Packaging and Distribution

Sensors and communication capability support proper usage, improve compliance, and may enable telemedicine.

Cryopak’s CryoCube reusable temperature-controlled shipping systems are available in several insulation categories, and a tailored solution can be modeled using thermal modeling software.

Apace Packaging LLC labeling error initiates national recall of cyclobenzaprine HCL and amantadine HCL (Lot 16710).

Corning and Gerresheimer have been working together to accelerate innovations for pharmaceutical glass packaging.

A Merck, Pfizer, and Corning collaboration resulted in development of Corning Valor Glass for improved drug storage and delivery and will create US jobs.

A staggering percentage of people do not take their medication correctly, but pharmaceutical packaging aims to improve patient compliance using new technology to address reasons for non-adherence.

Gerresheimer’s glass and plastic prefillable syringes will come with an innovative, integrated, passive syringe safety solution, acquired through an exclusive licence from West Pharmaceutical Services.

The suite installation increases PCI’s Hay-on-Wye site’s serialization capability to support clients in advance of meeting the implementation dates of the European Falsified Medicines Directive.

A staggering percentage of people do not take their medication correctly, but pharmaceutical packaging aims to improve patient compliance using new technology to address reasons for non-adherence.

In a new research conducted by SEA Vision and Zenith Technologies, 28% of respondents identified technology selection as the biggest challenge as the industry prepares to meet serialization deadlines.

Robotic fill/finish systems reduce human intervention, improve flexibility, and allow more gentle handling of containers.

Aptar now manufactures its child-resistant pump, designed to meet US CPC requirements, at its facility in Congers, New York.

Follow guidelines for E&L studies of an orally inhaled and nasal drug product formulation in its delivery device.

The company recalled the tablets due to a packaging error.

The new storage and distribution facility provides PCI with additional space, complementing its existing footprint currently used for specialist clinical-trial logistics as well as packaging, labeling, and qualified person activities for investigational medicinal products.

At INTERPHEX 2017, exhibitors displayed packaging innovations designed to improve quality, security, and patient protection.

The company is expanding their April 2017 voluntary recall of phenobarbital tablets.

Robotic fill/finish systems reduce human intervention, improve flexibility, and allow more gentle handling of containers.

The agency is warning about the potential threat of respiratory depression in children who take medicines with codeine or tramadol.

Exhibitors focused on helping pharmaceutical manufacturers comply with upcoming DSCSA serialization deadlines.

igital tracking of overall equipment effectiveness can improve efficiency.

Sharp acquired the pharmaceutical packaging facility in Bethlehem, PA.

Uhlmann Packaging Systems joined the OPC Foundation’s Open Serialization Communication Standard (OPEN-SCS) Working Group.

The company has invested GBP9 million (approximately $11.6 million) to fund a new multiple-phase pharmaceutical manufacturing, packaging, and distribution facility in Wales, United Kingdom.

INTERPHEX 2017 exhibitors focus on shelf life, traceability, and quality control.