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Section: Logistics > Traceability/Serialization
Materials
PCI Reveals Serialization Strategy
Contract packager PCI discusses its serialization systems hierarchy and how it yields benefits both internally and for its pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical companies around the globe.
January 15, 2016
PCI’s Justin Schroeder (right), Executive Director, Marketing, Business Development & Design, and from Ray Hook, Senior Manager, Global Serialization Services.
Materials
PCI Sees ‘Tremendous Activity’ in Pharmaceutical Serialization
Contract packager PCI's serialization investment expected to deliver strong ROI and help its global pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical customers.
January 14, 2016
PCI’s Ray Hook holds this example of how laser ablation is applied to solid colors (blue in this instance) on a carton.
Materials
Fisher Dishes on Global Clinical Trials Markets
Technology is advancing so fast that unless you have full-time people keeping track of it, a company's capabilities can become quickly obsolete and they will fall behind their competitors.
December 10, 2015
Refrigerated foam bricks are ideal for clinical trial material packaged in tightly fitting configurations.
Pharmaceuticals
Industry Collaboration Sheds Light on Serialization
Serialization in pharma packaging is a complicated undertaking for anyone, but CMOs and their customers face additional challenges because responsibilities aren’t always clear-cut. A trend toward industry collaboration, even among competitors, is helping to shed light as companies share their successes and lessons learned.
December 2, 2015
An end-to-end view of a serialization compliance program. Source: Supply Chain Wizard, LLC.
Materials
Serialization: An Expert’s Lessons Learned and Current Trends
Serialization brings many challenges. Considerations, like ensuring labels are readable throughout the supply chain and compartmentalizing line solutions, can be key to success.
November 16, 2015
Serialization timing around the world. Image courtesy of Pharma Logic Solutions, LLC
Robotics/Automation
Losan Pharma adds MES for solid dosage production
Contract manufacturer in Germany to interface Werum’s PAS-X MES. Once fully integrated, it will comprise a WMS and track and trace to address counterfeiting.
August 12, 2015
Stick-pack production at Losan Pharma.
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.
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
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.
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.
Labeling/Printing
Lessons learned: On the packaging line
Here are actual lessons learned about what actually happens in the plant and on the line, from those who have conducted live supply chain pilot tests.
January 20, 2014
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