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Design & Materials: Page 323
Adherence/Delivery
New law to require individual Rx pack numbering
A new law that was widely described as strengthening Food and Drug Administration powers over approved drugs contains a spotlight on packaging that, among other things, will soon require unique numbering of individual packages of prescription drug products. In the FDA Amendments Act of 2007, little-noticed section 913 adds a new section to the law called "Pharmaceutical Security" that calls for federal government officials to "develop standards and validate effective technologies" to secure the drug supply chain against "counterfeit, diverted, subpotent, substandard, adulterated, misbranded, or expired drugs."
October 19, 2007
Package Design
Operating room personnel input critical to new peelable chevron header pouch
A nurse/doctor forum convened by Rollprint earlier in the year served as the catalyst for the company's new Duet functional peelable chevron header pouch. Designed to ease pouch access and improve aseptic presentation, the new-generation pouch was developed after operating room physicians and nurses from the Austin, TX, area participated in a packaging focus group. The intent was to glean insight into the pros and cons of existing sterile medical packaging and to better understand what innovative design improvements would help healthcare workers better perform their jobs.
October 16, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Braille label production
* BrailleMarker machine sprays small dots continually onto strips of labels, producing Braille that exceeds the requirements for a minimum 0.2-mm raised point size
October 12, 2007
Medical Device/Packaging
Vapor transmission film
* Arnitel VT 3104 film for medical applications such as gowns and drapes
October 12, 2007
Pharmaceuticals
Redesigned bottle stands tall for livestock treatment maker
By using high-density polyethylene “bladder” bottles redesigned with a flattened base and “feet” that allow them to stand up on the conveyor line, a producer of a topical livestock insect repellant treatment was able to increase filling line efficiency and eliminate the need for pucks to hold the bottles on the filling line. The new 1- and 2.5-L bottles, from Airopak, a subsidiary of Novapak, replace rounded bottles that could not stand upright, so they had to be placed vertically into pucks for filling.
October 12, 2007
Adherence/Delivery
California ePedigree developments
A call for RFID pilots was heard from the California Board of Pharmacy during the 4th Annual EPC Connection Conference & Exhibition held in early October in Rosemont, IL. Judi Nurse, supervising inspector of the California Board of Pharmacy, noted that the goal through electronic tagging is to prevent counterfeit drugs from entering the supply chain in California. "The problem has been the inability to track the source of counterfeit drugs," she said.
October 9, 2007
Adherence/Delivery
Healthy prognosis for RFID
Although the use of radio-frequency identification is in its early stage, “RFID holds great potential for the healthcare industry, and the adoption of the technology is expected to increase significantly owing to the benefits it offers.” That’s according to RFID Opportunities in Healthcare in the U.S., a new $3,900 market-research report from Kalorama . This year, the RFID market in the U.S. healthcare industry is estimated to be about $297 million, says the report. By 2012, the market’s value is forecast to be $3.1 billion.
September 24, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Digital printing of cartons
* Pharmacarton Coding System II provides in-line, high-resolution digital printing of lot and expiration dates and bar codes for pharmaceutical and medical cartons
September 21, 2007
Containers, ampoules, closures
Unit-dose bottle
* stackable HDPE NextBottle dispenses one dose at a time, while indicating the day and/or time to better assure patient compliance in taking medication
September 21, 2007
Package Design
Prototype pack has designs on medical emergencies
Savannah College of Art and Design's Christine Doolittle develops a ready-to-use prefilled syringe prototype pack for medical emergencies.
September 21, 2007
Adherence/Delivery
Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum 2008 taking shape
Packaging Hall of Fame inductee Edward J. Bauer, investigative reporter and award-winning author Katherine Eban, and Joint Equipment Transition Team (JETT) Chairman Jim John are among the speakers scheduled to make presentations at the upcoming Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum (PPF) 2008. Produced by Healthcare Packaging and Packaging World magazines, the event will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at The Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia, the same venue that hosted the initial PPF March 29, 2007.
September 21, 2007
Adherence/Delivery
Prototype pack has designs on medical emergencies
If ex-lifeguard Christine Doolittle has her way, patients who are unconscious or not breathing may one day be rescued thanks in part to an easy-to-access prefilled syringe pack she developed as a prototype last year while earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Industrial Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, GA. The package is not being sold commercially. The prototype was developed as part of a Design Initiative between SCAD and Eastman.
September 19, 2007
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