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Sean Riley

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Sean Riley HeadshotWith over 20 years of experience working with and as a packaging and processing media member, Sean Riley became PMMI Media Group’s Senior News Director in 2022 and OEM Magazine Editor in Chief in 2023. Sean joined PMMI as Editor in Chief of Packaging Machinery Technology and the PACK EXPO Show Daily in 2006, after previous editorial stints at Package Printing and Packaging Strategies. He has become the voice and face of numerous PMMI and PMMI Media Group digital products and hosts the unPACKed with PMMI podcast. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Live from GS1 Connect: Fresenius Kabi Infuses Safety with Unit-of-Use 2D Barcodes
The Germany-based company enhances efficiency and patient care through innovative labeling solutions.
June 12, 2023
The GS1 DataMatrix has the ability to encode a wealth of vital information in a small footprint ideal for vials, syringes, and other small packaging.
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Live from GS1 Connect: J&J Beating 2027 Sunrise on UDI
The healthcare giant continues its nine-year migration from UDI to 2D GS1 DataMatrix.
June 8, 2023
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Geisinger Harnesses UDI for Precision and Patient Safety
Technological leap with Owens-Minor streamlines 10 hospitals and 125-plus medical facilities.
June 7, 2023
To embark on the extensive med device endeavor, Geisinger introduced QSight, a cloud-based inventory management system from Owens-Minor (Image: Getty).
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Human Factors Engineering Puts Patients First in Package Design
Pharmaceutical companies can consider human factors in package design to make patients’ lives easier, and it doesn’t need to be a major undertaking.
March 31, 2023
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unPACKed Podcast: Sustainability's Difficult Dance with Life Sciences
Listen as Keren Sookne breaks down the difficult paradox that is sustainability in healthcare packaging, including positive progress and areas that need immediate improvement.
February 4, 2022
unPACKed podcast on Healthcare Sustainability
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CANnabis or CAN’Tabis: Where is Cannabis Heading Amid New Administration?
Listen in as Healthcare Packaging's director of editorial content talks new directions for cannabis regulation, packaging updates, consumer behavior, and more.
April 6, 2021
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Where's my Vaccine?
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unPACKed with PMMI podcast tackles why distribution of Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine isn't matching its breathtakingly fast approval.
January 27, 2021
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Healthcare Counterfeiters Flourish During COVID-19
Healthcare Packaging's Keren Sookne makes her unPACKed with PMMI debut with PPE shortages, the potential for a vaccine and fake COVID-19 tests dominating the mainstream news.
July 14, 2020
UnPACKing Healthcare in a Pandemic with Keren Sookne, Director of Editorial Content, Healthcare Packaging.
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Maturing Consumers Pose Untapped Packaging Market
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Pharmaceutical companies who react quickest to the packaging needs of an aging population have a unique opportunity to attract long-term brand loyalty, according to PMMI infographic and accompanying white paper.
November 11, 2019
Pharmaceutical companies who react quickest to the packaging needs of an aging population working and living independently beyond 65 have a unique opportunity to attract long-term brand loyalty, according to the Five Senior-Friendly Improvements to Healthcare Packaging infographic released by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
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Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2019 and PACK EXPO Las Vegas Break Records
The year’s biggest packaging show in the world does not disappoint
October 2, 2019
The year’s biggest packaging show in the world does not disappoint
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Through the Line: Addressing Medication Adherence
How can packaging simplify medication adherence? When enrolled in Amazon's PillPack, customers receive monthly shipments of daily tear-away packets that are personalized and labeled with each medication (and its dosage).
Every element of the package design, including the distinctive ampersand, was intentionally crafted to resonate with shoppers.
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McKesson’s New Consumer-Focused OTC Brand Includes an Aluminum Packaging Line
Medidex, an AI-powered medical chatbot platform, analyzed every pharmaceutical recall from 2012 through 2024, looking at both how often companies recalled products and how dangerous those recalls were.
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Study Reveals the U.S. Pharmaceutical Firms with the Most FDA Recalls
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Through the Line: At-home Test Kits
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Packaging Recycling Professionals Gathered in Person and Remotely for this Year's Packaging Recycling Summit