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Pharmaceuticals
Coating Technology Resolves Serialization Issue
Platinum Press works with its suppliers to eliminate a problem customers had experienced with serialized codes rubbing off booklet-style labels.
February 21, 2018
Akorn partnered with Platinum Press to produce readable, serialized labels, as shown in this rendered image.
Traceability/Serialization
Verification Router Service Update
As an outgrowth of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance's 2019 saleable returns pilot work, the group has been exploring a VRS as an option for compliance to support DSCSA verification requirements.
February 6, 2018
A VRS could be used to manage acceptance, formatting and delivery of requests/responses to support DSCSA verification requirements (Credit: HDA)
Supply Chain
Cooler Return Program is a ‘Win-Win’ for Lab
UC-Berkeley’s Glaunsinger Lab reduces environmental impact by reusing coolers for its temperature-sensitive reagents, chemicals and kits.
February 2, 2018
A MilliporeSigma cooler is shown with the cooler return label on top of the cooler lid. This label shows the procedure for shipping the cooler back to MilliporeSigma.
Supply Chain
Packaging professionals need to define and understand e-commerce better to respond to challenges posed by online grocery ordering
It’s easy to get swept up in the recent reports about the astonishing growth of e-commerce. How grocery sales will be affected, and the ramifications for food and beverage CPGs as well as makers of packaging materials and machinery, are harder to pin down.
February 1, 2018
Packaging professionals need to define and understand e-commerce better
Supply Chain
Sustainable Packaging Option For Temperature-Sensitive Shipments
Green Cell Foam expands into temperature-sensitive market, offering sustainability, moisture barrier and shock and vibration resistance.
January 26, 2018
Green Cell Plus panels are wrapped in recyclable PE film for temperature-sensitive shipments.
Traceability/Serialization
Part 2: Making Use of Serialization Data
An information expert from Merck shares advice on how data can be used, what challenges should be overcome, and what may be in store in the future.
January 22, 2018
Consumer interaction through scanning could provide significant benefit, with the right practices to ensure data and identities are secure and HIPPA-compliant.
Traceability/Serialization
Part 1: Making Use of Serialization Data
An information expert from Merck shares advice on how data can be used, challenges to overcome, and what may be in store in the future.
January 17, 2018
Michele D'Alessandro, Vice President and CIO for the Manufacturing Division at Merck.
Pharmaceuticals
Is Pharma Overlooking Aggregation?
Contract manufacturing organization PCI Pharma Services assesses serialization and aggregation, partnering with key vendors to address issues ranging from OEE to ink leachability.
December 14, 2017
Bottle serialization code inspection line of site is in the horizontal direction here, suggesting a need for a helper code on the top or bottom of the bottles.
Pharmaceuticals
Nordic Group Takes on Large-Scale Serialization Program
European pharmaceutical company partners with Supply Chain Wizard to implement serialization across multiple lines to meet U.S. and EU regs.
December 12, 2017
European pharmaceutical company partners with Supply Chain Wizard to implement serialization across multiple lines to meet U.S. and EU regs.
Pharmaceuticals
5 Trends Unfolding in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Expect gene-based therapies, ocean shipments and cost issues to have an impact on temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals and biologics in 2018.
December 7, 2017
Logistics companies, forwarders, and airlines will most likely begin to develop turnkey solutions that bundle packaging, pack/ship services, and all transport requirements into a single offering.
Supply Chain
Blockchain Meets the Manufacturing Supply Chain
Despite early confusion about the technology, suppliers are developing network frameworks and apps that will make blockchain an essential part of food and pharma industries.
December 5, 2017
Blockchain Meets the Manufacturing Supply Chain
Pharmaceuticals
Spanish Firm Adds Serialization
Normon Laboratories complies with EU FMD serialization regulations with TraceLink system to ensure patient safety.
November 6, 2017
Normon Laboratories Selects complies with EU FMD serialization regulations with TraceLink system to ensure patient safety.
Traceability/Serialization
Cutting Through the DSCSA Confusion
How to read the regs to be sure you’re in compliance come December 2018, and how to know which rules will apply to you in different circumstances.
October 19, 2017
Companies' acting roles under the DSCSA regulations
Pharmaceuticals
Managing the Risks of Temperature Excursions
Baxter’s voluntary recall serves as a reminder of the importance of managing life science product temperatures through the supply chain.
October 6, 2017
Managing the risks of temperature excursions is of vital importance for many life sciences products.
Supply Chain
Live from Global Forum Chicago
Driven in large part by tech-savvy Millennials, the use of blockchain, big data, artificial intelligence and chatbots continues to usher in disruptive technology throughout the health care supply chain.
September 29, 2017
Electronic devices that provide an interaction between patients and physicians is part of a continuous path that is merging technological innovation with medical treatment.
Supply Chain
Live From Global Forum Chicago:
When in Iceland…consider these potential "cold chain" pitfalls. Even if you don’t ship temperature-sensitive medications in this country, here are three case studies whose challenges bear consideration.
September 27, 2017
When in Iceland…Consider These Potential “Cold Chain” Pitfalls. Even if you don’t ship temperature-sensitive medications in this country, here are three case studies whose challenges bear consideration.
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical Industry Presses Forward with Serialization Strategies
Despite FDA’s recent one-year enforcement delay, the pharmaceutical community strives to meet the unchanged Nov. 27, 2017 DSCSA compliance deadline.
September 7, 2017
Although Nov. 27, 2017 remains the deadline for DSCSA compliance, the FDA announced a one-year delay in enforcement to Nov. 26, 2018 for manufacturers to affix or imprint product identifiers to each package or homogenous case of product intended to be introduced into commerce.
Pharmaceuticals
Refrigerators Maintain Medication Temperatures at UNC Health Care
Medical-grade refrigerators provide quiet operation and energy efficiency in storing temperature-sensitive medications within UNC’s 10-facility, 3,400-bed healthcare system.
August 17, 2017
Evolve refrigerators can be stored throughout a hospital or clinic, including a patient room.
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