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Keren Sookne

Keren SookneFormerly a manufacturing engineer in the temperature-controlled biopharmaceutical industry, Keren Sookne took the helm of Healthcare Packaging in 2016, ensuring the most relevant trends and developments are covered in each issue. With in-depth process knowledge, she reports on materials science, automation, logistics/cold chain, traceability, and more for the highly regulated life science packaging community. Sookne holds a BS in chemical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Sustainability
Top Articles of 2024, #3: Three Examples of ‘Reduction’ in Healthcare Packaging
The #3 most clicked article of 2024: Tekniplex’s Melissa Green spoke at the PACK EXPO Las Vegas Innovation Stage, highlighting thinner packaging materials, eliminating secondary packaging when safe, and more robust materials that last a patient longer.
January 1, 2025
Melissa Green speaks about sustainability in healthcare packaging at the 2023 PACK EXPO Las Vegas Innovation Stage.
Medical Devices
Top Articles of 2024, #4: Breakthrough Med Device Sterilization Technology Uses Nitric Oxide
The #4 most clicked article of 2024: Not to be confused with laughing gas, this “molecule inside a polymer” is poised to offer safe sterilization of medical devices to kill microorganisms without the environmental issues brought by EtO sterilization.
December 31, 2024
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Pharmaceuticals
Top 10 Articles of 2024, #5: Blister Package Recyclability Meets Machinability
The #5 most clicked article of 2024: Amcor and MHI partnered on trials to determine that a novel recycle-ready blister package could be produced in large capacities and at high speeds.
December 29, 2024
With AmSky, both the blister and lidding are composed of HDPE.
Sustainability
Top Articles of 2024, #6: Four Sustainability Updates in (and Around) Healthcare Packaging
The #6 most clicked article of 2024: EPA announces proposed ethylene oxide (EtO) standards, HPRC maps barriers to recycling, the Joint Commission seeks feedback on sustainability, and more.
December 26, 2024
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Packaging/Filling
Top Articles of 2024, #8: Nonprofit Civica Installs New High-value Filling Lines for Essential Medicines
The #8 most clicked article of 2024: Civica is on a mission to deliver quality generic medicines—including insulin—at low cost.
December 24, 2024
For cartridges, the In Process Control (IPC) helps prevent losses during production.
Aseptic/Sterile
Top Articles of 2024, #9: Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk Invest Billions in North Carolina Manufacturing
The #9 most clicked article of 2024: Striving to meet the booming market demand for GLP-1 drugs, Lilly and Novo Nordisk are adding injectables manufacturing capacity—and around 1,600 jobs combined—in the cities of Concord and Clayton, NC
December 23, 2024
Novo Nordisk, Clayton, North Carolina, US. New production facilities announced 24 June 2024. To be completed in 2027-2029.
Materials
Top Articles of 2024, #7: PFAS: Navigating Materials of Concern in Life Science Packaging
The #7 most clicked article of 2024: From regulations to supplier inventory, how might PFAS bans impact your operations in the short- and long-term? What might be the next materials of concern?
December 17, 2024
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Temp Control/Cold Chain
Barrier May Mitigate Dry Ice Supercooling Effects in Transit
How might a vented CO2 barrier prevent supercooling in dry ice packouts?
July 25, 2024
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Package Design
The Role of AI in Human Factors
Are we blocking innovation by not accepting AI? We talk with Louisa Harvey about how embracing AI in the right way might shape how devices and packaging can be better targeted to patients.
July 22, 2024
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Medical Device/Packaging
Medlab Pros Highlight Electronic Instruction Accessibility Concerns
“If we need access to a package insert and it's online, only to get online and find out that we need to create an account that then takes days to get approved as a ‘verified customer’ or whatever, we essentially don't have access to that package insert…”
July 16, 2024
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Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Package Design
Through the Line: At-home Test Kits
With at-home testing becoming normalized after the pandemic, manufacturers should break down the entire process—from receiving the kit to obtaining the results—and consider how packaging can simplify the process.
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Package Development
Packaging Recycling Professionals Gathered in Person and Remotely for this Year's Packaging Recycling Summit
The Barcode Assessment revealed that while most manufacturers are now labeling medical devices with barcodes containing the mandated UDI, healthcare providers aren’t consistently scanning those barcodes at the point of care.
Regulatory
Bridging the Barcode Divide: Challenges in Medical Device UDI Implementation
Claire Lageat, BD Clinical and Human Factors Specialist shared expert insights into how needle choice can impact the self-injection experience.
Adherence/Delivery
Improving Self-Injection Delivery of Biologics Through Better Needle Choices
Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Medical Device/Packaging
Through the Line: Patient Centric Autoinjector Pen