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FEATURED ARTICLES

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  USP General Chapter <1207> Revisions: Industry Experts Offer Best Practices To Avoid Destructive, Unreliable Integrity Testing

  In September, the US Pharmacopoeia released a proposed revision to USP General Chapter <1207> Sterile Product Package – Integrity Evaluation for public comment, which focuses on package integrity testing. This chapter is not mandated but does reflect recommended best practices. These changes are necessary to better protect not just the product but also the patient.

• Getting Particular About Particulates: How Can You Avoid Becoming The Next Recall?
• What Is The Solution To Drug Shortages?
• First-Ever Syringe Leak Testing Machine To Be Launched By Bonfiglioli Pharma Machinery
• Bonfiglioli Engineering Introduces Semi-Automatic Leak Tester For Drums And Large Containers

WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES

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  Private Branding: How On-Demand Color Labeling Can Add Value To The Growing Generics Market

  The generics market has taken off in recent years due to numerous patent expirations for brand-name companies. In light of this, pharmaceutical manufacturers, insurance companies and consumers, in search of significant cost savings, have turned towards the generics industry.

• How To Calculate The Total Cost Of In-Line Metal Detection Equipment

  Considering TCO helps to better understand the costs over and above the purchase price and also – when suppliers have differing offers – to compare them and ultimately to substantiate the investment decision.

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  Pharmaceutical Company Cuts Packaging Costs

  In tough economic times, First Priority, manufacturer of generic veterinary pharmaceutical products, decided it was time to take a hard look at where they could cut costs without compromising on efficiencies and quality of their products.

• Striving For Label Perfection In Clinical Trials

  No other labeling process in the pharmaceutical industry is as complex as clinical trial labeling. Clintrak Clinical Labeling Services knows this first hand and has been committed to finding a way to reduce the amount of time and money spent on proofreading in order to improve their process.

• Catalent Approves A Proof Within Hours, As Opposed To Days With Digitial-Page

  A recent FDA regulation revision has had pharmaceutical packagers scrambling to fine-tune their process. It is now more important than ever for pharmaceutical packagers, such as Catalent, to ensure processes are operating as efficiently as possible.

• Improving Quality Processes For Medical Device Development And Manufacturing

  Organizations that consistently develop and launch new products efficiently in an environment of increasing regulatory scrutiny, successfully manage regulatory risk. By Mike Kuehne, ACSYS, Inc.

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Carbon Dioxide Headspace Analyzer for Pharmaceutical Parenteral Containers

Lighthouse Instruments’ FMS carbon dioxide detector utilizes a non-destructive and patented laser absorption technique to measure carbon dioxide levels from 0 to 760 torr in pharmaceutical parenteral containers. The non-destructive and fast (5 seconds) measurement times allow operators to measure the same sample without having to deal with waste disposal, and perhaps more importantly, save valuable product samples for other testing.

Oxygen Headspace Analyzer for Pharmaceutical Flexible Bags and Pouches

Lighthouse Instruments’ FMS benchtop oxygen headspace analyzer can be used in both quality control and development applications in laboratory settings, as well as at-line in-process control points to monitor headspace oxygen levels in pharmaceutical flexible bags and pouches during production.

Used Safeline Metal Detector and X-Ray Inspection Equipment, Model SL2000

One (1) used Mettler Toledo pass thru metal detector and x-ray inspection unit, model Safeline SL2000, 22" wide x 11" long x 2" high appeture, mounted on 22" wide x 100" long inclined conveyor with 1/2 hp, 230/460 volt motor, mounted on stainless steel frame, serial# 6049401, built in 2010.

Pharmaceutical Filling And Closing Equipment For Vials, Syringes And Cartridges

The FXS Combi is an extremely flexible solution for pharmaceutical filing operations.

Automated Vial Inspection Equipment: AIM 8 V

The AIM 8 V inspection machine for sealed vials from 2 to 125 ml, up to 54.5 mm in diameter and 230 mm in height, detects particulates in liquids and cosmetic container defects at ranges up to 600 per minute.

Rapid Microbial Detection For Real-Time Pharmaceutical Water Monitoring

“The IMD-W system is one of the first of its kind to respond to a call from the pharmaceutical industry for on-line water bioburden analysis (OWBA),” said JeffreyWeber, PAT project manager at Pfizer and one of the founding members of the OWBA workgroup. He added, “BioVigilant’s IMD-W system is a new complementary tool at our disposal, for trending the state of control of water systems in real time through continuous bioburden monitoring.”

Used Lock Inspection Metal Detector

One (1) used Lock metal detector, type MET 30+, belt thru design, 2" wide x 1" high opening with 2" wide x 60" long belt conveyor, 115 vot, part#6050, serial# 6050/1, new 2001.

Used Safeline Metal Detector

One (1) used Safeline metal detector, model DET-MET-SO2, 3" x 1" opening, on stainless steel stand.