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Factoring Social Costs

In evaluating scenarios for its business after a 2007 management buyout, Pharmalucence managers considered the impact on employment.
“We were at the bottom of the recession where jobs were being lost; we didn’t want to be part of that,” President Glenn Alto said in a presentation “Making It Massachusetts” at Interphex.
Outsourcing pharmaceutical production—one of the options considered—would downsize the firm by more than 50 employees.
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Pharmalucence To Launch Bosch Fill-Finish Isolator Line

The drug manufacturer sets up as a CMO with a new Boston BioTech Cluster-based facility.
Pharmalucence (www.pharmalucence.com) is building a barrier isolated aseptic fill-finish facility as it further develops its business segment in contract manufacturing.
The isolator line will support fill-finish of Pharmalucence’s manufactured radiopharmaceuticals, while providing expanded capacity for contract services the company projects will grow 10% annually for ten years.
Bosch Packaging Technology (www.boschpackaging.com) is supplying the MLF2020 Isolator Line for Vi
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Pouch Sealers Deliver Verifiable Quality

CMD Corp. offers real-time process analysis and control in sealers for the medical device packaging market.
 
CMD Corporation (www.cmd-corp.com) has introduced pouch converting machines with enhanced process management tools for medical applications. The machines feature Intelligent Sealing Technology (IST) from CMD Corp.’s PDI division.
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Finding More With Inspection

Using digital camera-based machine vision, packagers can move from decoding print and bar codes to other package and product inspection tasks.
Matrix-style or 2-D codes such as DataMatrix are increasingly favored as codes that contain more data in a smaller space compared to linear bar codes, as regulations require more information in a bar code.
Camera-based inspection systems that capture digital photos for analysis are typically required for reading these codes for content and legibility.
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Eriez Targets Pharmaceuticals With Metal Detection

 
Eriez (www.eriez.com) supplies its metal detectors for integration on existing conveyor lines or incorporated with conveyor systems designed and built by Eriez.
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Non-Destructive Seal Testing

 
With its Seal-Scan non-contact airborne ultrasound technology, PTI Inspection Systems (www.ptiusa.com) provides a non-destructive method for inspecting medical pouch seals. Seal-Scan tests seals end-to-end for overall seal quality and variations in seal uniformity, finding defects that are often undiscoverable through visual inspection.
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Industry Seeks Track and Trace Law

The RxTEC Act provides a model for automated lot-level tracking.
With the RxTEC Act (http://freepdfhosting.com/6ec4ab655a.pdf), pharmaceutical supply chain members are proposing a phased-in approach to track-and-trace with a federal law imposing uniform requirements on all states.
 
The act was developed by the Pharmaceutical Distribution Security Alliance (PDSA), manufacturers, wholesalers, and pharmacy chains joining to offer an alternative model for tracing prescription drug distribution.
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ASTM International Publishes New WVTR Tests for Solid Oral Drug Packs

Test methods were developed by a Product Quality Research Institute working group after a 10-year program of study.
  
By Hugh E. Lockhart, PhD
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Adapting to Trends In Drug Delivery

Sonic Packaging combines design and manufacturing services to offer custom solutions that support compliant use.
 
Sonic Packaging (www.sonicpackaging.com) is offering in-house design, engineering, and filling services to help customers develop unique packaging solutions and support trends in unit-dose medication delivery. With the launch of the company iDE (Integrated Design and Engineering), Sonic provides a domestic resource for turnkey package development and contract filling.
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Catalent Pharma Expands Blister Facility In Italy

Catalent Pharma Solutions (www.catalent.com) has announced the completion of the on-going expansion of its facility in Aprilia, Italy.
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