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Section: Logistics > Traceability/Serialization
Pharmaceuticals
The business case for serialization
While the e-pedigree regulations in Turkey and California may have been your catalyst for serialization, completed projects reveal a wealth of business benefits—some anticipated, some surprises!
December 15, 2013
Pharmaceuticals
DQSA would replace the patchwork
In the fall of 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA), a bill that would regulate compounding pharmacies and would impose a phased-in nationwide serialization and e-pedigree regulation.
December 14, 2013
Pharmaceuticals
Not just ‘why,’ but ‘how’
Miracles still happen. In the fall of 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA), a bill that will regulate compounding pharmacies and would impose a phased-in nationwide serialization and e-pedigree regulation.
December 11, 2013
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmapack Europe 2014 focuses on innovation
Feb. 12-13 event, now at the Porte de Versailles, will concentrate on packaging and delivery systems for medications and healthcare products.
December 10, 2013
Pharmapack Europe 2014, will be held Feb. 12-13 at the Porte de Versailles, will concentrate on packaging and delivery systems for medications and healthcare products.
Materials
Serialization and unique device identification developments
Key regulatory developments could preempt California e-pedigree and provide clarity for manufacturers and packagers of pharmaceuticals, biologics, and medical devices.
October 8, 2013
TRAXSECURE UNALTERED. The TraxSecur™ security feature is printed, without a requirement for any special inks, as a background that looks similar to those seen on security paper, except that it is created as a unique “instance” relating to a single time and place, which inextricably links an individual package to its unique corresponding track-and-trace information; this is Serialized Security™.
Materials
PCI invests in Packaging's Future
Drug delivery developments and pending serialization requirements justify this contract packager’s capital equipment, facility, and personnel investments.
July 22, 2013
This photo shows the new Packaging Coordinators, Inc. signage at the company's Rockford, IL, facility.
Pharmaceuticals
A reprieve from California e-pedigree?
House and Senate serialization bills could push back packaging line expenditures, but wouldn’t do much to counter pharmaceutical counterfeiting.
June 17, 2013
BD recently entered the pharmaceutical industry with a new line of generic prefilled injectable products called BD Simplist. One of the first two drugs launched is BD Simplist™ Metoclopramide Injection, USP. Both its outer package and the inner container are printed with a 2D barcode and with the NDC, serial number, lot number, and expiration date 'human readable.'
Packaging/Filling
Teva maximizes efficiency in minimal space
Unscrambling equipment provider tailors machinery for flexibility, efficiency, and to meet future track-and-trace requirements.
June 12, 2013
The Servo-controlled Rotary Pocket (SRP) bottle unscrambler features patented rotary pockets and provides speed, precision, and expandability.
Materials
Pharmaceutical serialization: Should you wait?
Exclusive Healthcare Packaging survey reveals half have yet to begin serialization projects, and more than 25% don’t plan to spend money on serialization this year!
May 30, 2013
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Traceability/Serialization
Putting A Face on Serialization
Astonishing results from a global survey on funding, progress, team building and pitfalls faced by the pharmaceutical community.
May 16, 2013
Materials
Printing technology helps Chinese firm meet that country's product identification requirements
Hailong Machinery Group uses thermal ink-jet technology to print high-density, high-resolution bar codes and text on primary and secondary packaging.
April 30, 2013
A preprinted pharmaceutical carton showing the GS1-128 bar code (on right, with 20 digits) required by China’s PIATS program is printed by RSI printheads using HP’s TIJ (thermal ink-jet) 2.5 cartridge technology. HP’s TIJ 2.5 can print at resolutions up to 600 dpi. RSI optimizes bar-code resolution and print-cartridge life using patent-pending Variable DPI and nozzle-flipping features. Hailong incorporated RSI’s HP-based printers into its track-and-trace system for PIATS.
Labeling/Printing
R.I.P. for RFID?
The global market for RFID technologies is more than $6 billion a year—but healthcare comprises only a small percentage of that number. Here’s a look at RFID’s role in the healthcare packaging sector.
November 8, 2012
RFID refrigerator
Pharmaceuticals
Advice for getting started with pharma serialization
The first thing manufacturers should do is: Hurry! But there's more...
November 6, 2012
Materials
Cutting through cold chain confusion
Global harmonization efforts involve complexities such as meeting country-specific regulatory needs and optimizing shipping logistics and packaging—all while focusing on the patient.
November 2, 2012
Hp 22131 Cold Chain1
Packaging/Filling
Anatomy of a high-speed pharmaceutical line installation
Contract packager Praxis Packaging Solutions’ new tablet-filling and packaging line includes an unscrambler, counter-filler, checkweigher, capper, induction sealer, retorquer, and labeler.
November 1, 2012
Praxis line
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