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Pharmaceutical Industry Applies Artificial Intelligence
How pharmaceutical companies are using artificial intelligence to improve asset performance management and predictive maintenance to avoid batch loss and reduce maintenance and repair costs.
Medical device/Packaging
KiiP Tackles Wicked Problems in Package Material Stability
Package design
Good Design Awards Highlight Connected Devices
Supplier Submitted
Liviri Bio Containers Are Designed for Cold-chain Shipping
Packaging/Filling
Turntable Machine Packages Prefilled Syringes
Package design
Aptar CSP Technologies Active Bottle Features PCR content
Is a step toward materials circularity
Packaging/Filling
NJM Freeze-drying Equipment Includes Variety of Lyophilization Solutions
Is built for pharmaceutical and biotech R&D, scale-up, and commercial lines
Sponsored
Tyvek Pouches Now Available: In Stock & Ready to Ship
Do you need sterile barrier pouches quickly to help cover low inventory? Don't let standard lead times slow you down. Expedited shipping is available with our Stock Pouch Program. Place your order.
Labeling/Printing
Continuous Inkjet Printer
Markem-Imaje launches the 9750 continuous inkjet printer featuring traceability coding including text messages up to five lines, logos, and high resolution 1D and 2D codes designed for a variety of packaging applications.
Traceability/Serialization
Unleashing QR Codes’ Potential in Healthcare
QR codes can link consumers and patients to dynamic engagement, education, authentication features and more. Here are 12 examples of how brand owners can unleash the potential of QR codes for life science and personal care applications.
Automation/Robotics
Ultimation Industries Produces Tourniquet Clips for Ukrainian War Zone
Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD leads effort to fulfill request from Ukrainian Defense Ministry to supply tourniquets to help those in need of medical assistance during the Russian assault on Ukraine.
Sponsored
Tyvek Pouches Now Available: In Stock & Ready to Ship
Do you need sterile barrier pouches quickly to help cover low inventory? Don't let standard lead times slow you down. Expedited shipping is available with our Stock Pouch Program. Place your order.
Machinery & materials
Delta T Systems Chillers Available With Built-in Redundancy
Deliver highest level of reliability
Machinery & materials
Readco Kurimoto Sealed Continuous Processors Prevent Exposure to Plant Environment
Safeguard materials from dust, pests, and humidity
Adherence/Delivery
Johnson & Johnson Chief Medical Officer Highlights Unit Dose Packaging’s Role in Preventing Accidental Ingestion
Dr. Ed Kuffner: “Every day in the U.S., we have about 150 children—about four busloads of kids—coming into emergency departments because of accidental unsupervised ingestions… Packaging innovations can reduce these risks.”
Automation/Robotics
Automation: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Trend Shaping the Future
Efforts to maximize throughput are driving pharmaceutical manufacturing investments in automation and digitization.
Traceability/Serialization
HDA Guidelines for Bar Coding in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Available
The document serves as a resource on the use of GS1 system data structures and symbologies to comply with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act’s serialized product and data requirements.
Labeling/Printing
Barcode Verifiers
Cognex offers the DataMan® 475V series of barcode verifiers designed to deliver 100% ISO-compliant code verification directly on or off production lines, providing detailed diagnostics for a variety of industrial barcode verification applications.
Package design
DHL Supply Chain AI OptiCarton Solution Promotes Cost and Emissions Savings
DHL's solution helps optimize the filling volume of boxes and suggests the splitting of an order into several consignments to make individual shipments more cost effective or reduce their carbon footprint.
Package design
Tubes Answer the Call for More Sustainable Packaging Options
Packaging World’s Jim Chrzan and Packaging Digest’s Lisa McTigue Pierce met with Tube Council members to chart green milestones for paper tubes, mono-layer plastics, sugar cane, and recycled aluminum.
Logistics/supply chain
Aurobindo Pharma USA Increases Distribution Throughput and Performance with New Automated Warehouse System
When the generic pharmaceutical giant wanted to automate its U.S. nerve center, it sought an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) that boosted storage capacity by 450% and increased order fulfillment efficiency.
Supplier News
Essentra Packaging and Crane Currency Announce Strategic Partnership
Supplier News
TekniPlex Healthcare to Showcase Drug Transfer Tubing & Coated Barrier Products
The company also will highlight the benefits of its recent reorganization into a more cohesive business unit, which will benefit its customers in several ways, including streamlined customer servicing.
Inspection
Heuft Syringer Offers Precision During Pre-filled Syringe Inspection
Now also uses innovative additional optics to detect inconspicuous needle hooks
Automation/Robotics
Robot Cart Conveyor System Doubles Capacity
RoEq’s new TMS-C500 Ext and S-Cart500Ext allows users of the MiR250 to double the mobile robot’s load carrying capacity. At Modex 2022, RoEq also highlighted its GuardCom system for sensor-driven transfer of materials from mobile robots to conveyors.
Packaging/Filling
Romaco Macofar Liquid Filling Machine Meets GMP Requirements
Is designed for the aseptic filling of sterile eye drops, nasal sprays, and injectables
Packaging/Filling
Case Sealer
With belt speeds up to 155 fpm, Signode’s LDX-RTB 4.0 semi-automatic random case sealer features patented technology that enables processing of void-filled and over-stuffed cases with a pneumatic top cartridge.