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FDA's Jay Crowley Joins Keynote Panel at GS1 Connect 2013
Billions of Dollars Could be Saved through Upgrading State Drug Benefits

A new report sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association sees potential savings of up to $5 billion in California's Medicaid program in "upgrading management of drug benefits." Prepared by The Menges Group,...
SteriPack USA Recognized by Florida Governor Rick Scott

SteriPack USA, which opened its first U.S. medical packaging converting facility in Lakeland, FL, last year, has received the “Governor’s Business Ambassador Award” from Florida Governor Rick Scott.

SteriPack USA was...
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-...
Pfizer Selects Global Vision for Worldwide Inspection Support

Pfizer has selected Global Vision as its proofreading technology solution provider, the supplier reported today in a statement. Specifically,...
Packaging Coordinators and Frazier Healthcare Complete AndersonBrecon Buy
Frazier Healthcare and Packaging Coordinators, Inc. today announced that they have completed the acquisition of pharmaceutical packager AndersonBrecon from its parent company AmerisourceBergen Corporation ....
Injectable Animal Health Products Voluntarily Recalled, Reports FDA

FDA is reporting on its Web site that Bimeda-MTC Animal Health Inc. is voluntarily recalling the following injectable fluids: one lot of Calcium Gluconate, one...
TUV Rheinland of North America Earns TAPA Air Cargo Security Standards Certification

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has approved TUV Rheinland of North America as a third-party auditing body for the TAPA Air Cargo Security Standards (TACSS) certification. TACSS certification helps ensure the minimum standards...
Systech International Partnering with Tata Consultancy Services to Offer Economic Approach to Pharma Serialization

Pharma serialization provider Systech International is partnering with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a provider of IT services and business solutions, to offer life sciences companies "an effective and economic means of implementing...
Solvay and INEOS Would Combine to Become One of Top Three PVC Producers

Solvay and INEOS have signed a letter of intent to combine their European chlorvinyls activities in a proposed 50-50 joint venture, they report in a press release. The partnership would position the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer among the top...