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USP to roll out information chapters on Good Distribution Practices
Five new general chapter standards related to GDP to become official next year, when three new chapters will be proposed.
September 8, 2014
Desmond Hunt, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Liaison, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP)
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Counterfeit Report says Alibaba U.S. IPO ‘has some shady baggage’
Report asks if U.S. investors will fund the global proliferation of counterfeit goods?
July 15, 2014
Report asks if U.S. investors will fund the global proliferation of counterfeit goods?
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Public trust part of the life sciences supply chain mix
Complexities in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biologics supply chain surpass any other industry, except nuclear power. Million-dollar pallets, toxic oncology meds, longer shipping channels—even the public trust, are part of the mix.
April 2, 2014
Healthcare Packaging Publisher Jim Chrzan near the Vietnam memorial in Washington, DC.
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A Washington perspective on healthcare packaging
Visits to PDA, USP, RAPS, and CPSC reveal what works "Inside the Beltway."
March 27, 2014
President Richard M. Johnson of The Parenteral Drug Assn.
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Revealing key trends driving the global packaging market
Smithers Pira projects global packaging sales to reach $975 billion by 2018, with Asia predicted to represent more than 40% of demand.
January 2, 2014
Figure E.2 World Packaging Consumption by Region, 2012 vs. 2018 ($ billion). Source: Smithers Pira
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Redefining the outsourced supply chain
To state the obvious, contract packaging is rapidly evolving. Perhaps the hardest aspect of a co-pack partnership is finding the right fit in the first place.
July 29, 2013
Hp 22138 Bobsperber 2012
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10 steps to improve efficiencies in the pharmaceutical supply chain
Improving your competitiveness, building sales, cutting costs, tracking product, and upgrading manufacturing equipment and processes are key factors.
July 1, 2013
Improving your competitiveness, building sales, cutting costs, tracking product, and upgrading manufacturing equipment and processes are key factors.
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Special report: Dirty medicine
Katherine Eban's epic inside story of long-term criminal fraud at Ranbaxy, the Indian drug company that makes generic Lipitor for millions of Americans.
May 20, 2013
Katherine Eban
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Serialization: EU's track and trace versus U.S.'s e-pedigree
Healthcare Packaging Publisher Jim Chrzan talks with Barry McDonogh and Dave Harty from Systech International, clarifying the enormous challenge ahead.
March 20, 2013
Barry McDonogh (left) and Dave Harty
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Temperature-sensitive logistics market in state of flux
Healthcare Packaging Publisher Jim Chrzan shares observations from Cool Chain Logistics Europe in Basel, Switzerland.
January 29, 2013
Cool Chain Europe
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Cold chain: Recession, growth, and logistics in 2013
Despite the current global economic uncertainty, temperature-control professionals in the life sciences are optimistic about job prospects, and growth is predicted for 2013 and beyond.
January 15, 2013
Global optimism
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Will California e-pedigree dates slip again?
Healthcare Packaging welcomes columnist Dirk Rodgers in discussing pharmaceutical track-and-trace technology, standards, and regulatory compliance issues.
January 9, 2013
Dirk Rodgers
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Protecting medicines through cold chain distribution
Temperature-controlled distribution involves multiple variables, as discussed here with Geoffrey Glauser, vaccine and therapeutic supply chain contractor and subject-matter expert with Conceptual Mindworks, Inc.
January 8, 2013
Geoffrey Glauser
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