For the May/June print issue, Healthcare Packaging goes to Washington, Europe, and to a local FDA event, to take the pulse of the regulatory, compliance, processing, and packaging “links” in the life sciences supply chain.
Quality problems in successful batch production, continuing packaging materials challenges including developments in materials sciences to deal with leachables, extractables, delamination, elastomers—and even workforce development issues around the globe are impacting the drug supply chain. (Singapore is offering tax advantages for biologics manufacturers but needs to train regulatory officials to direct these efforts.)
