Register for the 2019 FDA Science Forum

The Forum offers the public access to scientific research and collaborative efforts from the FDA’s network of 11,000 scientists.

Aug 5th, 2019

FDA’s White Oak Campus / Image: FDA

FDA’s White Oak Campus / Image: FDA

The 2019 FDA Science Forum is right around the corner. This year the event, ‘Transforming Health: Innovation in FDA Science,’ will cover topics including labels, digital health, cannabinoids, and more. Here are the details:

What: With the theme of “Transforming Health: Innovation in FDA Science,”FDA scientific experts and nationally renowned scientists will cover the topics listed below.

When: Sept. 11 and 12, 2019

Where: FDA’s White Oak Campus, or attend virtually.

Register:

Register here for Day 1, Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Register here for Day 2, Thursday, September 12, 2019

The company plans to continue its expansion through investments in product innovation and industrial automation and digitalization in order to increase its pharmaceutical and nutraceutical packaging range.

Bormioli Pharma Acquires German Company ISO GmbH

Acquisition increases production capacity for packaging for parenteral drugs and further consolidates company’s growth and expansion plan that began in 2019.

The 600 square meter building is set up for formulation, development, and production of the company’s oral solid dosage (OSD) forms–from cleanrooms and assembly areas to offices, meeting, and training rooms.

Syntegon Opens OSD Customer Center in Waiblingen

From development to production of oral solid dosage forms, the center is outfitted with pharmacists, chemists, engineers and process specialists.

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Four Tips for Collaborating with Contract Organizations for Increased Efficiency

A Bayer supply chain expert discusses the personal side of managing CMO relationships.

Fewer Ampoule Rejects with Automated Inspection

Pharmaceutical manufacturer CDM Lavoisier decided to fully automate its inspection process for injectable glass ampoules, using the new AIM 3000 from Syntegon Technology.

The labeling and serialization equipment segment is expected to witness the fastest growth during the forecast period.

Growth of Pharmaceutical Packaging Equipment Market Driven by OTCs, Generics, and More

The global pharmaceutical packaging equipment market size is projected to increase at a CAGR of 7.4% from $7.3 billion in 2020 to $10.4 billion by 2025.

Aphena Pharma Completes $7M Expansion

Three new state-of-the-art pharmaceutical blending suites are ready for new products.

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Advancing Competitive Edge for Biotech and Pharma

Hygienic, sustainable systems that conserve energy for efficiency, productivity and end-user quality.

The combination of Flexi-Cap and Booklet-Label blinds the vial and offers ample space for product information in several languages.

CSL Behring Uses Specialty Label System to Blind Vials for Clinical Trials

There are visible differences between the candidate and the placebo in this international Phase III trial. The blinding system combines a cap system that completely covers the vial with a booklet label for multilingual product information.

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Pharma Packaging Innovations

New webinar covers several unique packaging innovations to overcome challenges such as child resistance/senior friendly, on-the-go convenience, anti-counterfeiting and improved packaging functionality.

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CPhI Festival of Pharma 2020 in October

Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb to address industry on sustainable innovation at the two-week long event. Sessions will cover affordable medicines, supply change resiliency, AI, Vaccine production, and more.

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Liveo Research Announces Capacity Expansion

Liveo Research announces 20,000 ton capacity expansion for coated barrier films to significantly expand pharma packaging business.

Monique Sprueill of Johnson & Johnson addresses supply chain management for ATMPs.

Innovative Therapies Demand Data and Risk Management in Supply Chain

Gene and cell therapies delivered to patients struggling for their lives further complicate an already complicated supply chain. Data and analytics throughout the process are essential to maintaining the integrity needed.

HDA Celebrates Manufacturers With 2020 DIANA Awards

Climate Change Interest Isn’t Ideology, It’s Economics

Economics is the new driver of climate change initiatives, according to Reusable Packaging Association. Attention to packaging selection and management can not only help reduce negative sustainability impacts, but also create new value streams.

