From the Editors' Desk

AlpVision Shows Mobile Authentication Solution At Interphex
Demonstrated at Interphex 2013, the solution enables brand owners, experts, and consumers who own a smartphone to play an active role in the fight against counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
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Formpack Recognized in Two Awards Programs

Amcor Flexibles’s Formpack has been recognized in two recent awards programs. Amcor Formpack Advanced Blister Design received an Alufoil Trophy in the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) awards program in the Resource Efficiency category...
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...
Pharma Packaging Solutions Produces Redesigned Packaging for Mederma Stretch Marks Therapy

Contract packager Pharma Packaging Solutions (PPS) is manufacturing new cartons for the redesigned packaging of Mederma Stretch Marks Therapy marketed by Merz USA. Little Big Brands redesigned the package, while PPS produced new cartons to incorporate...
Constantia Flexibles Adding 15,000 Square Feet and New Employees in South Carolina

Constantia Flexibles will invest $12 million to expand its main U.S. manufacturing facility in Blythewood, SC. Currently performing laminating, coating, rotogravure printing and slitting, the factory produces foil-based structures for blister...
NAMSA Expands Lab Capacity in Irvine, CA

NAMSA has expanded its microbiology laboratory in Irvine, CA to employ the latest technology for microbiology and sterility assurance testing. Set to open in spring 2013, the new lab space will be used for in vitro toxicology, sterility, and bioburden...