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Section: Logistics
Labeling/Printing
On the front lines of serialization
Successful implementation requires interconnecting packaging equipment, materials, and components so they are dependent upon each other.
July 24, 2015
Seen here is a Weiler RL-420 labeler with X-3 label head and Domino laser printer.
Packaging/Filling
Digital printer ‘XAPS’ would-be counterfeiters
Digital carton printing company OTC Group helps its customers thwart counterfeiting and theft with Xerox tracking system.
July 24, 2015
XAPS shows a serial number reversed out of the grey bar in front, with an enlargement of microtext on the top flap of the carton.
Supply Chain
Packaging helps secure canine reproduction specimens
South Mountain Pet Care and Canine Reproduction Center uses Cryoport’s cold chain shippers for cryogenic canine specimens.
May 27, 2015
Pharmaceuticals
Severe weather and biological products
CBER offers information on how to handle temperature-sensitive biologics in power outages or floods.
May 4, 2015
CBER offers information on how to handle temperature-sensitive biologics in power outages or floods.
Materials
A pharmaceutical bull runs among Brazil’s economic bears
Pharmaceutical/cosmetics sectors look to shine despite country’s economic turmoil. Could ‘nutricosmetics’ bring fresh hope?
March 16, 2015
Marchesini's PS 310 TT case packer will be on display at FCE Pharma in Brazil.
Pharmaceuticals
German mail-order pharmacy automates fulfillment
Aponeo automates with SSI Order Verifier system that cuts leadtime by 50%, with 100% error-free orders.
March 13, 2015
The SSI Order Verifier recognizes 1D bar codes and/or 2D data-matrix codes, and RFID.
Package Design
Specimen sampling package earns top FPA honors
Cited as breakthrough packaging for medical, food, and other specimen sampling through its integrated protection, labeling, tracking, and storage system.
March 6, 2015
Cited as breakthrough packaging for medical, food, and other specimen sampling through its integrated protection, labeling, tracking, and storage system.
Materials
Serialization to meet Turkey’s requirements
A massive serialization project is completed in an impossibly tight timeframe by taking a modular approach across 24 packaging lines and by assembling a tight-knit team.
February 13, 2015
INBOUND CARTONS. As cartons visible in the lower right corner are conveyed into a case packer, a camera reads all 100 unique car
Labeling/Printing
Comparing UDI and DSCSA coding
Although there are differences between the medical device Unique Device Identification (UDI) regulation and the Pharmaceutical Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), Videojet Technologies’ Tim Kearns finds many common aspects across both.
January 6, 2015
VIAL STOPPER. This image shows a continuous ink-jet code on a vial stopper.
Materials
Libbs Farmacêutica participates in track-and-trace pilot program in Brazil
Pharmaceutical firm works with suppliers to address ANVISA pharmaceutical regulations to address patient safety.
January 2, 2015
Pharmaceutical firm Libbs works with suppliers to address ANVISA pharmaceutical regulations to address patient safety.
Robotics/Automation
Integrating enterprise and control systems in pharma
As regulatory requirements around the world make it increasingly important for drug makers to have in place robust serialization and track and trace capabilities, a number of questions have surfaced regarding automation control. How should data be exchanged from network and enterprise levels down to packaging lines, and how should data make its way back up into the network and enterprise levels?
November 24, 2014
Inspection
Immobilized plant cells: from DSMZ to the customer
VisiSens technology is used to detect metabolic activities of immobilized plant cells during simulated cell transport in a closed system.
September 16, 2014
FIGURE 1: Experimental set-up: Monitoring set-up in the lab showing three VisiSens detection units.
Packaging/Filling
Apace Packaging sets the pace in pharmaceutical serialization implementation
Contract packager sees investment in serialization on its bottling and blister thermoform/fill/seal lines as an opportunity to gain business and a competitive edge.
July 3, 2014
BOTTLE TRACKER. As bottles travel up to the BottleTracker by conveyor, an outsert machine applies a topsert on top of the bottles. This is a folded leaflet applied to the top of each bottle that contains information related to the product.
Materials
How Sanofi will save $3 million in packaging costs
Through a partnership with Sonoco ThermoSafe, Sanofi meets multiple challenges in its international shipping, saving labor costs, time, and gaining versatility.
June 25, 2014
Through a partnership with Sonoco ThermoSafe, Sanofi meets multiple challenges in its international shipping, saving labor costs, time, and gaining versatility.
Labeling/Printing
When it comes to serialization, start now
A seminar held during interpack by Optel and Domino emphasizes the urgency of developing a serialization strategy now, and addresses the challenges of implementation.
May 27, 2014
A seminar held during interpack by Optel and Domino emphasizes the urgency of developing a serialization strategy now, and addresses the challenges of implementation.
Medical Device/Packaging
How medical tech manufacturers save by outsourcing warehousing
Medical technology clients can realize economies by keeping warehousing local, avoiding excess shipping costs, and eliminating internal overhead.
May 8, 2014
For both its drop-ship and stock-and-ship programs, ICAT warehouses the products near where they are produced—inventorying each box when it comes in, and managing that inventory—then ships on demand when customers order them.
Materials
Voice of the experts: Logistics and temperature-controlled distribution
Healthcare Packaging (HCP) speaks with Angelos Orfanos, President, Life Science and Healthcare, DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation, about key supply chain issues.
April 25, 2014
DHL parcel shipping.
Materials
Voice of the experts: Controlled room temperature packaging considerations
Healthcare Packaging (HCP) speaks with Mark Davis, UPS Healthcare Logistics Manager, who specializes in temperature-sensitive solutions, about packaging and shipping temperature-sensitive products.
April 23, 2014
The PharmaPort™ 360 from Cool Containers is an active hybrid container. What that means is that it’s designed to hold one pallet of product, and is set to maintain a temperature range for temperature-sensitive products. A client would lease the containers from UPS, and we would deliver them to the client pre-cooled. They would put their pallet load in there, close it, seal it, and make sure the temperature is set correctly. Then it is transported from origin to destination.
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