Keren Sookne

Keren Sookne Formerly 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.

6 Last Mile Considerations for Rare Disease Therapies

A specialty pharmacist discusses the added communication and support—including manufacturers working with patient groups—that foster adherence among smaller patient populations.

August 18, 2022

“The quality or supply chain team may not be putting their patient cap on as much as they’re putting their product integrity cap on, and they might not think about how a dry ice shipment is going to affect the patient,' says Brandon Salke.

IoPP’s AmeriStar Awards: 2022’s Achievements in Healthcare Packaging

From monomaterials to source reduction, sustainability drove many new innovations. User friendliness, style, and inclusivity also scored among winners.

August 15, 2022

Student winner - Rinse from the University of Cincinnati

Med Device Packaging Fundamentals Course from IoPP

The course, developed through IoPP’s Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee, takes place at McCormick Place at PEI in Chicago (class dates: Oct 24-26) in three half-day sessions, totaling 13.5 hours. PLUS: new Nordic sustainability doc released!

August 9, 2022

Traceability/Serialization

UDI Implementation Highlights Global Challenges

Q&A: At times, the hardest parts of UDI implementation are not about data matrices and linear barcodes at all. Jay Crowley talks global databases, portfolio management, and workforce issues.

July 25, 2022

Some manufacturers continue to use proprietary barcodes for various purposes that existed before UDI along with a UDI barcode. This can confuse downstream users. [Getty]

Medical Device/Packaging

Fundamentals of Medical Device Packaging: In-Person Course Oct. 2022

The course, developed through IoPP’s Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee, takes place at McCormick Place at PACK EXPO International in Chicago (class dates: Oct 24-26) in three half-day sessions, totaling 13.5 hours.

July 22, 2022

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Creating Virgin-Similar Recyclates from Extended Mechanical Recycling

Saperatec will present its delamination approach to composite packaging recycling this fall. A non-chemical, multi-layer delamination recycling plant is set to open in 2023.

July 20, 2022

Saperatec will highlight its multi-layer delamination approach to produce virgin-similar recyclate results.

Adherence/Delivery

Digital Reproductive Health Providers Uphold Supply Chain Continuity for Patients

The Last Mile: In the face of U.S. demand spikes for birth control medication and emergency contraception, companies discuss direct-to-consumer healthcare in a post-Roe market.

July 15, 2022

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Adherence/Delivery

Innovations in Unit Dose and OTC Packaging Abound

The healthcare packaging community has an important role to play in keeping kids safe from accidental unsupervised medication ingestions.

July 12, 2022

Healthcare Packaging May June

3D Printers Produce Customized Nutraceuticals

Customers answer a questionnaire that yields a bespoke nutraceutical ‘stack’ of seven 3D-printed ingredients in a monthly supply. The resulting colorful, customized gummies are packed in home-compostable wrap in a letterbox-friendly carton.

July 8, 2022

Quotables and By the Numbers: July 2022

Quotes and stats in healthcare packaging and logistics, from med devices to sustainability and beyond...

July 6, 2022

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