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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
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
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
Serialization Implementation Improves Par Pharma’s Efficiency
Par Pharmaceuticals benefits by employing analytics-based OEE tracking system that digitizes formerly manual data collection processes on multiple packaging lines.
August 3, 2017
An OEE Tracker computer screen capture shows a line view that shows the day’s OEE, as well as lines that are running, down or idle.
Labeling/Printing
The Hidden Challenges of Serialization: Substrate Material
Part II of a three-part series looks at the importance of substrate materials in serialization.
July 18, 2017
Domino: Substate Material Composition.
Robotics/Automation
Level 4 Serialization System Offers a Transformative Promise
A Level 4 system has the potential to usher in a new era of supply chain efficiency, transparency and compliance.
July 7, 2017
Level 4 systems are at the heart of a new and exciting digital paradigm for both manufacturers and consumers.
Inspection
Global Control Preferences Color New Serialization/Aggregation Lines
OEM APPLICATION NOTE: MGS focuses on small-footprint machinery that interconnects to other equipment on pharmaceutical lines and allows a single point of functionality.
June 27, 2017
MGS’s PV-600 carton inspection machine was unveiled in the U.S. at last March’s PACK EXPO East event.
Materials
Serialization Established for European Pharmaceutical CMO
Company implements serialization/aggregation on seven packaging lines at four sites in France to address requirements in multiple countries.
June 19, 2017
Company implements serialization/aggregation on seven packaging lines at four sites in France to address requirements in multiple countries.
Packaging/Filling
Apace Accelerates Track-and-Trace Operations
New solid-dose bottling line increases capacity, reduces labor costs and achieves Level 4 serialization and Level 3 aggregation.
June 13, 2017
Apace installed this integrated bottling line from NJM Packaging in 2017 to increase production volume.
Materials
Partnerships and Expertise Guide Promius Pharma’s Serialization Efforts
Promius Pharma, a Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories subsidiary, sees its trading partners pushing to meet aggregation requirements earlier than current regulatory requirements.
May 4, 2017
From left to right, Javier Gonzalez, Director of Combination Products and Packaging Development, Promius, Prateek Lal, CEO, Adept Packaging, and Amit Kulkarni, Associate Director Package Engineering and Development, Promius.
Robotics/Automation
Chartwell Relies on Software to Comply with Track-and-Trace Deadlines
Scalable software helps pharma firm quickly serialize products from several bottling lines. New bottle labeler, camera and printer all contribute to a track-and-trace solution.
May 2, 2017
Scalable software helps pharma firm quickly serialize products from several bottling lines. New bottle labeler, camera and printer all contribute to a track-and-trace solution.
Pharmaceuticals
Taking a Multi-Layered Approach to Pharmaceutical Counterfeits
Tamper-verification, security features, serialization, and track-and-trace measures can help pharmaceutical manufacturers ensure their products are authentic.
May 1, 2017
An example of a serialized pharmaceutical carton.
Labeling/Printing
Exploring the Hidden Challenges of Serialization
Part I of a three-part series looks at decoding and verifying serialization to meet the FDA’s Drug Supply Chain Security Act.
April 27, 2017
DIN-ISO 15415 grades the data matrix code in six different categories.
Labeling/Printing
Lab Automates Serialization Efforts
A serialization system helps a laboratory meet DSCSA requirements in a small footprint, handling cartons or flat blanks.
April 26, 2017
Pineberry's CartonTrac helps a laboratory meet DSCSA requirements in a small footprint, handling cartons or flat blanks.
Pharmaceuticals
Temperature Issues that Affect Clinical Trials Packaging
From new therapies to direct-to-patient provisions, clinical trials processes have evolved. How are temperature controls keeping up?
April 19, 2017
Temperature-controlled packaging is focusing more on security around seals and tamper-evident closures, along with greater use of GPS tracking and geofencing to address DSCSA concerns for drugs in transit.
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