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Allegra Pack Offers Convenience With Portable Clamshell

With its new trial package for Allegra OTC tablets (fexofenadine HCL), Sanofi US is providing a clamshell that breaks away from the card to become a reusable, recloseable, on-the-go solution.
The nomad package delivers a grab-and-go option to current users of Allegra OTC, with a non-standard design—clamshell and packaged blister cards are rendered in a distinctive “A” shape—to capture the attention of new users, says Nancy Limback, package development.
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Consumer Study by Clemson University Shows Preference for Clear Plastic Clamshells

A study was conducted recently to determine whether packaging styles influence the shopping behaviors of consumers. Klöckner Pentaplast worked with Clemson University to compare consumer reactions to clear plastic clamshells with those to printed paperboard boxes.
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Optel Vision Offers 360° Degree Tablet Inspection Solution

Optel Vision (www.optelvision.com) has introduced the Optel Vision TabletProof 360, a vision inspection system that provides a simultaneous 360° inspection of capsules, tablets, or gel caps.
The system combines Optel Vision camera technology and inspection software with product handling technology from Aylward (www.aylward-usa.com), in a mobile unit designed to roll into
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Device Firms Seek More Time On Unique Device ID

As the provider community stresses prompt implementation, manufacturers call for clarifications to the proposed UDI regulation and extended compliance timelines.
 
While industry generally supports the objectives of a unique identification system for medical devices, implementing it will take longer than envisioned by FDA in its proposed regulation, according to some device manufacturers responding to the agency on the proposed rule.
In comments submitted to the agency (www.regulations.gov; Docket No.
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Tube Truths—Or Myths?

There are a few challenges that are discouraging some brands from using a tube. Experts help dispel them.
 
By Marie Redding
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Affection for Tubes

These beauty brands say that tubes deliver many functional benefits, and they can help solve dispensing issues.
By Marie Redding
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Patching in Large Volume Doses

Patch injectors promise a level of patient comfort and convenience in the parenteral delivery of high-dose biologics.
Patch injectors are among new technologies in development for enabling self administration of large molecule and viscous biologics. In eliminating the need for multiple injections and infusions, these hands-free devices promote medication regimen compliance by making self-dosing easier for the patient.
“There are many biologics in development that are tending toward greater injection volumes—over 1 mL in the subcutaneous space—than have historically been seen in the marketplace.
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Epinephrine Auto Injector Features Audio Guidance

People treating life-threatening allergic reactions with epinephrine injection now have a product that talks them step-by-step through the process.
Auvi-Q (epinephrine injection, USP) is approved by FDA for emergency treatment of allergic reactions in people who are at risk or have a history of anaphylaxis. A single-use, self-disposable autoinjector, Auvi-Q is the first and only compact auto injector with audio and visual cues to guide patients and caregivers through the injection process, says Evan Edwards, vice president for product development, Intelliject (www.intelliject.com).
“When someone goes into anaphylaxis, time is of the essence.
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Walmart Implements Ecoslide-RX Compliance Pack

Ecoslide-RX, a pharmaceutical compliance package that has been called “more environmentally sustainable” than traditional packs, will soon be arriving to Walmart’s pharmacies.
Walmart will use the pack for repackaging drugs it buys in bulk, in the business model it employs with the Shellpak format.
Legacy Pharmaceuticals in St.
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AMRI Supports Excellagen Prefilled Syringe Launch

Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI; www.amriglobal.com) is manufacturing sterile prefilled syringes at its Burlington, Massachusetts, site in support of the U.S. introduction of Cardium Therapeutic’s Excellagen topical gel.
Excellagen is a new, highly refined fibrillar collagen-based gel for treating diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, and other dermal wounds.
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