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Medical Device eIFUs: Hurdles to Overcome
Live from the[PACK]out: Regulations, regional acceptance, and validated packaging configurations all play a role. The challenges aren’t insurmountable but will require efforts from the packaging community.
Medical device/Packaging
KiiP Tackles Wicked Problems in Package Material Stability
Package design
Good Design Awards Highlight Connected Devices
Packaging/Filling
Turntable Machine Packages Prefilled Syringes
Supplier Submitted
CVS Health Takes Leaps to Deliver on its Healthy 2030 Goals
Package design
Prefilled Enteral Pouch Wins Highest 2022 FPA Award
The EnteraLoc is a 510(k) FDA-approved enteral device designed for tube-fed patients. It’s a flexible spouted pouch with a leak-proof seal, for direct-connect delivery of nutrition in a safe and convenient manner.
Medical device/Packaging
MedAccred Launches New Contract Manufacturer Subscriber Program
The program will build on the current MedAccred program and provide rigorous oversight of critical manufacturing processes, conducted by subject matter expert auditors around the globe.
Medical device/Packaging
Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: FDA Announces New Draft Guidance
The new guidance deals with quality system considerations and the content of premarket submissions for members of the medical device industry, as well as Food and Drug Administration staff.
Medical device/Packaging
Pharmapack Europe 2022: Education, Innovation, and Networking
The event, to be held on-line and in-person this May, will provide a window into the partnering of today, as well ground-breaking innovations yet to hit the market.
Cannabis
Cannabis Work Group Releases Whitepaper on Cannabis Traceability
In the paper, experts share their expertise to direct and guide cannabis organizations of asset tracking technologies from cultivation to consumers.
Medical device/Packaging
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.
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.
Medical device/Packaging
FDA Recommends Use of Duodenoscopes With Innovative Designs to Enhance Safety
The agency is providing new information supporting the transition to fully disposable duodenoscopes and those with disposable components, as well as new information on completed post-market surveillance studies.
Sustainability
Sustainability & DTC: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Trends Shaping the Future
Discover pharmaceutical packaging changes spurred by consumer sustainability awareness and direct-to-consumer channels.
Pharmaceutical
Pharma Community Faces Unique Hurdles to Sustainability
Despite sustainability becoming increasingly important to pharmaceutical consumers, the barriers to making packaging changes in the pharmaceutical industry are high, says a new study from PMMI Business Intelligence.
Take Five
Blister Package Wins J&J’s Unit Dosing QuickFire Challenge
Dr. Ed Kuffner, chief medical officer at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health, leads a global team of medical and safety professionals. He talks with Healthcare Packaging about the innovative Packlock blister package, winner of the QuickFire Challenge.
Sustainability
Klöckner Pentaplast Adds RPET/PET Capacity to Beaver Site
The addition will further grow the company's sustainable healthcare and food packaging market in North America.
Logistics/supply chain
Injectables: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Trend Shaping the Future
Growth in injectables and customized medicines is reshaping production. Watch to discover industry predictions for injectables moving forward and how manufacturers are responding.
Medical device/Packaging
Line Clearance Assistance Technology for Life Sciences
Xyntek takes a manual process and automates it using a series of cameras and software.
Pharmaceutical
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Can No Longer Take a Pass on Sustainable Packaging
New white paper by PMMI Business Intelligence talks about the challenges for drug makers to strike a balance between regulated packaging efficacy and sustainability goals.
Medical device/Packaging
2022 FPA Awards Highlight User Experience, Shelf Impact
Sustainability, technical innovation, & print quality continue to be driving forces behind advances in flexible packaging. Noteworthy among the 2022 Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) Award winners was how consumers or end users interact with the packs.
Supplier News
MHI to Showcase Two Signature Blister Machines at WestPack
Accessed through a smartphone app, three-dimensional projections will remain accessible well after the show.
Supplier News
RRD Offers Specialty Services for Cannabis and CBD Brands
RDD’s services drive scale and product differentiation to help cannabis and CBD businesses keep pace with market demand and create meaningful product engagement with consumers at dispensaries and select CBD retailers.
Packaging/Filling
Forum Stage Interview: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Trends Shaping the Future
Pharma manufacturers are seeking strategies to accommodate increased product customization and changing dose formats. Live from PACK EXPO East, Donna Ritson, president at DDR Communications, shares insights on industry player collaboration and more.
Pharmaceutical
Lifoam Releases New Data on Bio-based Foam Technology
Bioffex™ technology shows over 90% degradation, as established through third-party testing in compliance with ASTM D5511 standards.
Pharmaceutical
Pharma Manufacturers Seek Visibility into Processes to Drive Efficiency
The rise of shorter, customized runs in the pharmaceutical industry has strained production capacity at many plants. To keep up with this demand, manufacturers are seeking to improve efficiency by increasing visibility into their operations.
Supplier News
Winpak Broadens Sustainability Offering
Winpak has announced that PureCycle Technologies will be providing it with ultra-pure recycled polypropylene, further further expanding Winpak’s recyclable packaging solutions, now containing post-consumer recycled content.
![At the[PACK]out, presenting 'Wicked Stability: Predicting the Aging Degradation of Materials' were speakers (from left): Dan Burgess, Henk Blom, and Rod Patch w/ Moderator Seema Momin.](https://img.healthcarepackaging.com/files/base/pmmi/all/image/2022/05/Wicked_Stability.627af09af0762.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=75&q=70&w=75)
