Trends in Life Science Packaging: Tuesday, Oct. 13

Join Healthcare Packaging's Keren Sookne on Tuesday morning as she discusses the speed of development from R&D to commercialization, sustainability, patient connections strategy, and more at ESKO’s Packaging Content Show.

Oct 12th, 2020

Join Keren as she discusses trends in life sciences and packaging during ESKO’s Packaging Content Show on Tuesday, October 13, 9:00am-12:15pm EST.

Keren will share the latest headlines from the life sciences industry, including topics like the speed of development from R&D to commercialization and patient connections strategy. Also on the agenda: adoption of technologies like cloud and remote access and how to manage the proliferation of regulations and pressure for sustainability.

The event will also feature presentations on Digital Transformation with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and A Simpler Artwork Process for Almirall.

Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion where life science companies discuss how they’re responding to industry trends. Hear how companies are managing their artwork process, lessons learned, and more.

Registration is available for the Packaging Content Show here.

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Rondo-Pak Upgrades Equipment Line Up by Investing in New Heidelberg Printing Press

Visit them at Pack Expo booth #SL-6549: Company’s new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 10 Color Perfector is part of a multi-phase machinery investment in response to rapid growth due to increased demand for specialized packaging.

The specialty label combination of Pharma-Tac and Booklet-Label enables efficient and convenient use of infusion bottles in clinical trials.

Schreiner MediPharm: Infusion Bottle Labeling

To simplify international clinical trials, Schreiner MediPharm equips hanger-label for infusion bottles with booklet, allowing detailed product descriptions in multiple languages.

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Fresenius Kabi Goes Above and Beyond DSCSA Requirements

With the support and standards of GS1 US, the pharmaceutical manufacturer fulfills customer needs for an additional system to ensure safe use of medication on a unit-of-use level.

HAPA: Inline Coding for Pharmaceutical Blister Packs

The new VDP 827 is a standardized inline Drop on Demand (DOD) solution for variable data printing on pharmaceutical blister packs.

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RFID Labeling Solutions

See it at Pack Expo Las Vegas Booth C-3518! WLS, a ProMach product brand, will introduce its latest RFID labeling solutions designed to apply RFID labels to vials, bottles, tubes, syringes, and medical devices.

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Life Sciences Logistics

Discover practical tips (big and small!) to help prevent excursions/waste with our Life Sciences Logistics Playbook.

Statler pointed to the “wisdom of the crowd” phenomenon, in which a company takes data from multiple sensors—temperature, for example—and when they aggregate the readings, they can obtain a higher degree of accuracy than would be possible with a single, ultra-precise sensor.

9 Life Science Use Cases for IoT Stickers

From asset tracking and authentication to adherence and disposal, IoT stickers hold promise for healthcare products. One way to boost the tech’s ROI? Sensing throughout the life of the product.

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Covectra: Enhanced Serialization Platform to Simplify the Repackaging of Pre-Serialized Products

New ATLAS Repackaging Component offers custom option to simplify the rework process and reduce production downtime for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

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Schreiner MediPharm and Plas-Tech Engineering: Full Service First-opening Indication for Prefilled Syringes

Companies combine fortes on Cap-Lock tamper-evident security system for luer-lock syringes, combining a cap adapter and label. Cap-Lock irreversibly indicates whether a syringe has been previously opened.

These additions will allow Rondo-Pak to meet the heightened market demand for specialized packaging - accelerated by a need for COVID-19 related products including vaccines, adjuvants, test kits, pain relievers, and treatment medications.

Rondo-Pak Announces Major Equipment Investments to Enhance Capabilities and Expand Capacity

Extensive machinery investments made as company experiences significant growth period due to COVID-19 related demand for specialized packaging.

High Desert Pure's Full Spectrum CBD Lotion in an airless pump container (3.5 oz).

Smudge-Proof Cannabis Batch Labels Offer Colorful Compliance

High Desert Pure employs on-demand printing for up-to-the-minute compliance and traceability information for its nearly 30 SKUs.

AV Print Inspector’s standard head size handles labels and web applications up to 4 inches wide, with 6” and 12” options also available.

Antares Vision: Comprehensive Label & Print Layout Quality Control System

AV Print Inspector offers whole-label inspection, including image matching, code reading, and color detection, at speeds up to 75 meters/minute.

Avery Dennison's ultra-small Minidose U8 RAIN RFID inlays for pharma applications, the first products on the market to receive ARC certification (Spec S) from Auburn University’s RFID Lab, and to be approved for use by DoseID.

Avery Dennison Smartrac: Ultra-Small Minidose U8 RAIN RFID inlays for Pharma

The inlay is the smallest RFID product on the market to pass ARC certification (Spec S), and to be approved for use by the DoseID consortium.

