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Industry News: Page 293
Medical Device/Packaging
Start-up has bold ERP goals
Based in Las Vegas, Med-Health is a combination of three independent businesses where Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) technology from SAP will play a key role. Currently operating is a Med-Health business that sells medical supplies like gowns, gloves, sutures, and other "consumables." Opening this summer was a pharmaceutical drug wholesaler. And some time around January of 2008 will be the opening of a Med-Health pharmaceutical repackaging arm.
June 18, 2007
Adherence/Delivery
Global pharmaceutical packaging takes center stage at Pharmintech
• Biopharmaceutical and biomedical technologies and treatments will be advanced in large part by developing countries. Although only 5% to 7% of biological products now in clinical development will actually make it to the market, they will play an important role as the life sciences industry begins to develop custom solutions for individual patients rather than focusing exclusively on the larger market. But such treatments will require a change in packaging and processing methods, as well as regulatory procedures.
June 13, 2007
Regulatory
California's ePedigree requirement and RFID
The golden state's ePedigree requirement may force the Food and Drug Administration's hand on the use of radio frequency identification.
May 25, 2007
Regulatory
Anti-counterfeiting strategies begin to take shape
Several anti-counterfeiting initiatives are underway in the pharmaceutical sector, where it isn't just brand protection that's at stake but rather the very lives of people who take packaged drugs assuming the contents are genuine.
May 18, 2007
Packaging/Filling
Laser technology hits the mark on blister packaging
Qiagen adopts a laser imaging system to increase line speeds and improve the print quality of its blister packs. Key benefits also include performance improvements, reduced waste, and financial savings.
May 15, 2007
Pharmaceuticals
Bagged carry-on bottle kit takes off
Tumi, Inc. is selling a kit for airline passengers that offers spill-proof bottles in a zippered bag. New York City-based Tumi uses O.Berk Co. PET bottles for its newest product, the Carry-On Essentials Kit. It is a response to the Transportation and Security Administration's (TSA) latest restrictions on what passengers can take with them aboard airplanes.
May 11, 2007
Supply Chain
Medical Device Packaging Insights
Read three separate reports from February's Medical Device & Manufactur-ing show in Anaheim covering:
May 9, 2007
Regulatory
Clinical Trials Outsourced To China
Half the 1,200 clinical trials conducted by a dozen of the largest U.S. pharmaceutical companies were conducted offshore in 2005. So says a report from management consultancy A.T. Kearney (www.atkearney.com), "Make Your Move: Taking Clinical Trials to the Best Location." The report cites China as the best bet for outsourcing clinical trials. According to an article posted on DrugResearcher.com http://www.drugresearcher.com/news/ng.asp?id=72702, China was chosen both for cheap labor and facilities, as well as a huge urban patient pool.
May 9, 2007
Regulatory
Clinical Trials: India Announces Tax Exemption
In the past 10 years, "skyrocketing costs of R&D have led to a growth explosion in the clinical services industry as pharma companies scramble to cut costs." So said Outsourcing-Pharma.com in its February 28 report, "Clinical trials in India just got cheaper."
May 9, 2007
Medical Device/Packaging
FDA's Marlowe Addresses Medical Device Makers
The Food and Drug Administration continues to be challenged by limited financial resources. That was one of the messages from Donald E. Marlowe, FDA agency standards coordinator, during his March 8 keynote address that launched this year's HealthPACK medical device conference in New Orleans.
May 9, 2007
Regulatory
Purdue Pharma To Deploy Gen 2 Tagging On Packaging line
In February, radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip and reader supplier Impinj (www.impinj.com) announced that Stamford, CT-based Purdue Pharma LP plans to deploy item-level Generation 2 RFID tagging on a major packaging line. Impinj's Grand-Prix ultra-high-frequency system includes Speedway readers, tags powered by Monza chips, plus application-specific near-field reader antennas.
May 9, 2007
Regulatory
Healthcare Packaging Minute
Aylward Enterprises appoints Dana S. Waterman as CEO... Hubert H. Keil, managing director and CEO of Uhlmann Packaging Systems, was appointed vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council... TCP Reliable acquired the assets of Cryopak Industries... International Business Solutions Alliance, LLC signed an agreement with SATO America, Inc., to offer a more secure method of administering patient care and improved patient safety through SATO's Positive Patient Identification solution... Paxonix and Global Vision have formed a drug packaging partnership to help companies reduce packaging blunders and meet compliance and validation demands... Oracle acquired Tolas Healthcare Packaging... Perfecseal will expand several facilities, including those in New London, WI; Derry, Northern Ireland; and Selangor, Malaysia.
May 9, 2007
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