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2022 GS1 Connect: Adapt in San Diego, CA
Expand your professional network and gain new insights on supply chain excellence, June 7-9, 2022. Register by June 1.
Business Intelligence
Pharma/Medical Device Companies Projecting Expansion for 2022
Supplier Submitted
PDA's Glenn E. Wright, To Be Named President & CEO, March 2023; Richard M. Johnson to Retire
Supplier Submitted
Liveo Research Expands Product Portfolio With Polypropylen Film
Business Intelligence
Innovation Not Keeping Pace With Sustainability Demands
Business Intelligence
Great Resignation Driving Employee Poaching
It’s a buyer’s market for job seekers as 81,000 left manufacturing from Aug. 2020 through Aug. 2021. Manufacturers are climbing over each other to poach workers to meet increases in production.
Take Five
Pharmaceutical Industry Applies Artificial Intelligence
How pharmaceutical companies are using artificial intelligence to improve asset performance management and predictive maintenance to avoid batch loss and reduce maintenance and repair costs.
Sustainability
Medical Device eIFUs: Hurdles to Overcome
Live from the[PACK]out: Regulations, regional acceptance, and validated packaging configurations all play a role. The challenges aren’t insurmountable but will require efforts from the packaging community.
Issues
unPACKed with OEM Podcast: Femininity in Manufacturing
Listen as Stephanie Neil outlines the challenges for women in manufacturing with “Steel Toes and Stilettos” authors Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels.
PMMI news
Hackers Shift Focus to Packaging and Processing
Pervasive new technology increases entry points for cyber attacks. Discover cybersecurity solutions at PACK EXPO International (Oct. 23-26; McCormick Place, Chicago).
PMMI news
Consolidation Threatening CPG-OEM Relationships
The shift in the CPG-OEM relationship from transactional to strategic collaboration has hit a snag.
Medical device/Packaging
KiiP Tackles Wicked Problems in Package Material Stability
What began as a chat over coffee has led to work on a hypothesis and a white paper with far-reaching potential in saving time and resources in medical device packaging stability testing. Efforts were presented at the[PACK]out's inaugural event in Austin.
Sustainability
AMERIPEN: ‘New Recycled Content Mandates Doomed To Fail’
An examination of legislation meant to boost demand for PCR reveals lawmakers are not considering the full implications of these requirements and the other industries that compete for demand.
Home
FDA Permits Marketing for Test to Improve Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
The Lumipulse test is intended to measure the ratio of β-amyloid 1-42 and β-amyloid 1-40 concentrations found in human cerebral spinal fluid.
Sustainability
CVS Health Takes Leaps to Deliver on its Healthy 2030 Goals
Company announces collaborations to further it’s sustainability strategy to continue delivering on its Healthy 2030 goals.
PMMI news
unPACKed with PMMI: Next Stop PACK EXPO International 2022
Hear about automation and software options from PACK EXPO which directly address continuing workforce issues and materials to meet consumer demand for sustainable packages.
Business Intelligence
Quotables and By the Numbers: May 2022
Quotes and stats in healthcare packaging and logistics, from distribution to sustainability and beyond...
Package design
Prefilled Enteral Pouch Wins Highest 2022 FPA Award
The EnteraLoc is a 510(k) FDA-approved enteral device designed for tube-fed patients. It’s a flexible spouted pouch with a leak-proof seal, for direct-connect delivery of nutrition in a safe and convenient manner.
Sustainability
J&J Vision to Save Approximately 10 Tons of Plastic Across Europe
The company is removing the plastic pouches currently placed on the outside of European ACUVUE® deliveries and placing delivery notes inside the orders instead.
Regulatory
the[PACK]out: Supply Chain - Navigating Disruptions
EXPERIENCE the[PACK]out: Created for industry professionals, by industry professionals.
Traceability/Serialization
Unleashing QR Codes’ Potential in Healthcare
QR codes can link consumers and patients to dynamic engagement, education, authentication features and more. Here are 12 examples of how brand owners can unleash the potential of QR codes for life science and personal care applications.
Regulatory
FDA Issues New Guidance to Increase Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Clinical Trials
The agency’s focus on inclusion in trials for all medical products aligns with Biden Administration’s Cancer Moonshot goal of addressing inequities and beyond.
Sustainability
9 Sustainability Initiatives in Healthcare Packaging: Earth Day 2022
While there are numerous important cross-industry initiatives, this year we’re taking “official Earth Day 2022” to highlight the rise in partnerships targeting sustainability specifically in life sciences and healthcare.
Sustainability
Medical Grade Material Reimagined Into Fashion for Earth Day 2022
“The Nightingale,” which is composed of blue wrap along with discarded pool insulation, is meant to symbolize the bravery and comfort that healthcare heroes embody everyday.
Adherence/Delivery
Johnson & Johnson Chief Medical Officer Highlights Unit Dose Packaging’s Role in Preventing Accidental Ingestion
Dr. Ed Kuffner: “Every day in the U.S., we have about 150 children—about four busloads of kids—coming into emergency departments because of accidental unsupervised ingestions… Packaging innovations can reduce these risks.”
Sustainability
Parcel Health Launches Sustainable Medication Packaging Pilot Program
Ten nationwide, independent pharmacies are participating in the pilot program involving Phill Box, a recyclable, compostable, water-resistant, easy-to-use alternative to plastic pill bottles.
Automation/Robotics
Automation: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Trend Shaping the Future
Efforts to maximize throughput are driving pharmaceutical manufacturing investments in automation and digitization.
![At the[PACK]out, presenting 'Wicked Stability: Predicting the Aging Degradation of Materials' were speakers (from left): Dan Burgess, Henk Blom, and Rod Patch w/ Moderator Seema Momin.](https://img.healthcarepackaging.com/files/base/pmmi/all/image/2022/05/Wicked_Stability.627af09af0762.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=146&q=70&w=340)
