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Robotics/Automation

A Majority Now Use End-of-Line Robotics, But Growth Is Expected to Plateau

Robotics advancements significantly improve end-of-line efficiency, but surveys show flat growth in coming years.

October 14, 2022

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Adherence/Delivery

Study: Pharmacists May Overcome Trust Barriers Among Diverse Patients

One new study reports that 67% of African American and Hispanic patients 50 and older collectively had a more positive sentiment toward pharmacists than doctors. Pharmacists could potentially become a gateway to foster more trust in healthcare.

August 23, 2022

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6 Last Mile Considerations for Rare Disease Therapies

A specialty pharmacist discusses the added communication and support—including manufacturers working with patient groups—that foster adherence among smaller patient populations.

August 18, 2022

“The quality or supply chain team may not be putting their patient cap on as much as they’re putting their product integrity cap on, and they might not think about how a dry ice shipment is going to affect the patient,' says Brandon Salke.

IoPP Salary Survey Respondents Starting to Seek Greener Pastures

The 2022 IoPP Salary Survey reflects employees that are more confident about their prospects than they were at the outset of the pandemic, thus less risk averse and open to changing jobs. Employers have to pay more to retain already scarce labor.

August 1, 2022

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Adherence/Delivery

Digital Reproductive Health Providers Uphold Supply Chain Continuity for Patients

The Last Mile: In the face of U.S. demand spikes for birth control medication and emergency contraception, companies discuss direct-to-consumer healthcare in a post-Roe market.

July 15, 2022

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Quotables and By the Numbers: July 2022

Quotes and stats in healthcare packaging and logistics, from med devices to sustainability and beyond...

July 6, 2022

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Over 50% of CPGs to Increase Cobot Spending

The suspected surge in cobot spending comes at a time when companies are just starting to grasp how to take advantage of them.

June 28, 2022

Spending Forecast for Cobots

CPG Cobot Use Expected to At Least Double in Next Five Years

CPGs predict cobot usage in packaging will more than double in the next five years, with processing use expected to triple according to PMMI report.

June 27, 2022

Cobot Explosion on Horizon

Robotics/Automation

Cybersecurity Roundup: Med Device, Packaging Ops, and Industrial Control

Essential businesses and connected devices are under increasing threats domestically and globally. Check out nine recent articles.

June 14, 2022

Cybersecurity: Assess Your Risk White Paper

CPGs Move More Lines to Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Facilities

A PMMI industry report reveals what’s driving growth in machinery sales to the CoMan/CoPack market.

June 10, 2022

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Pharma/Medical Device Companies Projecting Expansion for 2022

Results of a Q1 2022 report from PMMI show that the pharmaceutical/medical device industry is expecting the most growth, followed by other, personal care, food, and beverage.

May 25, 2022

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Data Transitions Packaging to a Futureproof Digital World

Specright offers insights into spec management using a common language at ISTA Forum 2022.

May 23, 2022

Matthew Wright, founder and CEO of Specright, presented on the urgency of transitioning packaging to a digital platform using data.

Innovation Not Keeping Pace With Sustainability Demands

OEMs and CPGs agree that right now, packaging and processing technology hinders any significant sustainable solutions. Consumers and brands want it yesterday, but how?

May 17, 2022

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Great Resignation Driving Employee Poaching

It’s a buyer’s market for job seekers as 81,000 left manufacturing from Aug. 2020 through Aug. 2021. Manufacturers are climbing over each other to poach workers to meet increases in production.

May 12, 2022

Quotables and By the Numbers: May 2022

Quotes and stats in healthcare packaging and logistics, from distribution to sustainability and beyond...

May 3, 2022

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Arm Your Biomed Company Against Cyberattacks

As cyberattacks increase and evolve, research for solutions must do the same. It’s critical that the medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries get involved.

April 8, 2022

FDA and the UCSF-Stanford’s CERSI join together to educate the biomedical engineering and manufacturing communities in cybersecurity has resulted in a Cybersecurity Seminar Series.

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma Manufacturers Seek Visibility into Processes to Drive Efficiency

The rise of shorter, customized runs in the pharmaceutical industry has strained production capacity at many plants. To keep up with this demand, manufacturers are seeking to improve efficiency by increasing visibility into their operations.

March 21, 2022

Manufacturers are seeking to improve efficiency by increasing visibility into their operations.

Manage Challenges from the EU 536/2014 Clinical Trials Regulation

Plan ahead for study startup timelines, expiry labeling on primary packaging solutions, and study administration methods.

March 10, 2022

Regulation EU No 536/2014 on clinical trials will come many changes that will impact study startup processes and timelines, expiry labeling on primary and secondary packaging, and study administration methods such as direct-to-patient.

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