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Live from AIPIA: Abbott Connected Health Challenge
Thirteen smart packaging technology providers pitch their solutions to Abbott to help them create connected packaging that links its consumers to services.
Home
E-Com Expanding Convenience, Compliance and Customized Healthcare Packaging for Seniors
Contract Manufacturing & Packaging
Biotech CDMO provides greater flexibility in secondary packaging through collaborative work
Pharmaceutical
FDA Approves Activ-Blister™ Packaging for HIV Drug
Traceability/Serialization
Using Holography to Fight Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Brand Piracy
Nutraceuticals/functional
FDA Finds Asbestos in Baby Powder, Recall Ensues
Johnson & Johnson recalled thousands bottles of their famous baby powder after the FDA found trace amounts of asbestos.
Pharmaceutical
TraceLink: Digital Network Platform to Further Transform the Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
The platform is designed to allow users to rapidly design and deploy network orchestration and analytics applications, enabling patient-centric orchestration across the end-to-end life sciences value chain.
Sustainability
L’Oréal and Albéa Develop Paper-Based Tube for Cosmetics
Designed as an alternative solution to certain types of cosmetic packaging, the innovation’s environmental benefits will be assessed through a multi-criteria Life Cycle Analysis.
Regulatory
Schreiner MediPharm: Tamper-Evident Flexi-Cap Prime for Vials
The tear strip is designed to ensure that undetected reuse of a container is no longer possible.
Regulatory
Smart Packaging: ‘A Tale of Two Technologies’
A presentation at SmartPack 2019 delves into the current status, forecast, and drivers of the two categories of technology—smart and active—that make up smart packaging.
Pharmaceutical
FDA Approves New Acute Migraine Drug
Eli Lilly’s new drug Reyvow relieves pain, nausea, and light sensitivity in within two hours of ingestion.
Pharmaceutical
FDA Approves HIV Drug, But Only for Men
Gilead Sciences only tested Descovy on men and transgender women, and the approval explicitly excludes cisgender women.
Traceability/Serialization
How QR Codes Can Help Drug Makers Streamline Recalls
Concerns about a carcinogenic impurity have prompted recalls of Zantac and generic versions of the popular heartburn medication. Smart labeling technology could speed and clarify alerts to consumers and also help drug companies reduce scrapped lots.
Pharmaceutical
Mislabeling Leads to 17 Cases of Infant “Werewolf Syndrome”
Children in Spain have developed hypertrichosis after a reflux drug was contaminated with alopecia treatment.
Regulatory
Particles in Parenterals: 2019 Update
FDA expects a visual inspection program and parenteral manufacturers should expect questions about their program during any inspection. What's new in 2019?
Labeling/Printing
High-Precision Printer Eases Compliance in Medical Packaging
Toshiba’s latest thermal barcode printer combines high-resolution printing with high precision in label feeding to print small labels.
Pharmaceutical
FDA and DEA Target More Illegal Opioid Websites
In the continued fight against the opioid crisis, the FDA and DEA issued joint warning letters to websites illegally marketing and selling opioids.
Regulatory
Digital Brand Protection: Fingerprinting for Serialized and Non-Serialized Products
Systech’s next-generation platform is a brand protection suite that integrates fool-proof product authentication with serialization, traceability and insight.
Medical device packaging
First Artificial Meniscus is an FDA Breakthrough Device
The FDA has designated the first artificial meniscus implant a breakthrough device, expediting its review process.
Traceability/Serialization
Saleable Returns Enforcement Delayed to 2020
FDA final guidance says distributors will not be required to verify the product identifier of returned drugs before resale until 27 November 2020.
Sustainability
New Variations in Flexible Mono-Material Packaging
PAXXUS, Inc. introduced additional variations of single-stream recycle-ready flexible materials.
Sustainability
Panel Alert: White Paper on Smart Asset Technologies
Tuesday panel to introduce the new report on identification, monitoring and tracking of reusable transport packaging assets.
Cannabis
Cannabis Research Lights Finally Turn Green
DEA makes a move to help increase the availability of cannabis for medical research.
Logistics/supply chain
Reusable Packaging Association Issues White Paper on Smart Asset Technologies
New report provides guidance on available and emerging technologies for the identification, monitoring and tracking of reusable transport packaging assets. A panel will introduce the white paper at Pack Expo Las Vegas.
Regulatory
New Anti-Counterfeiting Packaging Report Highlights Holography
Latest intelligence predicts the global market for anti-counterfeiting packaging will reach almost US$ 250 bn by 2026.
Pharmaceutical
Cancer-Linked Contaminant Found in Heartburn Pills
Low levels of NDMA have been found in samples of the heartburn medication Zantac, according to the FDA.
Logistics/supply chain
DSCSA: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going?
Recapping current progress, the Nov. 2019 saleable returns deadline and the supply chain transformation expected in 2023.
