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The camera system Polyphem wt is designed to ensure reliable filling control on blister machines.

Laetus at Interpack: Keeping the Entire Supply Chain in View

Laetus presents a wide range of systems at this year’s interpack for the inspection, serialization and aggregation of products in industries such as food, FMCG, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Retailers and brands support a transition from UPC to 2D barcodes, watermarks, or RFID tags to provide consumers with more detailed product information and transparency and retailers with more robust supply chain data.

Retail Industry, CPGs Support Switch from UPC to Data-Rich Barcode

Retailers and brands support a transition from UPC to 2D barcodes, watermarks, or RFID tags to provide consumers with more detailed product information and transparency and retailers with more supply chain data.

Complete product serialization system designed to make it easier for growing manufacturers to meet compliance needs, maximize uptime, and ensure product integrity.

Covectra: Authentitrack Prime for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Provides easier, affordable one-stop product serialization system to growing manufacturers for end unit traceability and compliance.

Sovereign implemented serialization and aggregation on all three configurations of packaging lines at once.

CDMO Speeds its Line with Open-Source L4 Serialization System

With the serialization deadline approaching, Sovereign Pharmaceuticals implemented open-source software that allows the company to make their own changes and improve packaging efficiency.

This software release is a direct response to customer feedback on ways to improve Cr&emacr;do ProEnvision.

Pelican BioThermal: Updated Asset Management Software

Version designed to advance smart management of temperature-controlled shipments and set the foundation for future IoT integration.

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Dover to Acquire Systech International, a Leading Provider of Serialization, Traceability and Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions

Enhances Dover's Product Identification and Traceability Solutions Portfolio

By scanning a QR code on the bottom of the Friso infant formula packaging, consumers can learn about the product's journey from the farm to their home.

Live from AIPIA: QR Code Accesses Baby Formula’s ‘Grass-to-Glass’ Journey

Pharma Counterfeit Drug Market Growing by 20% Per Year

$200 Billion Pharma Counterfeit Drug Market Growing by 20% Per Year

This alarming growth is twice the rate of the legitimate pharmaceutical market, and accounts for 2.5% of the total global pharma market.

45% of global consumers use a smart device to monitor a health condition.

Will Smart Technology Help Seniors with Pharma and Healthcare Compliance?

RFID, NFC, Bluetooth, and QR enabled packaging are on the forefront of technology solutions in the healthcare industry for pharmaceutical and medical device packaging, with 45% of global consumers using a smart device to monitor a health condition.

Emilie Peltre, Senior Principal Packaging Engineer for Abbott opens the Abbott Connected Health Challenge at the AIPIA World Congress.

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.

Holographic foils can be used to great effect to differentiate product at the point-of-sale.

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.

Digital Network Platform to Further Transform the Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

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.

Zantac and generic versions of the popular heartburn medicine face concerns about contaminants.

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.

Saleable Returns Enforcement Delayed to 2020

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.

DSCSA: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going?

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.

Grass-to-Glass Traceability and Consumer Engagement for Infant Formula Brand, Friso

Kezzler enables FrieslandCampina to reinforce transparency and build trust with Chinese consumers.

Company Reports Three out of Ten 2D Barcodes Failing, Letter Stresses Saleable Returns Challenges

Company Reports Three out of Ten 2D Barcodes Failing, Letter Stresses Saleable Returns Challenges

Returns verification requirement deadline is approaching fast.

Antares Vision's TrackMyWay Traceability System

Antares Vision: Traceability System with Consumer Engagement Capabilities

TrackMyWay platform offers supply chain transparency through stakeholder communication, and customer engagement.

The user-friendly Antares system helps PCI save time.

Aggregation Proves Beneficial in a Contract (and Compact) Pharma Facility

Implementing new equipment where space is at a premium, PCI was able to incorporate aggregation and decrease inconsistencies in reconciliation.

he Robocombi system mechanically picks the strips of bottlepacks from the conveyors they stand in and places them directly into the four parallel conveyor lanes leading to the packaging line.

Sanofi Oral Suspension: From Blow/Fill/Seal to Robotic Palletizing

At Sanofi’s Origgio facility outside Milan, automated efficiency is the watchword when it comes to packaging Enterogermina Oral Suspension. Additional production capacity is in the works.

Pfizer's Viagra and Kezzler's Serialization Technology

Pfizer Combats Counterfeited Viagra in Hong Kong

Through serialization technology, pharmaceutical company Pfizer was able to target the distribution of counterfeit Viagra in Hong Kong.

One of ACG Inspection's (ACGI) signature services, VeriShield

ACG Inspection Installs 1,000th Track & Trace Line

ACG’s comprehensive serialization services implemented in more than 100 countries around the world.