Although patient compliance problems have been receiving attention for at least a decade, many medications are still dispensed in bottles that contain a supply intended to last days or weeks and require considerable effort on the part of the patient or caregiver to keep track of the dosing schedule. As a result, when it comes to consistently taking the right dose at the right time for the duration of a prescription, many consumers don't do a very good job.
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Adding Braille to pharmaceutical packaging should be less of a challenge with the use of Esko-Graphics' Scope solution. EC Directive 2004/27/CE requires Braille labelling and information to be provided with pharmaceutical products for human use, and companies are scrambling to implement this by 31 October.
A fleet of pharmaceutical manufacturers have green lighted new bar coding and e-pedigree pilots using electronic barcodes. But is Industry ready for full-scale RFID?
Cephalon partners with hardware and software providers to test item-level tagging.
Solid dosage form manufacturers have long relied on shape and color as well as on-pill imprints of logos, product names, or numbers for product identification. But in these days of heightened counterfeiting concerns, the industry has a growing interest in adding more difficult-to-duplicate features to the pool of existing product identification techniques. Added security is particularly important on high-profile or high-cost drugs, as well as on pharmaceutical products supplied in bulk for repackaging.
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Cold chain management is becoming pivotal to success in the pharmaceutical industry.
Blister Packaging Trumps Bottles For Patient Compliance, Study Shows
Most experts recommend layering protective technologies by selecting a combination of overt and covert techniques.
Purdue?s RFID Pedigree Program Enters Pilot Phase
The unit-dose bar coding rule requires integrating many aspects of packaging design and control.
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To help reduce the risks of operator exposure and process cross contamination of powdered materials in the pharmaceutical manufacturing environment, the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has published ISPE Good Practice Guide: Assessing the Particulate Containment Performance of Pharmaceutical Equipment.
RFID and battery-powered containers are among the developments receiving attention in the pharmaceutical cold chain.
Pharmaceutical packaging can no longer be an afterthought in pharmaceutical product development.
Lilly Implements Bar Coding on Individual Insulin Vials
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This article examines the different types of dessicants avaliable to the pharmaceutical industry. It provides information on choosing the right type, and how and when it should be used.
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A review of Pack Expo International 2004, one of the world's largest packaging trade shows that featured the latest cutting-edge solutions.
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Packaging machines for new or existing lines are easier to operate and change over than they ever were before. Today's packaging machines also accommodate a greater variety of heights, diameters, finishes, or dosage regimen counts.
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