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Traceability/Serialization
HDA Survey Offers Some Troubling DSCSA Prep Results
With just two years left to meet the Nov. 2023 DSCSA requirements, a readiness survey shows that there is much work to be done in drug supply chain traceability. 57% of manufacturers surveyed have no successful data connections in production environments.
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Exhibitors Primed and Ready for Return of PACK EXPO Las Vegas & Healthcare Packaging EXPO
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How 3D Printed Blister Tool Prototyping and Upgradable Machines Can Revolutionize OSD Pharma Packaging
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Spotlight on Sugarcane-Based Toothpaste Tube
Package design
Recyclable Paper Blister Wins German Packaging Award
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Global Economy Passes Pre-COVID GDP as Business Investments Pick Up; Risks Remain
After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1973, but there are still potential risks.
Take Five
Bio-Based Alternative to EPS for Temp-Controlled Shipping
From healthcare to food applications, these shippers derived from corn and sugar beets cut petroleum sourcing, water, and greenhouse gas use in manufacturing. This Take Five video has the full story in under five minutes.
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Partners Provide Unmatched Expertise at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
Associations line up to participate at and support PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO.
Sustainability
Bio-Inspired Retrofit May Save Manufacturers Millions of Gallons of Water Annually
Namib desert beetles capture water droplets from fog. To fight water scarcity, an MIT-spinoff uses the same concept to capture and recycle vapor from cooling tower plumes, saving water and cutting costs in manufacturing facilities.
Machinery & Materials
Package design
Recyclable Paper Blister Wins German Packaging Award
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Procter & Gamble Partners with Robotics Startup Incubator
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Pack Expo Las Vegas: Marchesini Group Presents a Monobloc Machine for Counting and Capping Plus a Processing Solution for the American Market
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Rondo-Pak Upgrades Equipment Line Up by Investing in New Heidelberg Printing Press
Markets
Supplier Submitted
Jeff Miller Appointed Regional Sales Manager, Central United States and Central Canada for Pharmaworks
Supplier Submitted
Lidding Technology for Combination Products
Pharmaceutical
Catalent: Dose Form Decision Platform
Medical device/Packaging
Nelipak Healthcare Packaging Honored with a 2021 AmeriStar Award
Logistics & Cold Chain
Traceability/Serialization
HDA Survey Offers Some Troubling DSCSA Prep Results
Supplier Submitted
Lifoam Industries Commercially Launches Sustainable Packaging Solution for Cold Chain Shipping
Take Five
Bio-Based Alternative to EPS for Temp-Controlled Shipping
Take Five
How IoT Stickers Benefit Pharma and Food
Issues
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unPACKed with Packaging World: Is Paper the New Plastic
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Exhibitors Primed and Ready for Return of PACK EXPO Las Vegas & Healthcare Packaging EXPO
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Spotlight on Sugarcane-Based Toothpaste Tube
Traceability/Serialization
HDA Survey Offers Some Troubling DSCSA Prep Results
Quick Hits
Quick Hits
Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy the Solution to Dementia?
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Magnetic Beads Make Bionic Limbs More Precise
Quick Hits
Type 1 Diabetes Vaccine Could Soon Be a Reality
Quick Hits
Smart Dental Implants Resist Bacterial Growth
Products
Supplier Submitted
Lidding Technology for Combination Products
Labeling/Printing
Schreiner MediPharm: Infusion Bottle Labeling
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CalAmp: Ultra Low Temp Temperature Tag to -270°C
Pharmaceutical
Catalent: Dose Form Decision Platform
Supplier News
Supplier Submitted
Jeff Miller Appointed Regional Sales Manager, Central United States and Central Canada for Pharmaworks
Supplier Submitted
IHMA Chair Comments on Holography's Role in Supply Chain Security
Supplier Submitted
Rondo-Pak Upgrades Equipment Line Up by Investing in New Heidelberg Printing Press
Supplier Submitted
Lifoam Industries Commercially Launches Sustainable Packaging Solution for Cold Chain Shipping
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Reusable, Recyclable Glass Toothpaste Bottle is ‘Noice’
Noice Care offers its natural toothpaste in an amber glass bottle with a reusable pump dispenser for D2C; a reusable, refillable glass bottle is available through the Loop shopping platform.
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Top Seven U.S. Packaging Machinery Trends in 2021
According to a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence, there are seven areas currently trending in the U.S. packaging machinery market.
Regulatory
Four DSCSA Guidances Were Released this Summer: Are You Up to Date?
