Demand for greater flexibility, cleanability and end-of-line robotics are three key areas driving advances in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing and packaging machinery, according to the 2012 Pharma / Medical Device Segment Report—the first since 2008 by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI).
In addition to presenting findings on drug delivery trends, covered in a separate story, researcher and report author Donna Ritson, president of DDR Communications, Lindenhurst, IL, presented key findings on pharma and medical device equipment trends to attendees of the 2012 Pack Expo in Chicago.
