Packaging and Distribution

When it comes to healthcare rform, we must not overlook investment in innovative technologies.

Novartis CEO To Step Down; DSM To Close Netherlands Facility; And More.

FDA Issues Warning Letter To McNeil Healthcare; Charles River Laboratories Will Suspend Operations At Massachusetts Facility.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare is voluntarily recalling certain lots of over-the-counter products in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji.

Bioject Medical Technologies establishes alliance with MPI Research; Biogen Idec CEO to retire; And More.

Team leaders in FDA's Office of Generic Drugs provide an overview.

From healthcare to corruption to life expectancy, here's what we can learn from the past decade.

Directors and staff miss the mark when it comes to following procedures.

BioNanomatrix (Philadelphia) names Edward Erickson president and CEO; and More.

Merck & Co. Acquires Avecia Biologics; Ambrilia Biopharma Closes Manufacturing Facility; And More.

Also, Abbott to acquire Starlims Technologies; GSK Biologicals to form alliance with Intercell.

PharmTech's monthly newsletter, Equipment & Processing Report, reviews the Editor's Picks for the December 2009 edition from Sepha and AdvantaPure.

The US Pharmacopeial Convention posted a proposed revised standard for what should and should not appear on the ferrules and cap overseals of medication vials.

Also, Merck & Co. extends collaboration with Idera Pharmaceuticals; Pfizer establishes R&D center in China; more...

Particularly in a more connected world, individual contributions can make a difference.

Dumbed-down presentations and poor speaker selections are destroying a valuable industry tool.

With so many healthcare and pharmacy websites, consumers could use the agency's nod of support.

Company and People Notes: Merck KGaA to build R&D hub in Beijing; Depomed appoints VP of operations; more...

Company and People Notes: Genzyme provides updates on enzyme replacement products and FDA complete response letter; Watson appoints VP of global operations; more...

PharmTech's monthly newsletter, Equipment & Processing Report, reviews the Editor's Picks for the November 2009 edition from Enercon and Schreiner.

Company and People Notes: 3M forms agreement with VaxInnate; TRIN Pharma appoints CEO; More...

Company and People Notes: sanofi aventis forms pact with Micromet; Laureate Pharma adds members to its business team.

While Congress debates hundreds of healthcare plan proposals, perhaps we, the public, can get in the game too.

FDA's Edwin Rivera-Martinez on dodging supply-chain challenges.

Editors' Picks of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

The authors describe the ways in which plastic prefilled syringes can be an alternative that provides consistent performance, protects drugs prone to degradation, and enhances patient safety.

According to a survey conducted by Pharmaceutical Technology Europe (PTE), almost 50% of you believe that cost is the biggest limiting factor to innovation in the pharmaceutical packaging industry.

Following years of development, DataMatrix codes are now a viable labelling solution for pharma manufacturers.

Michael Rubenstein, Chief Growth and Innovation Officer at Alcan Packaging, talks about applying a philosophy of sustainability to the pharmaceutical packaging supply chain.

In 2010, Braille embossing will be required on all European pharmaceutical packages. Is the industry ready?