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Robotics/Automation
7 Takeaways from Women on the Future of Robotics
Help a colleague today via sponsorship: “…to have someone who's not only talking with you, but talking to others *about* you. That really opens up connections and opportunities that a lot of underrepresented groups don't have…”
February 17, 2023
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Packaging/Filling
Quotables and By the Numbers: November 2022
Quotes and stats on clinical trial demographics, modes of transportation, the personalized medicine market, and more...
November 21, 2022
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Traceability/Serialization
Perspective: Making Traceability Accessible
In our July/Aug 2022 issue: One system on the horizon creates a digital fingerprint of an item for authentication with the ubiquitous smartphone. Plus: med device stability testing, UDI implementation, and more.
August 26, 2022
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Market Trends
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.
Robotics/Automation
Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 - #4: Data and AI Accelerate Digital Transformation
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2021. At #4, we cover the growing need for pharma manufacturing facilities to become digitalized to improve productivity and make the most of the ‘digitally native’ workforce.
December 29, 2021
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Market Trends
Workforce News Roundup: 2021
While science, technology, and regulations are often the focus, people are critical to a successful packaging operation. Check out articles, podcasts, and videos from Healthcare Packaging and sister publications Packaging World and OEM.
December 9, 2021
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Market Trends
Quotables and By the Numbers: November 2021
From choosing a mentor to DSCSA readiness to the printed sensor market, quotes and stats in healthcare packaging and logistics.
November 23, 2021
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Traceability/Serialization
Will Labor Requirements Increase in Meeting DSCSA Milestones?
With many companies either facing or concerned about labor shortages in manufacturing, an expert from Cardinal Health notes that outbound scanning alone may require a 12 to 15% increase in headcount in their operations.
November 18, 2021
For product traceability, outbound scanning alone is expected to increase labor by a minimum of 12 to 15% based on recent time studies, per Cardinal Health.
Market Trends
PDA’s 2021 Honor Awards
The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)
Honorees include those who work in packaging science, automated visual inspection, and more.
March 24, 2021
Martin VanTrieste
Market Trends
Use ‘Bird Styles’ to Improve Your Communication in Crisis
Tips for communicating in a crisis so that people listen. Says one consultant, "If you find yourself carefully crafting an email because you're instinctively cautious about how it might be received, don't write it."
March 23, 2021
Each 'bird type' has specific ways of communicating, receiving information, and responding to crises.
Temp Control/Cold Chain
How FDA Food Supply Data Supports COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
In the latest FDA Voices post, Dr. Stephen Hahn and Frank Yiannas, M.P.H. discuss how the new data analysis tool, 21 FORWARD, is helping food and agriculture workers receive vaccines.
January 20, 2021
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Robotics/Automation
Custom Packaging Projects Abound in Logistics and More
From microtissues to diagnostics, brand owners are taking an active approach in developing unique, right-sized packaging and automation.
November 28, 2020
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Market Trends
Viral Hashtag Highlights Disparities in Academia, Healthcare
#BlackInTheIvory is offering an outlet for some Black scientists to share their experiences.
June 16, 2020
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Market Trends
Quotables and By the Numbers: Device Security, Supply Chain, and More
Fast facts in and around healthcare packaging.
June 11, 2020
Device
Machinery
Machine-Agnostic VR Comes to Sterile Manufacturing Education
You’ve heard of OEMs offering augmented reality tools, but virtual reality has come to pharmaceutical processing training. How does improved critical thinking impact the bottom line?
February 19, 2020
VR piqued the company’s interest because it seemed to be the only medium that could transcend boundaries in a remote way to enable both instruction and hands-on skill building focused on the “why.”
Industries
Take the 2020 IoPP Salary Survey!
The Institute of Packaging Professionals’ (IoPP) annual Salary Survey is the packaging industry’s definitive economic/employment survey. Packaging field professionals are invited to participate.
February 7, 2020
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Workforce
Understanding Safety in Nonroutine Work
When a safety program is well-executed and well-maintained, it becomes part of a company’s core values and culture. Employee well-being is paramount, and no production schedule is worth a safety mishap.
September 10, 2019
Mark Hanley is a senior asset reliability manager at Land O’Lakes.
Supply Chain
Increasing Safety Awareness in Maintenance
The most important thing is to identify hazards, and hazards must be identified before you can analyze them.
August 21, 2019
Fred Hayes is director of technical services at PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
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