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Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #8: Trends Influencing Investments
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2021. At #8, we cover six trends influencing new pharma and med device investments.
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Körber Signs Strategic Agreement with Chinese Domestic Cell & Gene Therapy Leader to Set Up Smart Factory
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TrakCel: Cellular Orchestration Platform
Business Intelligence
Six Trends Influencing New Pharma and Med Device Investments
Personalized medicine
CPhI Annual Report 2020 Part 1: 2025 Will See Cell and Gene Therapy Capacity Shortages in the USA and 10+ mAb Approvals in China
Logistics/supply chain
Innovative Therapies Demand Data and Risk Management in Supply Chain
Gene and cell therapies delivered to patients struggling for their lives further complicate an already complicated supply chain. Data and analytics throughout the process are essential to maintaining the integrity needed.
Supplier News
Collaboration Key to Tackling Drug Development Complexity
Rentschler Biopharma and Vetter team up with joint goal to simplify processes and optimize time-to-market.
Supplier News
Patient Education Campaign Launches for Precision Medicine
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance shares new life-saving information with colon cancer and rectal cancer patients and caregivers.
Adherence/Delivery
E-Com Expanding Convenience, Compliance and Customized Healthcare Packaging for Seniors
The convenience of online ordering, delivery and personalized packaging has the added benefit of increasing senior compliance with medications.
Adherence/Delivery
21 Critical Supply Chain Tips for Cell Therapies
From holiday weekends to large health center campuses, find out where risk may be lurking in the collection, manufacturing and delivery of cell therapies.
Adherence/Delivery
Google’s AI > Doctors at Diagnosing Lung Cancer
Google’s artificial intelligence can allegedly identify lung cancer a year before a human doctor can.
Adherence/Delivery
Are Monthly-Fee Doctors Who Don’t Take Insurance the Future?
Direct primary care is a new trend in healthcare where doctors work for themselves and charge a monthly membership fee.
Adherence/Delivery
Patch Analyzes Sweat to Monitor, Diagnose Health Issues
Epifluidics technology could be deployed in clinical settings or in the home to monitor patients remotely. Could its materials present new flexible packaging opportunities?
Package design
Q&A Part II: Packaging Critical for World Courier’s Global Healthcare Shipments
Detailing the role of global regulations and personalized therapies in the company’s logistics strategy.
Adherence/Delivery
Now Trending: Personalized Medicines, Intelligent Packaging and FDA Deadlines
Experts debate key trends and developments now unfolding in the pharmaceutical packaging community.
Package design
Nurses Gain New Option for Home Care
New service allows nurses to drop off clinical trial samples at approximately 4,600 U.S. UPS Store locations.
Adherence/Delivery
Focused Ultrasound Could Provide Noninvasive Treatment for Neurological Disorders
A recent experiment marked the first time focused ultrasound was safely used to alter brain activity rather than destroy tissue.
Adherence/Delivery
Constantia Flexibles: Interactive Packaging
Constantia Interactive combines digitally readable packaging material with a digital platform for data management and a smartphone app customizable to a range of customer needs.
Adherence/Delivery
Dose Printing Shows Promise at the University of Michigan
Printing multiple meds onto a single dose on any number of surfaces could disrupt drug development, pharmacy operations and drug delivery/patient adherence.
Adherence/Delivery
New Smart Patch Helps Patients Manage Medicine Intake
E Ink and LTS have partnered to develop a “smart patch” that delivers medication to patients and relays relevant information.
Adherence/Delivery
‘Placenta-on-a-Chip’ Revolutionizes Neonatal Malaria Research
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University are developing a microchip that will enable studies on a variety of placental conditions and pathologies.
Adherence/Delivery
“Talking Pills” Could Cure the Opioid Epidemic
A New Jersey company has received a patent for a drug delivery system that can prevent death, theft, diversion, and counterfeiting.
Automation/Robotics
TraceLink: Software for EU FMD Requirements
Company unveils a mobile and web-based integrated compliance and digital information platform for pharmacies.
Adherence/Delivery
3D Printing Applications Could Transform Healthcare
Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision team says pharmacy distribution is expected to be disrupted by 3D printing that simplifies drug customization.
Adherence/Delivery
Is the iPad the New Healthcare Hero?
Steve Jobs realized how “broken and bad” healthcare processes were during cancer treatment and saw opportunity.
Adherence/Delivery
A.I. Predicts Sepsis Better Than Doctors
Machine learning allows artificial intelligence to predict how diseases and treatments will affect patients.
Inspection
The Impact of Biopharma Trends on Packaging
PACK EXPO East: The evolving nature of biopharmaceutical products requires advances in packaging design and automation. Korber Medipak Systems discusses changes across the supply chain.
