Packaging & Product Protection Featured Articles
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Laser Coding — A Technology Of Choice For The Pharmaceutical Industry
6/8/2017
Has laser coding reached its limits? No. This paper provides evidence and demonstrates that there is still huge potential for laser coding to remain the ideal choice in the pharmaceutical sector.
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5 Benefits Of Item-Level Serialization For Pharma
6/5/2017
Item-level serialization gives each box or bottle of medication its own identity. This can be tracked at every stage of the supply chain – from the production line to the pharmacy and right through to the patient. This enhances the sense of ownership you have with your products, a marker of authenticity that verifies the quality of the contents. Any queries or complaints from pharmacy staff, medical professionals or patients can be traced right back to the individual box.
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What Does "Child Resistant Packaging" Mean In Pharma?
5/26/2017
Child resistant packaging intergrates the use of safety mechanisms and physical barriers to reduce the risk of poisining in children via the ingestion of potentially hazardous medicines.
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Pharmaceutical Serialization: Is Your Data Management System Ready?
5/10/2017
The FDA’s intent to not enforce the requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act until November 2018 offered an additional year meet compliance. The deadline for that grace period is now!
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The 5 Common Printed Packaging Errors And How To Prevent Them
4/13/2017
This article examines the five most common sources of printed packaging errors, why they’re likely to occur, and suggestions on how to prevent them.
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Advancing Clinical Study Execution And Expediting Clinical Supplies
3/13/2017
The shift toward biologics, globalization of clinical trials, and regulatory and commercial pressures has placed new stresses on clinical supply chains.
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Blister Package Integrity Testing Using Non-Destructive Methods
2/1/2017
Dye ingress leak testing and vacuum decay are the most common methods used for leak testing blister packages.
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Container Closure Integrity Testing Of Complex Drug Delivery Systems
8/25/2016
New injection-delivery systems, such as auto-injectors, recombinant syringes, and retractable needles, have introduced new challenges, particularly for container closures.
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Are You Prepared For The EU’s Falsified Medicines Directive?
7/21/2016
Given the complexities involved and time required for assessment and decision-making activities, it is imperative to start working toward meeting the EU’s Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) standards immediately, leveraging previous efforts for compliance with other market regulations.
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Establishing Best Practice Qualification Metrics For Smart Shipping Containers
6/21/2016
Wernher von Braun, the father of modern rocketry famously stated, “one test is worth a thousand expert opinions.” The FDA has put their own regulatory spin on this axiom: “if you didn’t document it; it didn’t happen.” This extends beyond the drug therapies themselves to the packaging and logistics practices that are used to distribute them; what the FDA refers to as the “holding” of a drug.