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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.
Traceability/Serialization
Unleashing QR Codes’ Potential in Healthcare
Traceability/Serialization
HDA Guidelines for Bar Coding in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Available
Supplier Submitted
Hataali Wins U.S. Patent for Use in Personalized Medicines
Logistics/supply chain
2022 HDA PCSC Educational Seminar in April
Traceability/Serialization
Rx Supply Chain Progressing on EPCIS Adoption for DSCSA, Yet Challenges Remain
HDA Research Foundation’s latest EPCIS Implementation Benchmarking Survey assesses industry progress of adopting GS1 Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) and trading partner plans for sending data.
Pharmaceutical
Pharma Manufacturers Seek Visibility into Processes to Drive Efficiency
The rise of shorter, customized runs in the pharmaceutical industry has strained production capacity at many plants. To keep up with this demand, manufacturers are seeking to improve efficiency by increasing visibility into their operations.
Sponsored
5 ways to embrace sustainability in healthcare packaging
Identify improvement opportunities at every stage of your packaging’s lifecycle. The time to act is now!
Traceability/Serialization
Antares Vision Group Global Tracking System Software Has New Upgrades
Guarantees aggregation data integrity and optimizes serialization
Supplier News
Open Credentialing Initiative Closes U.S. DSCSA Compliance Gap
OCI invites pharmaceutical supply chain actors into its Early Adopter Program to trial the industry’s first compliance solution for U.S. DSCSA Authorized Trading Partner authentication.
Supplier News
TrakCel, Körber Providing Orchestration Within Manufacture of Therapies
TrakCel is launching a software integration that will allow customers of both companies to share data detailing manufacturing events and milestones between the two systems.
Sponsored
5 ways to embrace sustainability in healthcare packaging
Identify improvement opportunities at every stage of your packaging’s lifecycle. The time to act is now!
Traceability/Serialization
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #1: Serialization 101
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2021. At #1, we’re going back to basics with an introductory look at serialization, required by pharma and medical device regulations to defend against counterfeiting.
Traceability/Serialization
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #3: Benefits of RFID on Vial Labels
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2021. At #3, we cover ways that RFID benefits health systems, from the perspective of the manager of pharmacy operations at Allegheny Health Network.
Traceability/Serialization
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #5: Fresenius Kabi Implements RFID
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2021. At #5, we cover Fresenius Kabi’s journey to go above and beyond DSCSA requirements, with the support and standards of GS1 US.
Traceability/Serialization
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #9: Exchanging Pharma Master Data in 2021
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2021. At #9, we cover the exchange master data to meet DSCSA requirements with EPCIS (Electronic Product Code Information Services) files.
Traceability/Serialization
FDA Discusses Nov. 2023 DSCSA Future State
At the HDA Traceability Online Seminar (Nov. 1-3, 2021), FDA’s Connie Jung, RPh, talked about how DSCSA continues to transform the pharmaceutical supply chain to preserve drug safety and security.
Traceability/Serialization
Inmar: MEDEX TRAYSAFE MOBILE
A 'lot and expiration-date tracing functionality' enables tracking of distributed inventory and identification of missing, misplaced, expired, and recalled medications.
Traceability/Serialization
Will Labor Requirements Increase in Meeting DSCSA Milestones?
With many companies either facing or concerned about labor shortages in manufacturing, an expert from Cardinal Health notes that outbound scanning alone may require a 12 to 15% increase in headcount in their operations.
Traceability/Serialization
DSCSA and the Importance of Exception Management
At the HDA Traceability Online Seminar (Nov. 1-3, 2021) the topic of handling exceptions ranged from ‘in the weeds’ to the philosophical. Processes are still emerging for data issues, organizing quarantine, and more.
Traceability/Serialization
HDA Foundation Survey Reveals Uneven Progress on Rx Product Serialization
With 2023 DSCSA requirements around the corner, findings reveal aggregation has slowed. Now in its sixth year, this survey, released as part of HDA’s Traceability Online Seminar (November 1–3), assesses industry abilities to meet DSCSA requirements.
Logistics/supply chain
2021 HDA Traceability Online Seminar Takes Place Nov. 1-3
Are you prepared to comply with the DSCSA by 2023? Supply chain stakeholders will convene to discuss the most pressing DSCSA-related topics with experts, including a presentation from FDA.
Traceability/Serialization
Mini Manual Aggregation Station for Small- to Mid-Sized Production
Capable of supporting post-lot reworking operations in warehouses and distribution centers, the system is a fit for smaller producers looking to meet upcoming supply chain security requirements.
Traceability/Serialization
Covectra: Enhanced Smart Label and Mobile Authentication
StellaGuard enhancements are designed to allow consumers to more easily and accurately identify, authenticate, and track genuine products and combat counterfeiting using their Android or Apple mobile device.
Traceability/Serialization
HDA Survey Offers Some Troubling DSCSA Prep Results
With just two years left to meet the Nov. 2023 DSCSA requirements, a readiness survey shows that there is much work to be done in drug supply chain traceability. 57% of manufacturers surveyed have no successful data connections in production environments.
Traceability/Serialization
New Packaging Report Highlights Need for Anti-Counterfeiting
An international trade body comments on a new report that paves the way to ‘significant’ opportunity and growth for packaging holography technologies.
Regulatory
Four DSCSA Guidances Were Released this Summer: Are You Up to Date?
Read what’s new on DSCSA regarding suspect and illegitimate product, product identifiers, and enhanced drug distribution security at the package level.