Bormioli Pharma Invests in Type I Glass Vial Production for Injectable Medicines and Vaccines

Recent investments will allow Bormioli Pharma to better support pharmaceutical industry demand, especially during such unprecedented, challenging times.

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Collaboration Key to Tackling Drug Development Complexity

Rentschler Biopharma and Vetter team up with joint goal to simplify processes and optimize time-to-market.

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Covectra Enhances Drug Supply Chain Security

Automates management of resalable returns & DSCSA product verification compliance to protect consumers from counterfeit, contaminates or stolen drugs.

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Ready-to-Use and Development Services Grow with Injectables Market

Challenges around injectable products include regulatory requirements, pricing pressures, and an increasingly complex industry landscape.

A wide variety of process steps are required for the filling of vaccines – from washing and sterilizing the vials to filling and closing. All system components are tested and accepted as part of the CSPE approach at Optima in Schwaebisch Hall.

OPTIMA Supporting Catalent with New High-Speed Vial Filling Line for COVID-19 Vaccine Program

Fast track delivery of a complete filling solution under isolator

The GKF 2600, which was developed for the high-performance range, achieves an output of more than 110,000 capsules per hour with capsule size 00.

Pharma Contract Manufacturer Expands Large Batch Production to 110,000 Capsules Per Hour

Wiewelhove expands capsule filling line, enabling the company to fill pellets into capsules with the GKF 2600 from Syntegon Technology. Collaboration on special requests led to a smooth implementation.

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Gregor Anderson, MD of Pharmacentric Solutions

Pharmapack Expert Recommends Holistic Approach to Sustainability

Encouragingly, the industry might be 30% along its sustainability journey, but greater interoperability is needed from materials to devices for next stage of development.

Peter Buczynsky, Vice President & General Manager of Pharmaworks blister packaging machinery with PPE face shield.

Packaging Industry fights Covid-19

ProMach company launches collaborative packaging industry effort to donate protective face shields

ACG has received a certification of compliance from Clean Label ProjectTM for its ACGcapsTM H+.

ACG Receives Certification for its ‘Clean Label’ Capsules

ACG is the first and the only capsule manufacturer at this time to receive the certification.

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Healthcare Market Equipment Investments Poised for Growth in 2021

Personal care and pharmaceuticals /medical devices are two markets that, not surprisingly, are holding their own and even expecting growth during COVID-19.

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Syntegon Unveils Sustainable, Intelligent Machine Design

Following a major corporate rebranding, the food and pharma packaging OEM launches its first virtual show as a platform to introduce new products and interact with customers.

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Redesign Reverses Course to Reflect Modern Women

Midol®, the venerable OTC menstrual relief brand from Bayer, underwent a striking packaging redesign, reversing course on existing iconography, typography, and messaging.

The coronavirus pandemic is also set to boost the geriatric medicines market.

COVID-19 to Boost Market Prospects for the Global Geriatric Medicines Market

Report foresees positive growth in the geriatric medicines market at a CAGR of 6% from 2020 through 2026.

The state-of-the-art coating line has increased kp’s local South American coating capacity by over 30%

Klӧckner Pentaplast Completes Major Pharma Capacity Expansion in Cotia, Brazil

Expansion provides additional coating capacity and reduces the site’s carbon footprint and overall energy consumption.

In Support of Customers’ Crisis Response, Groninger USA Extends Service to Weekends and Lowers Rates

To support the COVID-19 response, weekend services will help maximize production output and uptime for customers’ production support technicians and prepare for the upcoming catch-up rally.

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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.

The semi-automatic RRA enables PCI to establish a flexible auto-injector assembly process with a minimum of downtime between batches.

Burgeoning Auto-Injector Market Demands Flexible Production Options

Injectable drug delivery is surging, and auto-injectors are helping patients self-administer more easily. PCI Pharma Services turned to an assembly machine from Syntegon Technology to provide the needed flexibility and scalability.

Glass-Like Plastic for Injectables

Day 2 Innovation Stage at PACK EXPO East in Philadelphia introduced a film from Japan that delivers same performance as glass for parenteral drugs.