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Sunkist’s pouch tops Healthcare Packaging’s top 10 in 2011

Package innovation, trends, regulations, and track-and-trace issues pique reader interest.

Sunkist pouch first
Sunkist pouch first

An innovative hot-fill stand-up pouch for protein drinks with a patented dispensing feature launched by Protica under the Sunkist brand was so compelling that readers made it the most frequently viewed article on the Healthcare Packaging Web site in 2011.

In the healthcare space, readers continued to search for information pertaining to trends and issues such as anti-counterfeiting/track-and-trace, as well as developments in regulations, standards, and compliance. That knowledge pursuit helps explain that the fourth most frequently viewed story was the top 10 list of articles viewed in 2010.  The top 10 Healthcare Packaging online articles for 2011 follow.

10. New dosing feature for Pedia Care and Little Remedies acetaminophen brands
A two-piece dosing device, with a polypropylene barrel and high-density polyethylene plunger, help protect infants and children under age two from improper dosing for single-concentration brands of these acetaminophen brands.

9. FDA’s track-and-trace workshop talks Turkey about item-level pharmaceutical packaging
Packaging executives gathered at a U.S. FDA track-and-trace workshop to discuss drug package serialization requirements to help provide input into standards. Pharmaceutical manufacturers were concerned that the agency might develop standards that could conflict with those underlying the pharmaceutical packaging security programs instituted by Turkey that could be mimicked by European countries.

8. Pharmaceutical industry bracing for record patent expiries, EvaluatePharma data reveals
With 13 U.S. blockbusters reported to lose patent protection in the next two years, pharmaceutical firms face considerable generic competition. This story lists top pharmaceutical products going off market in 2011-2012.

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