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Final Check
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Toolkit helps South Carolina hospitals reduce mislabeled blood specimens

'Final Check' process aims to design healthcare systems and help healthcare providers make choices in those systems to produce better patient outcomes.
This calendarized, unit-dose pack from Novartis is designed to help leukemia patients.
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Novartis, Forest, and Walmart win awards for patient-compliant packaging

Starter kits and packs, Walmart’s adherence package, and an innovative Slider Pack earn honors from the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council.
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'Breakthrough' pasteurization technology for chilled ready meals

At Anuga FoodTec, Hakan Pettersson, managing director of MicVac, describes what he calls a “breakthrough innovation technology” for chilled ready meals. The MicVac process allows raw or partially pre-cooked ingredients to be microwave-pasteurized in-pack. The process is said to allow for greater product quality, color, taste, texture, vitamin content, and shelf life.
A carry handle completes the package.
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Pouches make turkey sales fly

Increased visibility, high perceived value, and greater customer convenience all come together in this vibrant turkey carry pouch developed for Mr. Pavo brand turkeys of Ecuadorian food marketer Pronaca.
Nature’s Variety’s Instinct Raw Frozen Diet, which includes this 4-lb carton of chicken patties.
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HPP ensures safety of raw pet-food brand

High-pressure pasteurization partnership ensures safety of Nature’s Variety’s raw pet food, while catalyzing booming value-added business for cold storage provider.
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Convenience shapes packs for pizza crusts, crackers, ready meals

Pat Reynolds talks about three convenience-driven packages that leaped off the shelf on a recent trip to the supermarket: Freschetta pizza crusts, Nabisco crackers, and Barilla ready meals.
Flip-top closure allows easy pouring.
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Handled PET sports flip-top closure

Handling ease and product visibility take center stage in the newly developed 89-oz PET container for Tropicana Pure Premium.
Forest Viibryd
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HCPC awards packs for patient compliance, innovation

Starter pack for Forest Pharmaceuticals, Walmart’s adherence package, and innovative Slider Pack earn honors from the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council.
Novartis Tasigna
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Novartis pack named Compliance Package of the Year

The Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council honors Tasigna physician sample starter kit at RxAdherence 2012.
RPC skn
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U.K. skincare clinic selects dispenser pack

User-friendly pack complements other packs in the skincare treatment family, adds shelf appeal and strengthens branding efforts.
Consumer with can
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FDA to respond to petition to ban BPA

While the agency weighs evidence that both supports and opposes the controversial chemical, consumers may make the ultimate decision.
The 1-gal 6-layer jar weighs just 160 g.
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1-gal plastic jars for foodservice olives

Aceitunas del Guadalquivir of Seville, Spain, is the first to commercialize an innovative six-layer coextrusion blow molded jar for olives that is notable for its size and for its ability to withstand high-temperature filling processes (hot fill, pasteurization, or sterilisation to 122◦C in retort).
Aptar-Insys
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New unit-dose spray device for cancer patients

Single unit-dose device disperses a fine mist under the tongue for breakthrough cancer pain.
Bebo soup
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Thermoformed 'pot' extends shelf life for soup

Délices de la Mer’s “on-the-go” soup uses PP/EVOH/PP structure to gain 12-month shelf life in French retail market.
Frezyderm
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Test tube-shaped package for cosmetics

Greek company uses packaging design to market OTC skincare products in pharmacies.
One hand image
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New study of arm amputees predicts future for packaging

Consumer strategist's study reveals convenience is a 'killer app' for packages that are easy to use for both one- and two-handed consumers.
Mega Weleda
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Self-closing pump serves Weleda’s new BIB body lotions

Lends users a 360-degree application, exact dosing, and efficient evacuation as part of a bag-in-bottle system.
Nurse panel
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HealthPack headed to Dublin

A taste of Europe flavored opening day at HealthPack 2012 in Albuquerque. Meanwhile, the medical device community and nurses worked to open the lines of communication to address longstanding packaging concerns.

 

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