Packaging and Distribution

CSafe and AES will support controlled-temperature shipping through the Basel, Switzerland airport from their new service center.

Checkweighers, metal detectors, x-ray inspectors, leak detectors, headspace analyzers, and optical inspection systems for packaging were demonstrated at INTERPHEX 2015.

Sepha's VisionScan Max can leak-test full production batches of blister packs.

Electronic pharmaceutical tablet counters meet demands for accuracy, flexibility, speed, compact size, easy cleanability, and quick changeover.

PTI Inspection System’s VeriPac 310 leak detection and package integrity testing system reduces waste and provides the user with a clear evaluation of package integrity.

The agency gives a limited reprieve to dispensers but requires other trading partners to provide product tracing information.

Pharmacy associates say more education regarding the transactional requirements of DSCSA is needed.

The agency clarifies its requirements for allowable excess volume and labeled vial fill size in injectables and biologics.

Although full traceability is not required by law in the US until 2023, companies could benefit from implementing it now.

Groninger has developed FlexPro 50, an isolator system for aseptic processing of nested syringes, cartridges, and vials. FlexPro 50 is capable of achieving outputs of up to 5000 containers per hour.

The increasing number of biopharmaceuticals in the development pipeline has created the need for packaging technologies with enhanced safety features, especially for sensitive biologic drugs.

Pioneering system provides induction sealing integrity analysis for 100% of bottles without packaging line slowdown.

Schubert-Pharma is featuring the world's first prototype of a packaging machine without an electrical cabinet.

Domino’s G-Series thermal ink jet, D-Series laser coders, and V-series thermal transfer printers have been developed to help manufacturers comply with new global serialization and traceability legislation.

Herma’s 132M HC labelling machine is suitable for applications that require high-performance wrap-around labelling.

Technologies for serialization and aseptic packaging are being displayed at the show.

Machine manufacturer IMA is showcasing a number of technological advances for the processing and packaging of pharmaceutical products at ACHEMA 2015.

The Hapa 862, from Hapa AG, is a modular, CMYK/spot-color inkjet printing system for the in-line packaging printing of foils and labels.

Eight physician groups wrote to the commissioner of FDA to stress the importance of transparency in biosimilar labeling to decrease prescribing risks.

Pharmaceutical Technology spoke with Tim Kearns, pharmaceutical and medical devices manager at Videojet.

OXY-CAPT brings together properties of plastic and glass containers through the combination of oxygen absorption and cyclic olefin copolymer (COP) high barrier layers.

Optical inspection equipment for packaging was displayed at INTERPHEX 2015.

Pharmaceutical companies should take into consideration intellectual property protection when outsourcing the packaging of their products.

FlexiBulk tip packs save space and effort in the laboratory

PTI's next-generation VeriPac Inspection System, the VeriPac 310, uses new vacuum-decay technology to increase leak-detection accuracy for a range of flexible and rigid packages and containers.