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Elevate Packaging’s Compostable Adhesive Label Received BPI Certification

Elevate Packaging announces its PURE Labels MC White compostable pressure sensitive adhesive labels are the first to be BPI certified, including full-color printing and coatings.

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Smart Connectivity ID System Launched for Hospitals and Healthcare Supply Chain

Compact printer incorporated feedback from operators to avoid medical incidents and features an anti-microbial casing to address safety needs related to the pandemic.

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HERMA: Continuous Labeling Capabilities for Pharma Wrap-around Labeler

Suited for expedited, high-volume vial production, HERMA 132M HC Wrap-around Labeler can be retrofitted for continuous operation.

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Toshiba: Durable Label Printers

Label printers fulfill wide-ranging healthcare, logistics, and retail applications.

With the CCL/Kit Check partnership, manufacturers receive labels with RFID inlay that appear identical to their existing label—and don’t require artwork changes and new FDA approval—and do not affect packaging lines.

Part 1: From Drug Supply to Staffing, the Benefits of RFID Integrated into Vial Labels

In this Q&A, a manager of pharmacy operations explains why RFID-embedded vial labels just may change the world of inventory management and dispensing.

With MEMS AS®-Platform from AARDEX, the data from the dosing history of the smart packaging from Schreiner MediPharm are visualized and analyzed.

Schreiner MediPharm and AARDEX: Smart Digital Therapy Management Solution for Clinical Trials

Smart Blister Packs and Smart Kit Boxes link medicine packaging with matching software for enhanced trial participant monitoring capabilities.

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United Automation: Print-and-Apply Label Applicators for Pharmacy

For bottle and bag labeling, United Automation labeling solutions incorporate Epson Colorworks on-demand label printer and industrial robots for one-to-one automated labeling and verification system.

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The Syringe-Closure-Wrap label for prefilled syringes irreversibly indicates any first opening and thus enhances user certainty and patient safety.

Schreiner MediPharm: First-Opening Indication Label for Pre-Filled Syringes

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P-s Labeler

Accraply introduces the Sirius 100 cost-effective p-s labeling machine for fast-moving, highly flexible production lines. It is designed to minimize downtime with toolless changeovers.

Label Cloud Compliance comes with a Validation Acceleration Pack (VAP) which includes installation qualification (IQ) reports.

NiceLabel: Public Cloud System for Regulated Company Compliance

Label Cloud Compliance makes validation process quicker and easier for life sciences businesses.

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Cap-Lock Pharma Security Label with RFID Technology

Developed to help hospitals expand digitization initiatives, the label-and-cap security concept for prefilled syringes also enables automated inventory and supply chain management, as well as digital first-opening indication.

The Domino Gx-Series with new ink, flexibility, and Internet 4.0 capabilities.

Domino Amjet Introduces Updated Thermal Inkjet Printer for North America

The Gx-Series printers, with new ink and Industry 4.0 capabilities, is designed to be durable and adaptable to production changes.

With Cap-Lock plus RFID, the RFID chip is integrated in the label.

Schreiner MediPharm: Security Label with RFID Technology

“Cap-Lock plus RFID“ combines digital medication management with first-opening indication.

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Label Applicator

Afinia Label’s A200 semi-automatic labeler is designed to apply single or front-and-back labels on bottles, jars, cans, and other cylindrical containers.

Combined with the Epson ColorWorks CW-C6000P, these label applicators are designed to deliver an on-demand, full color print-and-apply labeling system.

Label Applicators Available for the Epson ColorWorks CW-C6000P On-Demand Color Label Printer

General Data and LabelMill Label Applicators Integrate with Epson ColorWorks Industrial Label Printer to Deliver Full Color, Print-and-Apply Labeling System.

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Marchesini Group's Sep. X Days Showcase New Rotary Labeler

The Marchesini Group virtual event series picks up again Sep. 10 featuring the RL-F800, an automatic, fully servo-driven rotary labeler that can apply one wrap-around label on ampoules and vials at a speed of up to 800 pieces/min.

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DataLase and Macsa ID Announce Partnership

DataLase announced a distribution agreement with Macsa ID where both companies will offer a complete solution to brands and converters utilizing DataLase’s coding and marking technologies and Macsa’s global distribution network.

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Airnov: Laser-Marked Desiccant Canisters

Designed to reduce risk of contamination by eliminating print or paper labels, as well as ink or glue for pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals .

Markem-Imaje Acquires Solaris Laser

The acquisition will expand the laser technology offerings in Markem-Imaje’s marking and coding solutions business, improving the company’s position in identification and traceability equipment.