Drug and device manufacturers are experiencing unprecedented levels of public criticism and governmental scrutiny, while being asked to provide more affordable healthcare products to an expanding base of insured Americans. And to compound the issues, advancements in technology are enabling […]
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John Doyle Quintiles Ryan Million Trinity There is a perception that national vaccination programs, or even just individual vaccinations for, say, travelers going abroad, has been motoring along for decades, due to the near-universal acclaim that vaccination has […]
Read MoreToday’s leading scientific and public health organizations—including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the National Association for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, the Infectious Diseases Society […]
Read MoreKuehne+Nagel’s distribution center in Memphis, TN opened last August. Credit: K+N. From a general, global perspective, healthcare products will never be a large fraction of shipment tonnages; the healthcare sector will always pale in comparison to automotive, energy or consumer […]
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Fig. 1. Typical Pump Performance Curve Table 1. Equipment selection criteria Specifying a suitable container for shipping temperature-controlled life sciences products usually involves matching the design elements of the container (insulation quality, amount of gel refrigerants, etc.) with the trade […]
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Fig. 1. Quality, time and cost elements of major research approaches. Observational research–evaluating outcomes in patients in a naturalistic rather than an experimental setting–has the potential to answer many research questions. But in order to do so effectively, researchers must […]
Read MoreConstantia Flexibles’ Live Stress Test analyzes the coldforming process for blister packaging. Constantia Flexibles (Blythewood, SC), best known for its Coldform foils for blister card packaging, has introduced two services to better analyze the blister card design and manufacturing processes. […]
Read MoreChris Anderson (left), Cardinal Quality Systems Director, checks out the pallet shipper. It’s a truism of large organizations that standardized, “enterprise” solutions are beneficial: less complexity when crossing organizational lines; more consistency in operating performance; and potential cost savings […]
Read MoreAt Pharmaceutical Commerce, we spent a good bit of time from late autumn into the first few weeks of this year preparing our feature article on global transportation and logistics for life sciences. And, based on which articles were ready […]
Read MoreEarly-January information posted at FDA’s OPDP shows that only nine actions (warning letters or “untitled” letters indicating a violation) were issued in 2015 and, based on data compiled by the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society,* that’s a record low number. OPDP […]
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