Pharmaceutical

Podcast | May 17, 2013

Podcast: Automated, wireless replenishment of packaging materials

At The Automation Conference 2013, contract OTC pharma manufacturer Perrigo presented their Stage By Component process, where Automated Guided Vehicles bring packaging materials to packaging lines on demand. Packaging World’s Pat Reynolds talks with Perrigo’s Trent Martin, Lean Sigma Black Belt, about the project.
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News
| May 9, 2013

PMMI and ISPE partner to launch Pharma EXPO


New pharmaceutical processing and packaging event to co-locate with PACK EXPO International 2014.
Eric Greenberg
Column/Opinion
| May 3, 2013

FDA has wish list on regulating compounders

Congress might be listening as quality control issues at compounders cause health-related death and illness.
News
| May 1, 2013

GS1 Healthcare US publishes new serialization guideline

The GS1 Healthcare US Secure Supply Chain Task Force, consisting of more than 50 members from throughout the supply chain, developed a guideline to identify and serialize pharmaceutical products using GS1 identification numbers.
News
| May 1, 2013

FDA’s Crowley addresses Unique Device Identification

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has provided a detailed description of proposed effective dates for Unique Device Identification (UDI) requirements on its Web site.
A preprinted pharmaceutical carton showing the GS1-128 bar code (on right, with 20 digits) required by China’s PIATS program is printed by RSI printheads using HP’s TIJ (thermal ink-jet) 2.5 cartridge technology. HP’s TIJ 2.5 can print at resolutions up to 600 dpi. RSI optimizes bar-code resolution and print-cartridge life using patent-pending Variable DPI and nozzle-flipping features. Hailong incorporated RSI’s HP-based printers into its track-and-trace system for PIATS.
Feature Article
| April 30, 2013

Printing technology helps Chinese firm meet that country’s product identification requirements

Hailong Machinery Group uses thermal ink-jet technology to print high-density, high-resolution bar codes and text on primary and secondary packaging.
Machine Product Brief
| April 9, 2013

Horizontal continuous-motion cartoner for syringes

Designed to package syringes in cardboard trays at speeds up to 400 syringes/min., the Marchesini Group’s horizontal continuous-motion cartoner, the MA352 with Robocombi Robotic infeed system, is equipped with specially designed magazine units for feeding cardboard trays, and equipped with two robotic infeed systems, one for erecting the trays and one for feeding syringes.
NovoPen Echo
Feature Article
| April 8, 2013

Pharmapack Europe winners reflect package diversity

Pharmaceutical package winners include Novo Nordisk insulin pen, Weleda’s carton for vials, and a blister-pack carrying case.
Dr. Desmond G. Hunt
Column/Opinion
| April 2, 2013

USP addresses moisture permeation in pharmaceutical packaging

Dr. Desmond G. Hunt, senior scientific liaison within the U.S. Pharmacopoeial Convention (USP), discusses USP’s pending revisions to USP General Chapter Containers—Performance Testing, concerning packaging and moisture permeation.
Pharmapack Edelmann Weleda
News
| March 26, 2013

Folding carton for Weleda earns Pharmapack honors

Supplier Edelmann recognized for two-part folding carton that can be easily handled and automatically filled.

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