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Industry News: Page 286
Labeling/Printing
Drug makers not preempt from lawsuits
U.S. Supreme Court decision offers a reminder that drug manufacturers, not the FDA or others, are responsible for product safety.
March 29, 2009
Sustainability
Four pharmaceutical plants earn EPA's Energy Star
During Interphex 2009, held March 17 - 19 in New York, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized the first four pharmaceutical facilities to earn the agency's Energy Star, given to companies that perform in the top 25% of energy use nationwide.
March 29, 2009
Regulatory
Authentication down to tablet or capsule
Contract packager Tjoapack installs a tablet line with coding, scanning, and software capabilities that deliver traceability from pallet all the way back to the unit dose.
March 28, 2009
Packaging/Filling
Track-and-trace serialization concept for bundled pharma bottles
FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Omega demonstrates proof-of-concept track-and-trace system for shrink bundled bottles integrating Fanuc robot, Cognex vision system and Videojet coding/tracking system.
March 28, 2009
Medical Device/Packaging
Eastman launches Tritan medical-grade polymers at MD&M West
At a February 11 trade press breakfast, Eastman Chemical Co. announced that it is launching medical grades of its Tritan copolyester. Scott Hanson, the company's global industry leader, noted that Tritan was introduced in late 2007 to consumer markets for use in reusable sports water bottles, infant care, and houseware products. Now Tritan is being aimed at applications such as IV system components, and respiratory and blood therapy devices, offering a balance of design, molding, and end-product properties for medical devices. Eastman plans to sell Tritan resin to both injection-molders and directly to medical device manufacturers that have in-house injection-molding capabilities.
February 11, 2009
Adherence/Delivery
McKesson, Burgopak team up on compliance packaging in the U.S.
February 3, 2009
Adherence/Delivery
Brazilian patent given for pharmaceutical dosing system
AccuDial Pharmaceutical announced that the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office issued patent No.
January 30, 2009
Adherence/Delivery
GlaxoSmithKline, Abbott, and contract packaging panel highlight Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum
The third-annual Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum (PPF) will deliver information you can use on pharmaceutical package design, increasing quality and productivity, patient compliance, strategies to combat counterfeiting, how to increase packaging line profitability, and will include a contract packaging panel, and a session on equipment risk assessment. This story provides an overview of some of the sessions scheduled for the April 15 PPF in Philadelphia:
January 22, 2009
Medical Device/Packaging
Three testing tips for medical device packages
Sterile medical device package testing is a requirement for compliance to ISO 11607 "Packaging for Terminally Sterilized Medical Devices", Part 1: Requirements for materials, sterile barrier systems and packaging systems, and Part 2: Validation requirements for forming, sealing and assembly processes. The following three tips help ensure that your medical package system is evaluated and ultimately validated with the most appropriate, relevant testing protocols for validation of sterile barrier integrity and overall package and product safety and efficacy.
January 5, 2009
Adherence/Delivery
Cost pressures cloud healthcare packaging's future
Mounting financial pressures top a list of issues driving the pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device sectors. In an exclusive interview, Freedonia senior healthcare consultant Bill Martineau discusses where packaging fits into these issues. Even before the recent global financial turmoil, pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device manufacturers faced considerable economic pressures. Corporate efforts to control costs continue to trickle down to the packaging function, with packaging line efficiencies more closely scrutinized, and material decisions made based on performance and economics.
December 18, 2008
Pharmaceuticals
Packaging vaccines for pandemic flu or bioterrorist attack: Are we ready?
A Congressional blue-ribbon panel believes, "Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years," according to a Dec. 2 CNN report. Biological weapons are more readily available than nuclear devices, and their attacks would be easier to carry out, notes former Senator Bob Graham in the report. From a packaging perspective, are we ready for such an attack? Healthcare Packaging publisher Jim Chrzan addresses the issue, based on a recent International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering annual meeting session that dealt with offering rapid response for vaccine creation for a pandemic flu or bioterrorist attack.
December 15, 2008
Pharmaceuticals
Podcast: Serialization matters: What pharmaceutical packagers need to know
In this exclusive podcast from Pack Expo 2008, Anne Marie Mohan, senior editor of Packaging World, speaks with Bruce A. Harder, Systech International's director of business development. Harder provides an overview on what constitutes a complete serialization solution and advises packagers on how to equip their new packaging lines with serialization in mind. Whether it's for track-and-trace purposes or for brand protection, serialization is becoming an important packaging process, particularly in the pharmaceutical market. But what does serialization comprise? Is it a single unique code on a package? Or can it go beyond authentication to integrate with a brand owner's business systems?
December 15, 2008
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