Logistics/Distribution | Healthcare Packaging

Upcoming 20-Min Talk: 21st Century Supply Chain Threats

Healthcare Packaging’s Keren Sookne will discuss considerations for whether supply chains are ready for 21st century threats on Systech’s Brand Protection LIVE series, Jun. 17 @ 11am EDT. See you there!

Cytiva: VIA Capsule for Cryogenic Shipment of Cellular Therapies

Reusable Packaging and Hygiene

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Open ISTA Pharma Committee Meeting

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Tempcell® ECO Recognized by Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards

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Cold Chain Council Introduces First Webinar

The webinar will be held Tuesday, Jun. 23 at 11 AM CST with speakers sharing examples and insight into how a new evolution of the supply chain is being forged under the pressure of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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Successful Commercial Pilot of Real-Time Track-and-Trace Technology for Cold Chain

CSafe Global has completed the first commercial test of its new location and temperature tracking technology, successfully integrating tracking devices into RKN containers.

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DHL Supply Chain Visibility

New tracking service uses end-to-end information to make shipments across air and ocean visible nearly in real-time. This gives users complete control — from pick-up to final delivery.

Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) in the UK now carries blood supplies on board its helicopters and Rapid Response Vehicles (RRVs).

Transport Bag Offers Pre-Hospital Blood Protection on Air Ambulances

Air ambulance operations manager: “The decision to start carrying blood products on board our helicopters and RRVs was a major one for the charity, one which has significantly improved the care that can be delivered to patients.”

Accepting the Excellence Award on behalf of The Kroger Company is Joe O'Connor (left) and Polymer Logistics is Paul Pederson (center).

Deadline Extended: Reusable Packaging Excellence Award 2020

Companies can submit applications through June 30.

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CTI: Thermochromic Inks Free of Bisphenol A, F and S

Printable thermochromic technology for temperature monitoring is designed to meet the needs of pharmaceutical printers, as well as those in food and beverage.

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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.

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DSCSA and COVID-19

How is the pandemic response impacting the complex and evolving national traceability goals for pharmaceuticals?

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Preparing the Supply Chain for a Coronavirus Vaccine

As we fight to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists are urgently working to create a vaccine. Manufacturing and distributing hundreds of millions of doses when a vaccine is approved is yet another challenge to address.

ControlTrack is designed to integrate serialization, packaging, and cloud-based management to provide remote medication management.

Covectra Introduces Controltrack Mobile Health Medication Management System

Product improves patient medication adherence during age of COVID-19.

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HDA: The Need for Distributor-Pharmacy Partnership During Pandemic

Healthcare Distribution Alliance is seeking to provide “a greater understanding of how distributors are working each day” to meet inventory needs for supply chain partners and patients.

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Packaging Technology Group (PTG): Dual Temp Thermal Packaging in TRUEtemp Naturals® Cellulose Line

This sustainable shipper from PTG is a thermal system that allows medications and therapies with different temperature requirements to travel together in the same container.

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Protect Your Distribution Operations From Ransomware

Cybersecurity breaches are not typically targeted attacks. They are more commonly opportunistic attacks designed to make money. Coronavirus fears create natural vulnerabilities to exploit to gain access to your systems.

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Perspective: Packaging at the Forefront of the COVID-19 Response

The industry mobilizes to supply the healthcare sector with much-needed devices and protection.

BlindSpotz™ Freeze Alert Sensor: Freeze Alert can be printed on label, syringe or aluminum cap. The technology prints clear and then turns blue if the drug freezes at any time in supply chain.

Chromatic Technologies’ Scientists Join Fight Against COVID-19 Virus

American Thermal Instruments lends their expertise.

Learn Something New in 20 Minutes: Systech’s Brand Protection LIVE

Live from home offices, Systech introduces its brand protection innovation series including experts from J&J, Michigan State University, and more.

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Free of Charge: NiceLabel to Provide Label Cloud Software to Organizations Fighting Covid-19

From medical supplies to food, the company wants “to help eliminate any delays in the delivery of supplies by ensuring that labeling is never an obstacle to getting critical items to the front line as fast as possible.”

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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.

Thermo Shield is made to comprise a lightweight pleated material with a non-toxic moisture vapor application that would ensure the safety of lithium-ion products in transport.

Pact: Thermo Shield Fire Suppressant Shipping Wrap

Recyclable wrap system that exceeds proposed SAE G27 lithium battery packaging performance standards for air, land & sea.

The EnviroCooler EVG is an expanded polystyrene (EPS) cooler infused with a bio-based additive, designed to allow it to break down in a bioreactive landfill in four years.

Lifoam Industries Expands to Offer Sustainable Options with Addition of EnviroCooler EVG

Designed for reduction of plastic waste and should not leave behind microplastics.

Recreational and medical cannabis deemed essential to cope with 'stay-at-home' orders.

Cannabis and the Coronavirus

Medical and recreational cannabis growers and retailers deemed essential services to help Americans cope with “stay-at-home” orders.

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Call for Applications: 2020 Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award

The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) announced the opening of the application period for the 9th annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award.