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Package Design
Medical device blogger addresses technical questions
Validating heat sealers, dye penetration and burst tests, the consequences of designing packaging late in the product design process, and sterilization issues are among the topics that Jacob Kearns has answered in the past year on his "Medical Device Blog." Kearns is an engineer for a medical device company. Differing points of view may be shared on this blog.
January 9, 2008
Adherence/Delivery
Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum, Pharmintech 2010 reach agreement
Healthcare Packaging and Packaging World, producers of the Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum, and Ipack-Ima Spa, organizers of Pharmintech, announce a cooperative agreement in which Healthcare Packaging and Packaging World will offer promotional support to Ipack-Ima Spa, increasing the visibility for their Italian trade event, Pharmintech, to the U.S. pharmaceutical market. Pharmintech, held every three years in Italy, will next take place May 12th -14th, 2010 in Bologna, Italy.
November 7, 2007
Packaging/Filling
Brecon betters blister packing
Nowhere in packaging are flexibility and fast changeover more necessary than in the contract-packaging arena, where multiple customers and their many SKUs are a fact of life. That’s why ease of changeover was a key machine characteristic sought by Brecon Pharmaceuticals recently when it came time to install a new line for blister packing and cartoning of tablets. This fast-growing contract packager, acquired last year by Amerisource Bergen, is located in the UK near the town of Brecon, Wales. Both thermoforming and cold-forming of foil are routinely done on this new and highly versatile blister-pack line.
October 29, 2007
Packaging/Filling
Views of a UK contract drug packager
In this question-and-answer interview, Andrew Billington (shown), operations manager at Brecon Pharmaceuticals in Wales, addresses recent trends in packaging. What is he looking for in new packaging machinery? Billington says: "Quicker changeover and anything that facilitates GMPs [Good Manufacturing Practices] are at the top of the list. Both are especially important for a contract packager because our runs can be quite short. Added changeover pressure can also come from the multiple languages we deal with here in Europe. That’s something our counterparts in the United States do not have to face."
October 22, 2007
Package Design
Operating room personnel input critical to new peelable chevron header pouch
A nurse/doctor forum convened by Rollprint earlier in the year served as the catalyst for the company's new Duet functional peelable chevron header pouch. Designed to ease pouch access and improve aseptic presentation, the new-generation pouch was developed after operating room physicians and nurses from the Austin, TX, area participated in a packaging focus group. The intent was to glean insight into the pros and cons of existing sterile medical packaging and to better understand what innovative design improvements would help healthcare workers better perform their jobs.
October 16, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Braille label production
* BrailleMarker machine sprays small dots continually onto strips of labels, producing Braille that exceeds the requirements for a minimum 0.2-mm raised point size
October 12, 2007
Packaging/Filling
Blister machine for syringes, ampules, and patches
* modular UPS 5 offers 400 blister/min maximum output
October 5, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Digital printing of cartons
* Pharmacarton Coding System II provides in-line, high-resolution digital printing of lot and expiration dates and bar codes for pharmaceutical and medical cartons
September 21, 2007
Packaging/Filling
Automatic tube filler/closer
* Bergami's new Model TF 80 fills and closes metal, plastic, polyfoil, and cassette infeed tubes in sizes from .39"x1.9"x0.9" to 1.97"x9.25"x3.1"
September 14, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Thermal-transfer overprinter
• DataFlex Plus operates at print speeds up to 40"/second, and can code in excess of 425 packages/min, depending on ribbon width and application
September 10, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Plasma Surface Treater
* Plasma3 atmospheric plasma surface treater prints on materials used in medical device packaging, including Tyvek
August 24, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Malibu Wellness pumps new skin-care packaging
A polypropylene container that includes a no dip-tube dispensing pump provides waste-free dispensing and fits within a reusable outer SAN container, helping Malibu Wellness, Inc. market its EC Mode skin-care products to salons, spas, and dermatologists. Malibu continues to take pride in staying in front of the curve when it comes to healthy skin care. So it's no surprise that the company is pioneering a reusable pack in the U.S. cosmeceutical market just when sustainable packaging has become so prominent.
August 17, 2007
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