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Medical Device/Packaging
RFID addresses liability, patient care, safety, and tracking in growing cabinets market
Liability and patient care, and inventory visibility, are two key drivers of a growing trend in the Radio-frequency identification-enabled cabinets market that's emerged over the past 18 months. An RFID cabinet is a cabinet, freezer, or refrigerator equipped with an RFID reader to read the RFID-tagged items stored inside. Readers can upload the data via the Internet. During an Oct. 2 Webinar sponsored by Odin Technologies and Terso Solutions entitled "Using RFID Cabinets and Freezers to Protect and Manage High-Value Inventory." The event featured three case studies.
October 9, 2008
Adherence/Delivery
Compliance Package of the Year Competition opens
New research report points to investments in technology, improved road infrastructures and global gains as significant logistics market drivers.
October 6, 2008
Packaging/Filling
Alcan Pharma Center more than doubles in size
Complex and sometimes confusing, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act poses challenges to the pharmaceutical industry. Dirk Rodgers’ book explains the law for stakeholders throughout the supply chain.
September 22, 2008
Pharmaceuticals
The 'Church' of safe transport packaging
Cold chain is a term that typically describes the distribution channel used to ship drugs in the refrigerated temperature range of 2ºC to 8ºC. But Edward Church (shown), executive director of the International Safe Transit Assn., explains, "I would refer to this environment as the temperature-controlled supply chain, not just the cold chain, because we work with a variety of temperatures, although the 2º to 8º Celsius range is used most prevalently with pharmaceuticals and biological products." In this article, Church identifies factors to consider when shipping temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical and biological products.
September 19, 2008
Packaging/Filling
Roche goes green, saves greenbacks
A change to more readily recyclable fiberboard for its Boniva (ibrandronate sodium) prescription-only osteoporosis wallet pack is yielding economic and environmental benefits for Nutley, NJ-based Roche, a division of Swiss pharmaceutical giant, the Roche Group (F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd.). Roche's reintroduction of Boniva in the fiberboard wallet packs reduces costs, while machinery modifications increase OEE to 84%.
September 9, 2008
Packaging/Filling
On-line printing brings efficiency to Allpack
A new blister-pack line at pharmaceutical contract packaging firm Allpack in Basel, Switzerland, is notable for its use of on-line UV-cured flexo printing of foil lidstock. ...On-line printing of foil lidstock can go a long way toward simplifying inventory and minimizing waste. Just ask Allpack, a pharmaceutical contract packaging firm located near Basel, Switzerland, that handles a variety of human and animal healthcare products.
September 5, 2008
Medical Device/Packaging
Package performance is critical in the OR
Surgical procedures demand the best from medical professionals. In turn, nurses and doctors demand much from medical device packaging. ...When a surgeon is demanding a nurse to, "just open it," the medical device package must be easy to open and properly labeled, with print sizeable enough so that critical details, such as the expiration date, latex content, and product details, are readable-stat! Talk about "point-of-care"-the operating room (OR) represents just that. Mary Jo Steiert (shown) knows all about the OR environment. She's a registered nurse (RN) and Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR).
September 2, 2008
Regulatory
Managing global packaging artwork
Some of the world's most recognizable generic pharmaceutical product manufacturers are now employing the GL-AMS (Global Artwork Management System) from The Perigord Group. Dublin-based Perigord was the first of four life sciences-related companies visited by Healthcare Packaging editor Jim Butschli Aug. 20 - 22 during an exclusive trip to Ireland supported by Enterprise Ireland .
August 20, 2008
Contract Manufacturing & Packaging
GlaxoSmithKline to provide co-packing tips at CP 08
If you're looking for answers to the challenges using external resources when packaging your healthcare brand, the CP 08: Succeeding with Contract Packaging conference is the place to be. The conference is Sept. 16-17 at the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg. John Gagliardi, principal packaging engineer, third-party contract manufacturing at GlaxoSmithKline, will join Daryl Madeira, director of marketing at Alcan Pharmaceutical Packaging, in a presentation targeted to healthcare packaging professionals. Their topic will be "Balancing Design with Production: Lessons in Pharmaceuticals."
August 14, 2008
Medical Device/Packaging
Surgical nurses survey medical device packaging
Medical device packaging must be simple enough for a child to open. Devices should be easy to remove from their packages. Both inner and outer packaging could be sturdier. Color coding and consistent expiration date formats among different products would be beneficial. End users of devices should be consulted in the development of the device package. Packages should create less waste and/or be recyclable. These "suggestions" were among the most dominant responses from operating room (OR) nurses responding to a recent Institute of Packaging Professionals' Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee /Assn. of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Custom Research Survey.
August 14, 2008
Packaging/Filling
Schwarz powers powder packaging
Asymmetric containers are more problematic for filling than symmetric ones, but they're little problem for Schwarz Pharma. The Seymour, IN-based pharmaceutical products company has packaged its oral solution powders into 4-L (1-gal) offset-neck high-density polyethylene bottles at rates around 20/min for years. Not bad. Yet that wasn't good enough to meet growing demand and future plans. Last year, Schwarz replaced that line to double speeds to 40 bpm, improving changeovers and cleanliness.
August 14, 2008
Package Design
Flexible pouches help medical products maker
It's understandable that medical products company Z-Medica Corp. proudly salutes the 4.5-mil film structure for its line of QuikClot blood-clotting products. After all, the pouch has accommodated several generations of product iterations, and is now targeted for both military operations and consumers such as sports and adventure enthusiasts who may venture far from medical attention. From Versapack , the pouches are shipped premade to Z-Medica three-side-sealed. The pouch is an adhesive lamination of polyester/foil/nylon/polypropylene. The polyester is reverse-printed in four to six colors, depending on the variety.
August 9, 2008
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