Packaging and Distribution

Pharmaceutical packaging designs evolve to protect children, while maximizing access for seniors.

Certain blister card packages that do not meet US child-resistant packaging requirements are being recalled because they pose a risk of harm if the tablets are swallowed by children.

Traditional glass and polymeric materials compete for market share in primary packaging for parenteral drug products.

Amazon will acquire PillPack, an online pharmacy that offers pre-sorted doses of medications and home delivery.

Fagron Sterile Services is voluntarily recalling two lots of Neostigmine Methylsulfate 5mL syringes due to mislabeling.

Automated robotic arms manipulate nested trays and containers inside closed aseptic filling systems.

Bowe Systec has developed a modular stand-alone solution specifically designed to meet serialization requirements and that combines all the necessary functions in a single system. The new serialization solution will make its debut at Achema 2018.

Rommelag will showcase its single-use, flexible packaging system at Achema 2018.

Rommelag will showcase its blow-fill-seal technology that collectively offers container production, aseptic filling, and container closure.

The updated version of Schubert-Pharma’s Flowmodul unit for packing units into flowpacks features cleanability.

Hapa addresses the topics of four-color printing on blister packages, serialization, and digitalization at Achema 2018.

Innovations in fill/finish equipment and in solid-dosage moisture-control packaging technologies were on display at INTERPHEX 2018.

Herma’s new label removal unit reduces the time for discharging misprinted labels by more than half.

Shipping biopharmaceuticals in single-use containers requires a thorough understanding of the distribution cycle and potential transportation risks.

Increased use of single-use systems has led to a need to redefine safe, stable and integral systems for shipping biopharmaceuticals around the world. This article provides qualification data under international ASTM D4169 norms.

The company will showcase its drum-filling technology among other products and services at the upcoming ACHEMA 2018 event in Frankfurt, Germany.

INTERPHEX presents advances in pharmaceutical container filling, robotic handling, and serialization.

This workshop, to be held in Sheffield, United Kingdom, on June 7, 2018, will provide an introduction to the use of glass as primary pharmaceutical packaging.

The company will build a high-volume manufacturing facility for their glass packaging product in Durham County, NC.

New filling and inspection machines and new containers and closures for injectable drugs will be on display at INTERPHEX 2018.

Keystone Folding Box has added a new line of secondary packaging systems for injectable pharmaceutical products.

Helsinn will acquire the global rights to Valchlor/Ledaga (mechlorethamine/chlormethine), a topical skin-cancer drug, from Actelion Pharmaceuticals.

Revisions to chapters on glass containers and elastomeric closures were canceled following review of comments.

Machine vision and optical character recognition technologies enhance inspection of packages and labels.

Stability testing on APIs/finished drug product helps define optimal drug packaging for shelf-life storage.