HomeStephen BarlasContributing EditorCoding, printing & labelingA reprieve from California e-pedigree?House and Senate serialization bills could push back packaging line expenditures, but wouldn’t do much to counter pharmaceutical counterfeiting.Coding, printing & labelingFDA changes to drug bar code rule could have significant impact on packaging linesDepending on line speeds and label printing requirements, new equipment costs to meet rule could hit $200,000 per line.Operational excellenceFDA workshop talks Turkey about item-level pharmaceutical packagingTurkey and France are out in front requiring serialization of drug packages, while the U.S. is in a catch-up position.Primary packagingFDA's track-and-trace workshop talks Turkey about item-level pharmaceutical packagingThe packaging executives gathered at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration track-and-trace workshop in mid-February didn't mean the bird when they talked Turkey between sessions at the FDA White Oak Complex in Silver Spring, MD.
