What's Trending Online This Month: May

Watch to learn about the top performing articles on the Healthcare Packaging site this month.

Liz Cuneo: Hi and welcome to our monthly video series called what’s trending online. At the HCP site there are six articles that readers are paying special attention to this month. Check them out.

Number 6: Preparing for the 12-Digit NDC. Read insights from GS1 into the long-anticipated shift in drug identification and how it will require coordinated updates across packaging, barcoding and supply chain systems.

Number 5: Cracking the Cold Chain Code. Discover the strategies, materials, and technologies shaping how packaging protects product integrity across global supply chains.

Number 4: Interphex: 10 Trends & Observations. Read Insights into structuring data for AI analytics, boosting sustainability in five unique ways, and the pros of modular cold storage.

Number 3: CVS Infusion Service Replaces Foam Coolers with Recyclable Packaging

Number 2: Merck and Google Cloud Ink AI Deal to Overhaul Pharmaceutical Operations. The multi-year partnership, valued at up to $1 billion, will integrate Google's Gemini Enterprise AI across Merck's core functions to accelerate drug development and enhance productivity.

And the number one article is Eye Drop Recall Exposes Gaps in Sterility Assurance. More than 3 million bottles of eye drops have been pulled from shelves after testing failures raised contamination concerns—highlighting why sterility systems are critical in pharma manufacturing.

Read all of these articles, and more. All on our website. 

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