under A Serialization Mandate

Capturing high quality aggregation data during the case-packing and palletization operation is essential to efficient operations under a serialization mandate. And what happens when aggregation data is inaccurate?

Male Birth Control

Quick Hits: Male Birth Control Coming Soon to India

The world’s first injectable birth control for men has completed clinical trials and now faces regulatory approval.

TriFlex “to promote joint health,” comes as functional beverage, functional food in the form of soft chews, and caplets. Cartons, rigid containers with tamper-evident seals, and flexible pouches offer the consumer a variety of packaging and delivery systems. PMMI’s research predicts the move from rigid containers to flexible pouches, but there are still plenty of vitamin bottles on the shelf at GNC.

E-Commerce and Personalization Drive Packaging Changes in Nutraceuticals

E-Commerce is necessitating a movement away from rigid plastic and glass containers, while personalized supplement packs gain steam.

Global Packaging Research

Overall value of packaging in Asia will hit $377.5 billion in 2019. It will be the fastest growing major world region to 2024 reaching $458.2 billion in that year, according to a new study from Smithers

Quick Hits: New Contact Lens Curbs Nearsightedness in Kids

The FDA just approved the first contact lens that slows the progression of myopia in kids between the ages of 8 and 12 years old.

Super Antibiotics

Quick Hits: New Super-Antibiotics Can Kill Superbugs

Scientists in Hong Kong have developed a new family of antibiotics strong enough to neutralize antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

45% of global consumers use a smart device to monitor a health condition.

Will Smart Technology Help Seniors with Pharma and Healthcare Compliance?

RFID, NFC, Bluetooth, and QR enabled packaging are on the forefront of technology solutions in the healthcare industry for pharmaceutical and medical device packaging, with 45% of global consumers using a smart device to monitor a health condition.

Association membership hits an all-time high with induction of 2019 Fall Class

Association membership hits an all-time high with induction of 2019 Fall Class

The redesigned package (right) brought a 29% source reduction by weight.

Recycling and source reduction

News from HLP Klearfold at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019 was the introduction of their new Klearfold® RPET100 clear plastic folding cartons made from 100% post-consumer recycled PET.

Quick Hits: EU Approves Human Ebola Vaccine

In a new first, Merck’s Ebola vaccine received a “conditional marketing authorization” from the European Union.

90% of all fatalities, 85% of all citations and 90% of dollars applied as fines are related to hazards of the Focus 4.

OSHA’s “Focus 4” Safety Hazards

According to OSHA, 90% of all fatalities, 85% of all citations and 90% of dollars applied as fines are related to hazards of the Focus 4 - falls, caught-in or between, struck-by hazards, and electrocution.

Quick Hits: Copper Hospital Beds Kill Bacteria

A new study found that hospital beds made of copper contained significantly fewer bacteria than conventional hospital beds.

Dr. George Frodsham

Quick Hits: Blood-Cleaning Magnets to Begin Human Trials

A British doctor created a blood filtering system that uses magnets to draw deadly conditions out of the body.