Packaging and Distribution

The company is highlighting its commitment to next-generation glass manufacturing in efforts to strengthen the pharmaceutical supply chain.

The company’s US entity, Iwata Label USA, will exhibit its Vial Protect Pack, Light Protect Pack, and Shrink Tack Label.

Rapid market growth in biologics is helping the packaging market expand as well, but the complex nature of biologics and the desire for personalized therapies present unique hurdles to make packaging solutions cost-effective and safe for patients.

Winners in this year's Pharmapack Awards include both commercial products and innovations that are shaping the future of pharmaceutical packaging.

The company will be featuring its sustainable packaging solutions at the event in Paris on Jan. 22–23, 2025.

The two companies will be exhibiting together after Gerresheimer’s December 2024 acquisition of Bormioli.

The company will be showcasing its injection blow molded bottles and five-layer blown film at the packaging event in Paris on Jan. 22–23, 2025.

Frontier Scientific Solutions has unveiled plans to use a $1.5 billion commitment from a major investor to create a global free trade zone gateway to facilitate the life sciences supply chain using Wilmington International Airport in North Carolina.

Manufacturers of five autologous or matched allogenic cell therapy products have selected TrakCel's IT platform, OCELLOS, to orchestrate the administration of these therapies, which are approved or expected to be approved in 2024.

The system is Hapman’s first major product launch since 2008, following a year of intensive R&D that builds upon the company’s eight decades of tubular drag conveyor expertise.

Rather than relying on a myriad of different systems, the author proposes that a cloud-based solution can control and coordinate everything, allowing manufacturers to deftly respond when changes in labeling requirements arise.

Pharmaceutical packaging must advance to adapt to new, complex modalities.

Important standards and guidelines for packaging protect and assist the patient.

As part of a range of sustainable products and services that SGD Pharma plans to showcase at CPHI Milan, the company will introduce its siliconized molded glass vials.

The company is touting its HPC74 series, which it said features heat-seal coated construction and has the highest puncture and tear strength of all of its reinforced medical papers to date.

Descon Conveyor Systems is joining Pacteon’s portfolio, and its product will be shown alongside those from Schneider Packaging Equipment and Phoenix Stretch Wrappers.

Manual and automated inspection technologies have their own advantages and limitations.

Packaging and packaging line innovations are addressing the industry’s growing use of biologics.

What are the lessons gleaned from a product’s E&L lifetime?

Pharmaceutical Technology gives a brief overview of some of developments in manufacturing facilities, including news from W.R. Grace & Co, ITT Inc, and SMC.

The European company has seen its business increase by 47% in North America.

The 2024 Pharmapack Europe Award winners include companies involved in ground-breaking innovations in novel drug delivery solutions, reusable connected devices, and recyclable packaging.

Designers adopt value-added features, different materials, and enhanced coding technologies.

By taking a strategic and evidence-based approach, companies can leverage the insights gained from stability studies to establish robust labeling.

Washed seals save drug makers time and money.

Electronic product information for selected human medicines that have been harmonized across the European Union have been published for the first time.

Interest grows in AI, digitalization, robotics, and sustainability.

The new customized system is designed for fully automated and integrated labeling, orientation, and palletization, and it is expected to streamline the current manual processes, according to the press release.

The draft guidance document discusses the development of labeling for proposed biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars for submission under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act.

Colorcon provides customers with Opadry complete film coating systems, which intends to help reduce complexity with delivering high-quality products and ingredients.