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Regulatory
PDA Post-Approval Change Issues and Impacts Survey
This comprehensive survey includes data on the challenges presented by inconsistencies in how regulators treat post-approval changes and respondents’ experience with specific regulators.
PDA
Feb 24th, 2021
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Automation/Robotics
Serialization Continues to Impact Pharma Automation Investments
Kim Overstreet
Dec 10th, 2020
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Logistics/supply chain
Saleable Returns Verification Delayed to 2023
Keren Sookne
Oct 23rd, 2020
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Cannabis
Cannabis Policy Vote May Happen by End of 2020
Keren Sookne
Oct 1st, 2020
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Regulatory
Live from PDA/FDA: FDA Considers Incentivizing Quality Management Maturity (QMM)
Keren Sookne
Sep 15th, 2020
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Pharmaceutical
CPhI Festival of Pharma 2020 in October
Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb to address industry on sustainable innovation at the two-week long event. Sessions will cover affordable medicines, supply change resiliency, AI, Vaccine production, and more.
Sep 9th, 2020
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Supplier News
Smithers tests med devices
Smithers, a leading provider of testing, consulting, information, and compliance services, has announced the formation of the Medical Device Testing division.
Smithers
Jul 20th, 2020
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Sponsored
View Product Demos On Demand
Missed part or all of PACK EXPO Connects? Browse dozens of demos by category or search by keyword. Find solutions to your packaging and processing challenges now through March 31.
Feb 17th, 2021
FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn
Regulatory
New FDA Insight Podcast on Emerging Topics
First guest: FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn on fighting COVID-19 at FDA.
Keren Sookne
Jun 24th, 2020
Allergan
Regulatory
Quick Hits: Allergan is Seeking Women with Recalled Breast Implants
Allergan recalled breast implants more than 10 months ago; now they are trying to find the women who still have them.
Tim Hayes
Jun 12th, 2020
Fitbit Ventilator
Regulatory
Quick Hits: FDA Gives Emergency Approval to Fitbit’s Ventilator
The wearable tech company developed a new ventilator to help treat the current health crisis.
Tim Hayes
Jun 9th, 2020
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Logistics/supply chain
States Focus Legislation on Prescription Drug Costs
Though attention has turned to COVID-19, state legislatures were already pivoting away from last year’s opioid legislation to address drug prices—an issue that requires the Healthcare Distribution Alliance to engage across all 50 states.
Aaron Hand
May 14th, 2020
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Machinery & materials
Take PDA's COVID-19 Survey in Pharmaceuticals
The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is conducting an important assessment to understand industry impacts on operations and supply chains.
PDA
Apr 6th, 2020
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Regulatory
Honeywell Collaborates With AI Specialist Bigfinite to Speed Medical Therapies
The collaboration will focus on helping biotech and pharma industries understand and make use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable faster development.
Aaron Hand
Feb 10th, 2020
World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency.
Pharmaceutical
W.H.O.: Global Emergency Declared as Wuhan Coronavirus Spreads
Most of the 8,000 cases have been reported in mainland China.
Keren Sookne
Jan 30th, 2020
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Home
Feds Say Not Legal, But Still It’s Not Rare: Why’s CBD for Sale Everywhere?
In our column’s continuing effort to correct common misconceptions about packaging law, this month we turn to cannabidiol, or CBD.
Eric Greenberg
Jan 29th, 2020
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Home
Cannabis Packaging: Don't Fear the Reefer
UnPACKed with PMMI Podcast breaks down the latest developments in cannabis packaging as more and more states open the door to legalization.
Sean Riley
Jan 23rd, 2020
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Home
Controversial new labeling idea
Headlines from the U.K. sound promising but reading deeper reveals very little benefit for contemplating such a major change for food manufacturers.
Jim Chrzan
Dec 28th, 2019
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Pharmaceutical
FDA Approves Activ-Blister™ Packaging for HIV Drug
The FDA has approved AptarGroup’s packaging solution for oral solid dose HIV prevention medicine.
Tim Hayes
Oct 25th, 2019
Holographic foils can be used to great effect to differentiate product at the point-of-sale.
Traceability/Serialization
Using Holography to Fight Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Brand Piracy
Column: New trends in pharma packaging follow developments in emerging markets, demographic changes and new technologies that include holography, says chairman of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association.
Oct 24th, 2019
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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.
Tim Hayes
Oct 24th, 2019
Digital Network Platform to Further Transform the Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
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.
Melissa Griffen
Oct 17th, 2019
Schreiner MediPharm's Flexi-Cap Prime has a combined tear strip for the label and cap
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.
Melissa Griffen
Oct 16th, 2019
Duane Niedert, Director of Operations – Americas for Smithers
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.
Anne Mohan
Oct 15th, 2019
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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.
Tim Hayes
Oct 14th, 2019
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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.
Tim Hayes
Oct 10th, 2019
Zantac and generic versions of the popular heartburn medicine face concerns about contaminants.
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.
Oct 9th, 2019
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