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Package Design: Page 192
Pharmaceuticals
New design signals Coricidin's new niche
Schering-Plough has repositioned its Coricidin brand as the preferred choice for cold sufferers with high blood pressure, and packaging supports the strategy.
April 27, 2007
Pharmaceuticals
Vitamin-fortified water fights hangovers
A PET bottle and shrink-sleeve label help start-up company DTK launch a relief drink for "the day after" called AH+. AH+ (After Hours+) is an appropriate name for a vitamin-fortified water designed to help relieve hangover symptoms associated with drinking too much alcohol. Introduced last July, the three 16.9-oz AH+ varieties are filled into 23-g injection-blown PET bottles provided by O.Berk.
April 19, 2007
Pharmaceuticals
Repackaging 'releevs' theft woes
Merix Pharmaceutical Corp. switched its retail packaging for Releev 1 Day Cold Sore Symptom Treatment to BlisterGuard security package from Colbert Packaging to thwart tampering and pilferage and meet retailer demands.
April 13, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Pharmaceutical p-s labeler with outsert unit
* MASTER series labeler includes a non-stop feed, hot melt, outsert system
March 23, 2007
Medical Device/Packaging
Ring-hinge protects dental polishing discs
Kerr Dental wanted to improve package durability and functionality for its OptiDisc Finishing and Polishing Disc Set, used by dentists. Plastic vacuum-formed lids the company was using in conjunction with an unspecified grade of board tray created a risk of contamination and the possibility of polishing discs falling from the tray. Contaminated discs had to be discarded. Kerr Dental answered this challenge by...
March 23, 2007
Package Design
Bag making and sealing system
* Magnum-MD automatically forms and seals Tyvek, polyester, polyethylene, metallized and other barrier films including HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PP, and nylon with a chevron seal
March 16, 2007
Labeling/Printing
ISPE addresses pharmaceutical packaging
Late last year, the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering introduced a new packaging Community of Practice (COP). The COP held its first meeting at ISPE's annual meeting in Orlando, FL. Chairing the packaging COP's Steering Committee is Linda McBride, senior director of regulatory affairs for Leawood, KS-based medical firm Enturia, Inc. (formerly Medi-Flex). McBride is a former columnist for Healthcare Packaging.
March 10, 2007
Package Design
Single-dose HIV pack earns FPA recognition
The Flexible Packaging Association awarded a Special Citation for Social Responsibility for a multilayer foil-laminated pouch that allows HIV-positive mothers in Kenya, Africa to give their newborn babies a dose of Nevirapine oral suspension within 24 hours of birth, when the fast-acting drug is most effective in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. The award was announced February 28 during the FPA's 2007 Achievement Awards at the association's annual meeting in Aventura, FL.
March 1, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Carton coders
* BDSV family of off-line coders are available with either thermal-transfer or hot-foil printing technologies
February 23, 2007
Pharmaceuticals
Repackaging 'releevs' theft woes
Merix Pharmaceutical Corp. switched its retail packaging for Releev 1 Day Cold Sore Symptom Treatment to the BlisterGuard security package from Colbert Packaging to thwart tampering and pilferage and meet retailer demands. This new format introduced last September is now used nationwide at Walgreens and Kmart stores, with expanded retail distribution planned throughout 2007.
February 19, 2007
Package Design
Child-resistant blister lidding
• Safety-Pak Plus next-generation blister lidding provides child-resistance, consumer-friendly peelability, and enhanced peelability
February 15, 2007
Containers, ampoules, closures
Aluminum bottle for stimulation beverage excites Fever
In January, Fever Beverage USA introduced 14-oz Fever Original and Fever Low Calorie stimulation beverages in aluminum bottles supplied by distributor Zuckerman Honickman. CCL Container manufactures the bottles and uses lithography as the decorating process. Silganmakes the 38-mm metal screw cap that tops the bottle.
February 12, 2007
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