Thermoform/fill/seal

Medical device package testing case study

Defining test inputs, material selection, and machine compatibility are among the significant factors to consider in medical device packaging.

November 16, 2011

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Robotic loading system makes pick and place easy

ESS Technologies, Inc. TaskMate™ Robotic Loading System can be designed to pick a wide variety of products and place them into blisters that have been automatically placed into nesting trays by the blister sealing machine.

October 17, 2011

Cartoning

Servo-driven blister machine and integrated cartoner for pharma

Brand new from Pharmaworks, the TF1E blister machine with the TC1 integrated cartoner features a 3D vision system.

October 17, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

High-speed deblister product recovery machine

Mr. Deblister Jr™ from Gemel safely separates and removes products such as liquid gels, caplets, and tablets from blister cards.

October 17, 2011

Flexible packaging

Using trial-size packaging to induce first-time purchasing

Trial-size packages are a type of downsizing that entails many options.

October 10, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Rectangular pack is a good fit for allograft tissue

Specially designed cyclic olefin copolymer container housed in an outer blister protects lyophilized tissue used primarily in orthopedic and spine-related surgeries.

September 29, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Twist-out blister is a first

A revolutionary new fishing line gets a paperboard/plastic package that is equally original and is believed to be the first twist-off blister package ever.

September 15, 2011

Cartoning

Blister lines speed changeovers for German contract packager

Handle 15 million blisters a year, while new horizontal cartoner can switch between intermittent and continuous motion as needed by C.P.M. Contract Pharma GmbH.

July 15, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Generic channels help drive adherence packaging

Ted Lithgow, PhD, and chief science officer of MWV’s Healthcare Business Division, discusses the role of adherence packaging in improving patient compliance with medication regimens.

June 9, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Adherence packs assist patients and caregivers

Calendar designs help ensure that meds are taken properly, cutting costs out of the healthcare equation, says new study.

May 10, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Holograms employed in the anti-counterfeiting battle

Ian Lancaster of the International Hologram Manufacturers’ Assn. describes how holograms overcome pharmaceutical counterfeiting problems.

May 8, 2011

Flexible packaging

Workshop agenda to deliver packaging expertise

The May 26 Healthcare Packaging Conference & Workshops event will include afternoon workshops on blister packaging and stability, shelf life, tracking, continuous manufacturing, and maximizing throughput.

April 13, 2011

Flexible packaging

U.S. pharma packaging market to grow 5.5% annually through 2014

Demand for pharmaceutical packaging in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico) will increase 5.5% annually to $18.4 billion in 2014, according to a Freedonia Group Inc. report on pharmaceutical packaging prospects.

April 11, 2011