Packaging Advances Showcased

Terry Katz, CEO and co-founder of ForgeStop Technology Corporation, explains how its connected technology can enhance anticounterfeiting and how data are handled within the product.

Celtic Renewables won the CPHI Award for Sustainable Pharma Excellence for its green chemicals used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Bettina Brierley, chief commercial officer, talks about the adoption, capacity, and pricing of biosolvents.

Terry Katz, CEO and cofounder of ForgeStop Technology Corporation, explains the company’s CPHI Award-winning connected product technology and how it helps to combat drug counterfeiting.

Bettina Brierley, chief commercial officer at Celtic Renewables, discusses commercialization of biosolvents for pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Coverage from AAPS PharmSci 360 and CPHI Milan featured discussion about impurities, devices, and supply resilience. This week also included topics such as AI accountability, oral peptides, and new licensing deals.

Onshoring pharmaceutical manufacturing can be made more practical by collaborating with CDMOs that have gray space, supported by strong relationships with used equipment dealers and OEMs.

USP data show fewer US drug shortages but longer ones, averaging 5+ years. Drug shortages are an incentive problem, not a manufacturing mystery.

Almac Clinical Services’ clinical supply strategy won the 2026 CPHI Award for Supply Chain Excellence. Nishma Patel, supply chain solutions manager, explains the benefits and challenges of the company’s just-in-time manufacturing solution.