Trends and Issues

Thomson Reuters report names Amgen, Sandoz, and Hospira as companies with greatest potential to dominate the early stages of biosimilar medications entering the U.S.

New pharmaceutical processing and packaging event to co-locate with PACK EXPO International 2014.

At Pack Expo Las Vegas September 23-25, a full slate of displays and cutting-edge learning sessions will be on tap at The Center for Trends & Technology: Improving Production through Innovation.

Congress might be listening as quality control issues at compounders cause health-related death and illness.

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.

The 2012 edition of Expo Pack Mexico occupied 18,475 net sq ft of floor space, which was 13 percent larger than previous editions.

Hailong Machinery Group uses thermal ink-jet technology to print high-density, high-resolution bar codes and text on primary and secondary packaging.

Many parents disregard label warnings. …Meanwhile, FDA’s BeSafeRx provides interactive map tool to protect against fake pharmaceuticals.