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Recyclability
Closing the Gap on Closed Loop Recycling Adoption
Takeda and CVS Health hone in on closed-loop recycling systems, and they’re not the only ones.
October 7, 2026
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Sustainability
Beyond Plastic: Innovators Reimagine the Prescription Bottle
Two startups are collaborating with pharmacies to distribute recyclable pill bottles that reduce healthcare’s single use of plastics.
March 25, 2026
Pharmacist holding open prescription medication bottle with white cap in pharmacy
Pharmaceuticals
Behind Green Goo, The Plant-based First Aid Product Line
Inside the sustainable processing and packaging strategy behind Green Goo’s plant-based first aid revolution.
December 8, 2025
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Sustainability
Bringing Sustainability to Life
Industry insiders discuss the three Cs of sustainable healthcare packaging: commitment, circularity, and cost.
September 22, 2025
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Reuse/Return
CiPPPA Promotes Pre-Competitive Collaboration with U.K. Pharma Take-Back Program
The not-for-profit initiative is launching a pharmaceutical take-back program designed for consumer ease, furthering a goal for pre-competitive collaboration among pharma stakeholders.
July 21, 2025
Speaker at Packaging Recycling Summit presenting sustainability conference
Reuse/Return
Are Takeback Programs The Future of Pharma Packaging or a Miss?
Watch Dorethe Nielsen from Novo Nordisk discuss how takeback programs are one piece of a larger puzzle.
June 25, 2025
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Reuse/Return
Novo's Multi-Pronged Approach to Sustainability in Healthcare Starts with Setting Targets
As the healthcare industry seeks various solutions to minimize its environmental impact, many big-name companies are stepping up with ambitious strategies to lead the way.
June 9, 2025
Dorothee Liz
Reuse/Return
Is a Circular Economy the Most Direct Path to Sustainability in Healthcare?
Diving into the complexities of sustainability within healthcare packaging that include circular economy strategies, takeback programs, and addressing scope three emissions.
June 4, 2025
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Adherence/Delivery
Dropify Pen Delivers Precise, Targeted Application, Drop by Drop
Quadpack
Quadpack expands its Dropify drop-by-drop platform with an innovative pen for low-viscosity face and scalp treatments.
May 2, 2025
Dropify Pen features an elegant, elongated bottle with twin soft-buttons for easy dispensing. Just press the buttons together to release the formula, one single drop at a time.
Adherence/Delivery
2024 Challenges in User-Centered Design
A panel at Pharmapack discussed competing challenges in designing healthcare packaging and devices, where sustainability or anti-counterfeiting may be in conflict with simplicity for the user.
January 29, 2024
From left at Pharmapack Europe: Tom Oakley, Springboard; Aline Noizet, Digital Health Connector; Oliver Haferbeck, Gerresheimer; Eric Chanie, Merck; and James Fries, Rx-360.
Materials
Circular Economy Data Loggers
ELPRO Services, Inc.
Returning LIBERO data loggers to Elpro offers several benefits, including helping reduce resource waste, as over 90% of all hardware components in Elpro’s data loggers can be reused or recycled.
January 9, 2024
ELPRO Circular Economy Data Loggers
Sustainability
Top 10 of 2023 - #4: Healthcare Takeback Schemes 101
Join us as we look back at the most-read Healthcare Packaging stories of 2023. At #4, a consultant offered a primer on takeback and recycling schemes for pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices, offering core principles, business benefits, and more.
January 2, 2024
Ellen Struthers, principal consultant, Anthesis Group, presented at Pharmapack Europe 2023.
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Under the TIA/MWF petition, a single QR code could stand in for the printed compliance leaflets that ship with smartphones today, linking to a regulatory page manufacturers could update after products reach store shelves. For phones, the device itself provides an offline backup. OTC and pharma brands considering the same swap for package inserts have no such fallback.
Labeling/Printing
Telecom Asks FCC to Let On-pack 2D Codes Replace Printed Regs
Telecom groups want the FCC to let a QR code replace printed regulatory text on device cartons, an idea the agency shelved in 2017. The questions it raises, from code standards to the 1 in 11 U.S. adults without a smartphone, may inform or shape how OTC, pharma, and CPG brands move leaflets and on-pack text online.
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Biopharmaceuticals
How Demand for Contract Manufacturing is Driving the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Market Forecast
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Sustainability
Consumers Want Sustainable Health Packaging, but Not at the Expense of Quality
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Temp Control/Cold Chain
How a Blood Bank Cyberattack Put Remote Access on Blast
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Medical Device/Packaging
When Worst Case Becomes Real: ISO 11607 and the Risk of Packaging Failure
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Market Snapshot: Life Sciences Manufacturing
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Automation Success on the Line
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Beyond the Label: Rethinking Healthcare Packaging
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Package Design Ideas Transforming Wellness, OTC, and Healthcare Brands
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