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Section: Logistics > Traceability/Serialization
Pharmaceuticals
New Research Shows Companies Could Miss Serialization Deadlines
Companies that do embrace the changes and prioritize preparations for the DSCSA and the FMD have a real opportunity to differentiate their offering.
May 15, 2017
Companies that do embrace the changes and prioritize preparations for the DSCSA and the FMD have a real opportunity to differentiate their offering.
Traceability/Serialization
Death Row Records
The execution fiasco in Arkansas left drug manufacturers scrambling to figure out how the state's Department of Correction got their hands on a supply of lethal injection drugs. Could serialization have helped?
May 15, 2017
Regardless of how you feel about capital punishment, serialization would have, at least, helped manufacturers quickly identify if the drugs in question were their products.
Materials
Track-and-Trace Technologies Lead the Security Packaging Market
Diverse ongoing threats, new regulatory requirements for life critical products, and technical evolution will fuel market growth for anti-counterfeiting packaging technologies.
May 10, 2017
Diverse ongoing threats, new regulatory requirements for life critical products, and technical evolution will fuel market growth for anti-counterfeiting packaging technologies.
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.
Traceability/Serialization
Recipharm Delivers First Serialized Batch to Saudi Arabia
The €300,000 project, which is in addition to a wider €40 million investment into new serialization technology and processes to comply with the European Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), enables Recipharm to supply serialized products to Saudi Arabia.
April 24, 2017
Recipharm Serialized Batch European Falsified Medicines Directive
Materials
Recipharm Delivers First Serialized Batch to Saudi Arabia
The €300,000 project, which is in addition to a wider €40 million investment into new serialization technology and processes to comply with the European Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), enables Recipharm to supply serialized products to Saudi Arabia.
April 24, 2017
Shown here is a Recipharm carton as it's labeled.
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.
Packaging/Filling
Process Strategies for Serialization Success
From mobile serialization cells to customized equipment, serialization systems may be unique to each application, but there are common approaches to solving them. An expert discusses success stories, and what factors should influence your strategy.
April 17, 2017
Process Strategy #3 involves moving serialization equipment between lines, which may fit a company’s needs for flexibility.
Materials
Strengthening the Supply Chain
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. This is becoming clear to the pharmaceutical industry as it struggles to comply with FDA regulations that will require the electronic exchange of serialization data.
April 13, 2017
When emergencies erupt, Direct Relief provides medical supplies that victims need to survive.
Materials
Serialization Will Impact All Drug Manufacturing
PMMI study reports on serialization implementation hurdles and compliance deadlines.
April 12, 2017
Shown here are serialization compliance deadlines. Source: “2016 PMMI Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices: Trends and Opportunities in Packaging Operations.”
Materials
Afton Scientific Uses Customized Serialization for Vial Cartons
Cartons and cases of aseptically filled glass vials are serialized and aggregated in advance of DSCSA deadlines.
March 28, 2017
Afton Scientific’s Kari Moore (left) and Ashley Umberger stand beside the packaging line where the serialization equipment is seen on the conveyor, with the aggregation equipment on the tabletop.
Traceability/Serialization
Serialization Standards for the Plant
OPEN-SCS is solving how to seamlessly exchange serialization data between packaging lines by leveraging existing plant floor standards. The group promises that their work will result in an open global specification accessible to large and small manufacturers.
March 21, 2017
Marcel de Grutter, Executive Director of OPEN-SCS.
Materials
Laser Coding Helps to Deter Counterfeit Meds
Within the pharmaceutical industry, the quality of labeling and coding is paramount to ensure that the end user has access to clear, concise information and to help manufacturers be compliant with national and international labeling legislation.
March 17, 2017
Laser Coding Helps to Deter Counterfeit Meds
Traceability/Serialization
Track-and-Trace—a Challenge for IT
Successful serialization depends on integration with resident IT systems.
March 13, 2017
Successful serialization depends on integration with resident IT systems.
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