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FDA Warning Letters address fraudulent product claims

Packagers of nutritional supplements and food products must substantiate claims for certain medical benefits.

August 14, 2008

Sustainability issues challenge package designers

Package design for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products is becoming more complex and challenging for companies striving to reach a balance between becoming more sustainable while adhering to regulations and patient safety initiatives. "Furthermore, each change to packaging materials requires new validation trials, which are time-consuming and costly." That's according to the "Pharmaceutical/Nutraceuticals Packaging Machinery, Industry Segment Market Research Study," a Packaging Intelligence Brief issued by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute.

August 5, 2008

Packaging/Filling

Vitamin maker energizes packaging lines

With private-label customers that include Walgreens, Costco, and Target, and companies with branded products such as those sold at Wal-Mart, expectations run high at Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group, Freehold, NJ. To meet the requirements of these private-label and contract-manufacturing customers, Inverness must maximize efficiency and versatility in its packaging operations. In the past year, the company did just that, adding two identical tablet lines to its 260,000-sq-ft Freehold tablet and capsule manufacturing/packaging facility. Inverness worked with supplier partner Capmatic Ltd. and systems integrator AutoFlex Technology to customize the lines.

June 15, 2008

Iverness Capmatic Auto Flex Private Label Packaging

Pharmaceuticals

Safety controversy brews

When cosmetic product labels tout benefits similar to those of drugs, there's likely to be trouble. ...When is a cosmetic not a cosmetic? When it's a drug. A review of Food and Drug Administration Warning letters for the last few years reveals some of the alleged problems involved in the marketing of cosmetics.

June 15, 2008

Nutraceuticals/Dietary

Nutraceutical sorbents

MATERIAL

March 7, 2008

Adherence/Delivery

Watch for 'alpha/omega' packaging lines

Synchronized lines, rather than individual pieces of equipment, will be a focus of pharmaceutical manufacturers, predicts PMMI's Ben Miyares. In this exclusive Q&A interview with Healthcare Packaging, Miyares addresses multiple healthcare packaging-related issues, including mechatronics and robotics, which, he says, "have the potential to transform the development of packaging equipment." He also looks at sustainability, packaging equipment purchase considerations, E-machinery, and counterfeiting topics.

February 15, 2008

Materials

Tubes make effervescent energy tablets portable for consumers

In addition to its shrink-sleeved canister format launched in early 2007 and sold at Costco, San Francisco, CA-based Bevology also developed a tube format for its effervescent Zenergize supplements. Introduced in September 2007 and sold in cartons, the products retail in seven varieties at Whole Foods, Walgreens, and Vitamin Shoppe stores nationally and in Los Angeles-area Longs and Ralphs stores. Each is priced at $6.99 for one variety of 10 all-natural servings.

January 14, 2008

Pharmaceuticals

Air-tight combo-container protects lip products

In March 2007, to repackage its well-established 'skinlogics Lip Apeel' lip line peel/lip balm product, Carrollton TX-based BeautiControl, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tupperware Brands, opted for injection-molded styrene acrylonitrile/polypropylene jars with stacked-component construction, custom-manufactured by TricorBraun

January 7, 2008

Package Design

Air-pouch void-fill system packs a big payback

Health Resources LLC of Hueytown, AL, was established in 1995 as a manufacturer of natural health supplements available by mail order. Today, the company offers more than 400 different SKUs, with products that promote a range of health solutions, including joint relief, heart health, reduced inflammation, and better digestion, among many others. In March, the company began running six AirPouch Express 3 air-pouch void-fill systems from Automated Packaging Systems to protect its bottles of product during shipment. The switch to air-pouch void-fill systems from loose-fill peanuts increases productivity, lessens mess, and reduces costs.

November 1, 2007

Nutraceuticals/Dietary

Swim against the tide to build OTC brands through design

The marketing value of packaging is a largely untapped frontier in OTC pharmaceuticals.

October 15, 2007

Nutraceuticals/Dietary

FDA hopes new supplement regulations will assure quality

If cGMPs do their job right, then dietary supplements will be packaged and labeled correctly.

October 12, 2007

Pharmaceuticals

FDA hopes new supplement regulations will assure quality

If you are a packager of dietary supplements, you may have a strong reaction to the new Food and Drug Administration regulations setting current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) requirements for these products. These regulations were announced by the FDA in late June and can be found in 21 CFR Part 111.1 – 111.610. As a maker of these products, you might welcome the level playing field among supplement companies that these new manufacturing controls can bring, as well as the higher consumer confidence in products of this type that may follow from more consistent quality. Or, you may resent the rules’ irritating new burdens in procedures and record keeping.

October 4, 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

Package Design

Packaging machinery revs Fine Foods' production

Much like drivers appreciate the performance, handling, and flexibility of the finest sports cars, Italian contract manufacturer/packager Fine Foods N.T.M. (New Technology Manufacturing) S.p.A opts for similar characteristics in the packaging machinery it specifies. As manufacturers speed their products to market, it increases the deadline pressures on companies such as Fine Foods. In turn, Fine Foods relies on packaging machinery for the flexibility and output it needs to meet the demands of its manufacturer-customers.

July 19, 2007

Pharmaceuticals

Noni antioxidant juice dresses for success

In mid-March 2007, Caldwell, NJ-based marketing and distribution company The Stratis Group joined forces with Brooklyn, NY contract manufacturer Victoria Packing Corp. to launch a health supplement called "Hilo Gold Noni Juice" in health food outlets in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.

July 9, 2007

Nutraceuticals/Dietary

Films for personal care

* Touch of Silk family of films and printed packaging makes products stand out on the store shelf

July 6, 2007

Labeling/Printing

Speedy label revamp for vitamin bottles

When Sageant, LLC, Bozeman, MT, a health supplement and vitamin producer, wanted to re-brand and refresh its product image, the company sought the assistance of branding and design agency Maddocks & Co. In the process of designing new labels and recommending PVC shrink-sleeve label materials for the various liquid and solid Sageant products in assorted container sizes and shapes, Maddocks also enlisted the digital printing expertise of CL&D Digital to execute the shrink-sleeve label printing. The 2-mil PVC shrink-sleeve label material, manufactured by Klöckner Pentaplast , is digitally printed by CL&D using a four-color process.

June 1, 2007

Pharmaceuticals

New packaging helps reintroduce antioxidant health drink

Aluminum can lends shelf appeal for New Sun Nutrition's reformulated Free Radical Scavenging (FRS) beverages. In February, New Sun Nutrition's CEO Richard Lamb announced, "Since the launch of FRS in 2004, we have continued to fine-tune the product and are proud to introduce a great-tasting, improved formula in addition to an eye-catching new recyclable can for the ready-to-drink format." The aluminum can with pull tab from Rexam (www.rexam.com) offers a one-year shelf life for the beverage that requires no refrigeration. New Sun Nutrition says the shelf life exceeds that of the plastic bottle that this can replaced.

May 9, 2007

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