Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI; Philadelphia) has begun construction of a 93,000-sq.-ft. storage and distribution facility, following through on an earlier decision to expand in this area in 2011 with the construction of a clinical packaging plant. The combination will complement […]
Read MoreA Strategic Insights report from Decision Resources (Burlington, MA), “The $300-Billion Elephant: Strategies for Addressing Patient Nonadherence,” cites reminder packaging (blister cards and other unit-dose forms of packaging) can be a valuable resource for companies introducing new products to the […]
Read MoreLast June, FDA issued new recommendations for both industry sponsors and for FDA Staff on injection devices—Technical Considerations for Pen, Jet, and Related Injectors Intended for Use with Drugs and Biologic Products. [1] As its title indicates, this Guidance discusses […]
Read MoreFig. 1. Peel-off labels allow healthcare providers to better document drug administration. Credit: Schreiner Among the many challenges the pharmaceutical industry is facing today, patient safety remains key. Within a complex regulatory landscape, as well as diversified markets and medications, […]
Read MoreCredit: Top: Almac Clinical Services; Bottom: PCI The size of clinical trials continues to expand, observers say, creating a ripple effect in pharmaceutical packaging. More emphasis is being placed on secondary packaging design to minimize risk of product damage or […]
Read MoreThe Becton Dickinson Neopak syringe, one of the company’s latest offerings, was designed specifically for iopharmaceuticals. The prefillable device is manufactured with tighter dimensional tolerances to reduce silicone lubrication levels and less dead-volume space. Credit: BD Beginning about 50 years […]
Read MoreDepending on your perspective, the pharmaceutical package label is either practically the last thing done on a packaging line, or the first thing a patient sees upon opening a carton. In either case, the label is a workhorse element of […]
Read MoreThe annual competition for the Compliance Package of the Year, held by the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (www.hcpconline.org) witnessed a strong showing by MeadWestvaco (Richmond, VA) with the winning entry as well as the second runner-up. Information Mediary (Ottowa) was […]
Read MoreIt’s been said that seeing is believing. Such is the case with pharmaceutical companies, who for many years held the belief, but lacked the scientific evidence, concerning the impact of using compliance prompting packaging. Now following the release of two […]
Read MoreThe ongoing imbroglio over New England Compounding Center and the outbreak of spinal meningitis from contaminated dosages from that now-defunct company calls into question a host of activities around the pharmacy practice of compounding drug products. In most cases, the […]
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