Packaging and Distribution

Industry awaits the final revision of USP General Chapter and the impact it will have on the evaluation of sterile product package integrity.

Drug makers back alternative to FDA labeling update rule.

Implementing serialization on a packaging line requires a complex integration of hardware and software and often requires that new and existing systems work together.

Temperature-controlled packaging trends include prequalified systems that simplify adoption, reusable systems that are more sustainable, and new temperature-monitoring technology.

Recipharm expects to be rolling out further serialization projects during 2015.

UPS expands its special commodities program to more countries.

A new machine is designed for inspection of prefilled syringes.

The company has increased capacity for cold storage and controlled drug substances handling at its European facilities.

Careful selection of a contract packager should include interviews, surveys, and on-site visits.

UPS Temperature True Packaging provides four prequalified packaging system options for temperature-sensitive products with different time and temperature requirements.

The Shantha facility will be Sanofi's second, in addition to its site in Frankfurt, for production of Insuman insulin.

Market changes are driving pharmaceutical companies to consider new ways to mitigate risk in the cold chain.

Better barrier materials and software modeling streamline the blister-package design process.

Recipharm has completed a serialization project for China on behalf of one of its customers.

Packaging film suppliers offer new materials and alternatives to Barex copolymers.

Rommelag's all-electric aseptic blow-fill-seal packaging system encapsulates the filling point and can be installed in a cleanroom.

A horizontal flow wrapper separates vials and individually packs them at high speed using a long-dwell sealing system with ultrasonic or heat-sealing technology.

Comar's 18-mm SecureCap child-resistant closure for eye drops and nasal sprays meets US Consumer Product Safety Commission for products containing 0.08 milligrams or more of imidazolines.

Child-resistant packaging requirements for products containing a specified imidazoline will come into effect June 10, 2015.

A guidance document published just before the Jan. 1, 2015 deadline adds a four-month grace period.

New materials and software modeling streamline the blister-package design process.

New pharmaceutical packaging equipment includes advances in automation and efficient systems.

Optel Vision, a Canadian company specializing in track-and-trace and vision inspection solutions for manufacturing industries, announced that its facility in Limerick, Ireland is now opened to serve customers across Europe.

CDMO Vetter announced the addition of a new flexible serialization service, introduced in response to stricter packaging regulations calling for drugs to be serialized as a means to fight counterfeits.

The Baxter recall in the US of one lot of highly concentrated potassium chloride is due to a mislabeled overpouch.