FEATURED ARTICLES

• Protecting Today's Biologics With Gelled Phase Change Materials

  As the biologics market continues to grow exponentially, the limitations of today’s thermal packaging utilizing phase change materials could have a considerable impact on the timely delivery of safe and effective medication. Gelled PCM eliminate these limitations and offer a more dependable future for the biopharma industry.

• Laser Coding — A Technology Of Choice For The Pharmaceutical Industry
• 5 Benefits Of Item-Level Serialization For Pharma
• Establishing Best Practice Qualification Metrics For Smart Shipping Containers
• Integrating Quality Control Tools Into Print Workflow Automation Solutions

WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES

• A Specialized Pharmaceutical Kit Assembly Solution

  Company launches a fast acting Insulin injector pen pharmaceutical kit into the U.S. market by utilizing the new bespoke Semi-automated Packaging System (SAPS) at Almac’s U.S. commercial packaging facility.

• Beyond Item-Level Serialization: Extending Traceability Schemes To Secondary And Tertiary Packaging

  Falsified and counterfeit medicines are a chronic problem for the pharmaceutical sector, with a third of all shipments in the worst affected parts of the world estimated to contain fake medicines.

• The Hidden Challenges Of Pharmaceutical Serialization

  The true extent of the counterfeiting is unknown, since no global study has ever been carried out, but according to WHO estimates, up to 15% of all medicines are counterfeit.

• The EU Falsified Medicines Directive – Concerted Action To Secure The pharmaceutical supply Chain

  In recent years the production of, and trade in, falsified medicines – both research based and generic – has grown to become a global illegal business. At the borders of the EU alone over 30 million counterfeit medicines have been seized during the last five years, and the statistics regarding medicines supplied online are equally disturbing: according to the European Alliance for Safe Medicines, 62% of medicines purchased online are fake or substandard.

• Ensure Tamper-Evident Pharmaceutical Packaging For EU Compliance

  As falsifications become more sophisticated, the risk of falsified medicines reaching patients in the EU increases every year.

• The Standards Myth: Why Your Temperature Controlled Packaging Is Failing And What To Do About It

  Global regulatory authorities are placing increased scrutiny on documenting control over distribution environments. While there is obviously a link between your shipping conditions and your thermal protection (packages), the challenge is that there is no clear, reliable industry standard temperature profile for the design of insulated packaging systems used for the distribution of products. This is because temperature profiles for packaging design should be rationalized based on not only your product characteristics, but your distribution logistics. This paper examines the lack of consistency in the current methodology for designing temperature profiles, why commonly used standards should not be used on their own, and identifies the needed parameters for consideration.