Read what’s new on DSCSA regarding suspect and illegitimate product, product identifiers, and enhanced drug distribution security at the package level.
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PACK to the Future: The Story Behind the Historical Exhibit at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
Take a journey through the history of packaging, explore milestones that shaped the present, and learn more about industry trends influencing the future.
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Healthcare Packaging's Life Science Logistics Playbook
Shipping temperature-controlled products? Get tips on preventing excursions and waste, developing a validation master plan, characterizing shipping lanes, and more.
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PMMI CEO Reinforces Assurance on PACK EXPO
PMMI President and CEO Jim Pittas emphasizes that PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO will open on Sept. 27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center as long as state and local authorities continue to permit trade shows.
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Healthcare Packaging's Life Science Logistics Playbook
Shipping temperature-controlled products? Get tips on preventing excursions and waste, developing a validation master plan, characterizing shipping lanes, and more.
Logistics/supply chain
Supply Chain Digitalization is a Source of Differentiation for High Performing Organizations
A University of Tennessee study shows that high performing organizations are two and a half times more likely to say their supply chain digitalization efforts are the source of differentiation for them in the marketplace.
Cold chain/temperature control
Cold Chain Logistics: Poised for Growth with Lessons Learned from the Pandemic
As more complex, innovative specialty pharmaceutical products reach the market, including cell and gene therapies, there will be a growing demand for cold chain storage, transport, and distribution solutions.
Cannabis
Importing Cannabis Packaging? Make Sure Your Packaging Suppliers Know the Industry
From the Cannabis Packaging Conference West in Anaheim: With U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the hunt for what they deem to be 'paraphernalia,' packaging suppliers must be aware of nuance in describing what products are coming into the country.
Traceability/Serialization
Using GS1 Standards to Prepare for DSCSA in 2023
DSCSA requirements to exchange serialized transaction data between trading partners all the way through the supply chain will begin in 2023. GS1 standards allow for universal identification of a product’s history along the supply chain.
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PMMI CEO Assures Industry that PACK EXPO Las Vegas is ON
Las Vegas remains open for business, as do plans for PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging Expo, the most comprehensive packaging and processing event in the world in 2021.
Regulatory
Fresenius Kabi Goes Above and Beyond DSCSA Requirements
With the support and standards of GS1 US, the pharmaceutical manufacturer fulfills customer needs for an additional system to ensure safe use of medication on a unit-of-use level.
Take Five
6 Sustainability Drivers in Temperature-Controlled Logistics
Beyond regulations such as EPR policies, learn in this Take Five video a number of ways the industry is evolving to help you make the switch to more sustainable packaging—including pressure from the financial sector.
Package design
2021 AmeriStar Awards Honor 3 Med Device Packages
The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) announced the winners of the 2021 AmeriStar Package Award competition. Check out these medical device innovations.
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Minimalist Design Reflects Cannabis Brand’s Earth-Centered Focus
Ebb-brand dissolvable THC powder is packaged in an earth-friendly, child-resistant paperboard tube with simple yet colorful graphics that let the product speak for itself.
Automation/Robotics
Summer Reading Series: Automation and Digital Transformation — Life Sciences
Skipping vacation this week? Using your free time to brush up on what you missed? From reshoring and machine safety to robotics and optimizing inspection with AI, here are seven articles and podcasts highlighting what's new.
Automation/Robotics
Shilpa Medicare Expands Oncology Drug Production with Robotic Pilot Line
Robotics increase the flexibility of the machine, allowing for processing of vials, pre-filled syringes (PFS), and cartridges with minimal format changes and a small footprint.
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How and Why Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Are Applying Artificial Intelligence
From early identification of process degradation to quality inspection optimization, artificial intelligence can make a dramatic impact on a company’s competitive advantage, as evidenced by pharma industry applications.
Flexible packaging
3 Fast Facts: Cohesive Peel Technology
How can a cohesive peel system help with variability in peel strength?
Take Five
Technical Workforce Development Trends Within Manufacturing | Unilever Deodorant Package Prototype Embodies Inclusiveness
On today's Take Five, NAM initiatives reach out to minority communities to fill the demand for a quality workforce; apprenticeships to train current workforce are on the rise. Discover how Unilever's new package is in itself a gesture of inclusivity.
Business Intelligence
PACK EXPO Las Vegas Is Back
After more than a year of virtual events, the largest in-person and most comprehensive packaging and processing event in North America, PACK EXPO Las Vegas, and co-located Healthcare Packaging EXPO, will take place in September.
