Manufacturing & Packaging

MeadWestvaco wins Healthcare Compliance Package of the Year award

Avive package changes pharmacy-dispensing practices; MWV also places with second runner-up

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Compliance prompting packaging: 'The light bulbs are coming on'

As improved medication adherence gains more focus in healthcare, the advantages of compliance packaging are becoming clearer

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Can pharmacy automation change the drug-compounding market dynamics?

Supplier of injectable-drug dispensing system sees new opportunities

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Transdermal drug delivery looks for new frontiers

Microneedles and 'active' patches extend the reach of transdermal applications

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Product serialization vendor, Systech, combines barcoding with authentication

Patent-pending technology provides an 'e-fingerprint' to go with barcode data; data can be retrieved from a cloud-based repository

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When serializing packages for e-pedigree, go random

The looming California e-pedigree standards do not specify how to generate product codes, but random codes are easy to produce and essential for supply chain security

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Container selection and testing for safe drug product delivery

Elaborate testing is necessary to ensure the stability and functionality of today's drug-delivery systems

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Integrated drug containment and delivery solutions

Design choices can make a difference in a crowded market

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Emerging markets influence changes in global pharma distribution

As pharmaceutical companies rapidly expand into emerging markets abroad, observers say they are running into complex challenges.

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Brand Owner-CMO Collaboration Is Growing--But Is Far From Mature

The long-recommended practice of shared data and plans between biopharma companies and their contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) is beginning to take hold . . .

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