Material handling

LIVE FROM PDA EUROPE: Watch for ‘smart coolers’ for patients

TR 72— Passive Thermal Protection Systems for Global Distribution: Qualification and Operational Guidance—now available for download.

October 6, 2015

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Contract Packaging

Serialization strategies

Pharma Logic Solutions presenter advises companies to think beyond U.S. requirements, and to take the time to evaluate suppliers.

September 30, 2015

Contract Packaging

LIVE FROM Pharma EXPO: Serialization strategies

Pharma Logic Solutions presenter advises companies to think beyond U.S. requirements, and to take the time to evaluate suppliers.

September 30, 2015

Operational Excellence

LIVE FROM Pharma EXPO: Pharmaceutical serialization deadlines loom

Successful serialization requires interconnecting packaging machinery and components, as well as internal planning.

September 28, 2015

Operational Excellence

Regulations, ‘silos’ slow pharmaceutical serialization progress

In this opinion piece, Healthcare Packaging Publisher Jim Chrzan suggests focusing on change management, looking outside pharma, and questions the promise of global harmonization.

September 18, 2015

Material handling

Assessing trends in temperature-sensitive biologic shipments

Mike Rice, President & CEO, BioLife Solutions, Inc., discusses the role of a smart shipping container and a related cloud-hosted ‘cold chain’ management app.

August 31, 2015

Material handling

Assessing trends in temperature-sensitive biologic shipments

Mike Rice, President & CEO, BioLife Solutions, Inc., discusses the role of a smart shipping container and a related cloud-hosted ‘cold chain’ management app.

August 31, 2015

Material handling

Three primary cold chain packaging pain points and priorities

Along with preventing temperature excursions, three priority issues are regulatory compliance, reducing costs, and emerging markets.

August 25, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Losan Pharma adds MES for solid dosage production

Contract manufacturer in Germany to interface Werum’s PAS-X MES. Once fully integrated, it will comprise a WMS and track and trace to address counterfeiting.

August 12, 2015

Operational Excellence

Pharma EXPO addresses regulatory trends

Las Vegas event will be home to products and insights to address traceability throughout the product lifecycle.

August 11, 2015

Operational Excellence

Brands at thumbnail size

I enjoy spending time in a supermarket. The attraction is less for the physical act of grocery shopping and more for the investigative experience.

August 5, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

On the front lines of serialization

Successful implementation requires interconnecting packaging equipment, materials, and components so they are dependent upon each other.

July 24, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Digital printer ‘XAPS’ would-be counterfeiters

Digital carton printing company OTC Group helps its customers thwart counterfeiting and theft with Xerox tracking system.

July 24, 2015