From the Editors' Desk

Formpack Redesign Wins Alufoil Award

Amcor Flexibles has been recognized with two Alufoil Trophies in the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) awards program. In the Resource Efficiency category, the company was awarded an Alufoil for the Amcor Formpack Advanced Blister Design...
Non-Bottle Rigid Plastics Recycling Steadily Growing, Reports Find

Sixty-one percent of the rigid plastics collected in the United States in 2011 were recycled in the United States or Canada, reports Moore Recycling Associates Inc. in its “...
C.A.L. Earns Qualified Envirotainer Provider Accreditation

C.A.L. Cargo Airlines has become the first Israeli airline to be accredited as a Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) at all of its online stations: Tel Aviv, Liège, and New York's JFK. The QEP Program involves specialized training and...
HealthPack 2013: Packagers Must Collaborate with Sterile Process Peers

The most difficult process for a medical device package to survive is sterilization, explains Joyce Hansen, vice president of sterile process technology for Johnson & Johnson. Hansen spoke at HealthPack 2013, held in Louisville, KY, giving the...
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...
Johnson & Johnson Opens Innovation Center in London

Johnson & Johnson today announced the opening of the Johnson & Johnson Innovation centre in London, one of four regional hubs being established this year in the world's leading innovation hotspots.  A part of Johnson & Johnson...
FDA Adds Heart Risk Warning to Pfizer Antibiotic

The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors and patients that a widely used antibiotic from Pfizer can cause rare but deadly heart rhythms in some patients.

The agency is adding new warnings to the label of Zithromax, which is commonly...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Funds Cancer Treatment Collaboration Grants

Bristol-Myers Squibb has awarded grants totaling $175,000 to the American Cancer Society Eastern Division and Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) to support comprehensive navigation services for patients with cancer both independently and as part of a...
Oriel STAT A MATRIX Launches Medical Device Training

Oriel STAT A MATRIX announces new training courses aimed at five challenges medical device manufacturers face: complying with regulatory requirements, identifying the root causes of problems, handling complaints, managing suppliers, and controlling...
Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Scripps Research Institute Expand Collaboration

The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company have announced plans to expand their recent research collaboration to search for new drug targets for a variety of diseases.

The new agreement extends an initial...