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Temp Control/Cold Chain
Open ISTA Pharma Committee Meeting
International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)
Virtual meeting to be held Wednesday, Jun 10 from 11:00am - 1:00pm EST.
May 28, 2020
Ista 348 Notag Nomarks
Market Trends
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.
May 15, 2020
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Supply Chain
States Focus Legislation on Prescription Drug Costs
Though attention has turned to COVID-19, state legislatures were already pivoting away from last year’s opioid legislation to address drug prices—an issue that requires the Healthcare Distribution Alliance to engage across all 50 states.
May 14, 2020
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Traceability/Serialization
DSCSA and COVID-19
How is the pandemic response impacting the complex and evolving national traceability goals for pharmaceuticals?
May 12, 2020
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Pharmaceuticals
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.
May 7, 2020
Syntegon Virtuelle Messe
Pharmaceuticals
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.
May 6, 2020
Midol Before After[1]
Packaging/Filling
In Support of Customers’ Crisis Response, Groninger USA Extends Service to Weekends and Lowers Rates
groninger
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.
April 7, 2020
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Machinery
Take PDA's COVID-19 Survey in Pharmaceuticals
PDA
The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is conducting an important assessment to understand industry impacts on operations and supply chains.
April 6, 2020
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Robotics/Automation
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.
March 10, 2020
The semi-automatic RRA enables PCI to establish a flexible auto-injector assembly process with a minimum of downtime between batches.
Adherence/Delivery
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.
March 4, 2020
Innovation Stage Logo
Inspection
Opening Up Measurement Capabilities in Life Sciences
Traditionally playing in oil and gas and chemical industries, Vega is making a move to a wide range of biotechnology and pharmaceutical applications with its new pressure and level sensors.
February 26, 2020
Vega’s Greg Kline demonstrates how the presence of foam can cause a color shift on the company’s 360-degree color display, making it easy to see when the status has changed.
Machinery
Machine-Agnostic VR Comes to Sterile Manufacturing Education
You’ve heard of OEMs offering augmented reality tools, but virtual reality has come to pharmaceutical processing training. How does improved critical thinking impact the bottom line?
February 19, 2020
VR piqued the company’s interest because it seemed to be the only medium that could transcend boundaries in a remote way to enable both instruction and hands-on skill building focused on the “why.”
Regulatory
Honeywell Collaborates With AI Specialist Bigfinite to Speed Medical Therapies
The collaboration will focus on helping biotech and pharma industries understand and make use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable faster development.
February 10, 2020
Honeywell Bigfinite Collaboration 300 Dpi
Machinery
2020 Pharmapack Award Winners Announced
The Pharmapack Awards celebrate the latest innovations from packaging companies within the drugs, medical devices, health products and veterinary drugs sectors.
February 6, 2020
Credence MedSystems, one of two winners in the “Best Innovation in Drug Delivery Device,” was chosen for its Connect™ Auto-Sensing Injection System, which incorporates real-time monitoring of critical injection data into a reusable ergonomic grip. The Credence app also measures and transmits injection progress in real-time, as well as providing users with reminders and instructions on how to use the auto-injector.
Pharmaceuticals
W.H.O.: Global Emergency Declared as Wuhan Coronavirus Spreads
Most of the 8,000 cases have been reported in mainland China.
January 30, 2020
World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency.
Packaging/Filling
Sealing Two Bottles Sizes on One Line
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) needed a tailor-made system to safely seal two bottle sizes.
January 22, 2020
Enercon and Innovation decided on an out-of-the-box configuration: two sealers per line, configured at the two different bottle heights required.
Traceability/Serialization
CDMO Speeds its Line with Open-Source L4 Serialization System
With the serialization deadline approaching, Sovereign Pharmaceuticals implemented open-source software that allows the company to make their own changes and improve packaging efficiency.
January 16, 2020
Sovereign implemented serialization and aggregation on all three configurations of packaging lines at once.
Inspection
Antares Vision: Raised Stopper Machine for Freeze-Dried Vial Inspection
Antares Vision Group
First-of-its-kind unit rejects stoppers not completely adhered to vial collars. A small footprint—just 76 cm in length—the machine integrates into existing lines.
January 2, 2020
Antares Vision's Raised Stopper Inspection (RSI) machine to verify proper sealing of freeze-dried vials.
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