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Celebrating 20 years in healthcare product packaging

Our award-winning editorial team will go back in time to recap the biggest developments in pharma & medical device packaging

Our award-winning editorial team will go back in time to recap the biggest developments in pharma & medical device packaging

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Visionary Awards 2013

Recognize people in packaging who deliver forward-thinking ideas and game-changing solutions in the packaging community

Recognize people in packaging who deliver forward-thinking ideas and game-changing solutions in the packaging community

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Plan to Attend Pharmapack North America

June 18-19, 2013 ~ Philadelphia, PA

June 18-19, 2013  ~  Philadelphia, PA

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Pharmapack North America: Protect Today’s New Drugs against Contamination

Today’s pharmaceuticals are increasingly being delivered via novel routes, and many are designed for patients to use when treating themselves. “Drug products are undergoing design revisions, giving changing patient populations user-friendly options,” explains Don Singer, Global Lead Quality Manager, Microbiology R&D, GlaxoSmithKline. “It is not just pills and tablets any more. We are seeing many inhalable and intranasal products, and parenterals are no longer just delivered directly by standard syringes and from vials, especially in the oncology field.

Double-Barrier Packaging Still Ideal, Nurses Report at HealthPack

Nurses prefer double-barrier packaging, consisting of a sealed tray within either another tray or a pouch, learned attendees at HealthPack 2013 in Louisville, KY. Such preferences along with feedback on package recycling and usability were shared during HealthPack’s annual Voice of the Customer survey and live nurses panel. This year’s survey results were gathered by Jennifer Foreman and Jennifer Neid Benolken and presented by Foreman on March 13, marking the survey’s fifth year.

2012 Compliance Packages of the Year Announced by HCPC

The Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC) awarded the winners of its annual Compliance Package of the Year competition at RxAdherence 2013, the organization’s annual conference on patient adherence and compliance prompting packaging issues.
Named 2012 Compliance Package of the Year, Avive from MWV Healthcare, is a patient-customized, multi-medication, 30-day dosing system.

From the Editors' Desk

Gerresheimer Producing Insulin Pen Components for Sanofi

Gerresheimer has begun producing components for a new order of insulin pens for Sanofi, Gerresheimer reports. To satisfy the new order, a new production hall was built, qualified, and validated at Gerresheimer’s facility in Horšovsk...
Shellpak Renew Recognized with Award from Walmart

MeadWestvaco Corp. reports that it has received Walmart’s "Responsibility Award for Total Health and Wellness” for the development of Shellpak Renew. Designed to promote patient medication adherence, Shellpak Renew is 40 percent...
Bilcare Research Invests in New Lamination Line for Barrier Films

Bilcare Research is introducing a new high-speed lamination line for producing Aclar multilayer films and Triplex PVdC Films at its Bötzingen facility in Germany, the company reports in a press release. The new line as well as a...
Groninger Provided Equipment to Two Facility of the Year Award Winners

Two pharmaceutical projects to be recognized in the "Facility of the Year" program at Interphex 2013 featured equipment from Groninger. Among the winners were F. Hoffmann La Roche Ltd. and Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, both of...
MG America Named Exclusive Distributor for Perfect Pack Machines
MG America, the U.S. subsidiary of MG2 of Bologna, Italy, is now the exclusive distributor in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico for Perfect Pack, an Italy-based equipment manufacturer that has been manufacturing...