The National Assn. of Container Distributors (www.nacd.net) announced the winners of its 46th Annual NACD Packaging Awards Competition, with honors presented in April at the association's annual convention in Las Vegas. Three drug and pharmaceutical packages won awards, with judging based on packaging innovation, sustainability, graphics, decoration, shape, closure, texture, ease-of-use, consumer appeal, and technical merit.
Winning a Gold award in the drug and pharmaceutical category was Walgreens' Easy Open Product Line (shown in photo). Walgreens worked with LNK Intl. and NACD firm Package All Corp. on a combined marketing and R&D process. The retailer was trying to achieve a similar package to a well-known national brand. The result was an easy-off closure for the arthritic and aging community. Products included the following Walgreens easy-open brands: Low Dose Aspirin; Extra Strength Pain Reliever Acetaminophen, Extra Strength Pain Reliever PM, and Ibuprofen.
A Silver award was given to Innovative Therapies' ITI Wound Treatment Canister. Innovative Therapies worked with NACD firm All-Pak, Inc. to develop a specific custom tooling need. Innovative Therapies was looking for All-Pak to reverse-engineer a canister to be placed into a previously produced wound-treatment device. This package is an integral part of the device in that its function is to collect fluid from an infectious wound. The two canister valves prevent any fluid from entering back into the machine that could cause potential contamination. Not only is this device paramount in the healing process, but it can also save a patient's life. A straight-sided cylindrical canister was developed to fit into the wound-treatment device. Dimensions had to meet strict specifications in order to coincide with the machine's valves. A larger "cone" integrated into the lid, along with the valves, enables the canister to "lock" into the unit.
Boehringer-Ingleheim Roxane Labs' 5-mL Dosage Cup won a Bronze award, working with All-Pak, Inc. on dosage cups that were designed to fit on the top of a closure and then be shrink-wrapped to a bottle. The design allowed better packaging line efficiencies. The cup was designed with an extension of plastic with three ridges to prevent nesting when cups were poured into a vibrating bowl during the packaging process.
Winning a Gold award in the drug and pharmaceutical category was Walgreens' Easy Open Product Line (shown in photo). Walgreens worked with LNK Intl. and NACD firm Package All Corp. on a combined marketing and R&D process. The retailer was trying to achieve a similar package to a well-known national brand. The result was an easy-off closure for the arthritic and aging community. Products included the following Walgreens easy-open brands: Low Dose Aspirin; Extra Strength Pain Reliever Acetaminophen, Extra Strength Pain Reliever PM, and Ibuprofen.
A Silver award was given to Innovative Therapies' ITI Wound Treatment Canister. Innovative Therapies worked with NACD firm All-Pak, Inc. to develop a specific custom tooling need. Innovative Therapies was looking for All-Pak to reverse-engineer a canister to be placed into a previously produced wound-treatment device. This package is an integral part of the device in that its function is to collect fluid from an infectious wound. The two canister valves prevent any fluid from entering back into the machine that could cause potential contamination. Not only is this device paramount in the healing process, but it can also save a patient's life. A straight-sided cylindrical canister was developed to fit into the wound-treatment device. Dimensions had to meet strict specifications in order to coincide with the machine's valves. A larger "cone" integrated into the lid, along with the valves, enables the canister to "lock" into the unit.
Boehringer-Ingleheim Roxane Labs' 5-mL Dosage Cup won a Bronze award, working with All-Pak, Inc. on dosage cups that were designed to fit on the top of a closure and then be shrink-wrapped to a bottle. The design allowed better packaging line efficiencies. The cup was designed with an extension of plastic with three ridges to prevent nesting when cups were poured into a vibrating bowl during the packaging process.
![Alison Bryant, senior consultant at Antea Group and communications director for the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC), addressed the crowd at the[PACK]out.](https://img.healthcarepackaging.com/files/base/pmmi/all/image/2024/05/Alison_Bryant.6644005a513b0.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
