Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

PCI invests in facilities, packaging equipment

Drug delivery developments and pending serialization requirements justify this contract packager’s capital equipment, facility, and personnel investments.

July 22, 2013

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Material handling

Redefining the outsourced supply chain

To state the obvious, contract packaging is rapidly evolving. Perhaps the hardest aspect of a co-pack partnership is finding the right fit in the first place.

July 18, 2013

Material handling

CDC, UPS comment on vaccine delivery to Laos

A Q&A with Centers for Disease Control’s Dr. Joseph Bresee and Dimitri Zacharenko of UPS on shipping 100,000 influenza vaccines 5,000 miles in temperature-sensitive conditions.

July 10, 2013

Operational Excellence

ColaLife AidPod kit package trial to conclude in September

Packaged kit contents, costs continue to be evaluated, but mid-line analysis shows positive results in helping to combat diarrhea in Zambia.

July 8, 2013

Material handling

10 steps to improve efficiencies in the pharmaceutical supply chain

Improving your competitiveness, building sales, cutting costs, tracking product, and upgrading manufacturing equipment and processes are key factors.

July 1, 2013

Material handling

CDC, UPS deliver temperature-sensitive flu vaccines to Laos

Nearly 100,000 influenza vaccines in prefilled syringes travel more than 5,000 miles in just three days, maintaining a 3° to 7° C temperature range.

June 20, 2013

Protective/transport packaging

Thermal pallet covers

Help protect temperature-sensitive products from direct sunlight and temperature variations during distribution.

June 14, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Medical-cosmetic products secured in China

Q-Med, Schreiner MediPharm partner to secure products through telephonic authentication.

June 12, 2013

Material handling

Teva maximizes efficiency in minimal space

Unscrambling equipment provider tailors machinery for flexibility, efficiency, and to meet future track-and-trace requirements.

June 12, 2013

Operational Excellence

GS1 Connect 2013 to address supply chain strategies

Top companies in healthcare and other industries, and the U.S. FDA to headline key conference program June 10-13 in San Antonio.

June 7, 2013

Operational Excellence

Five tips to ensuring product integrity in temperature-sensitive distribution

UPS points to risk management planning, limiting supply chain handoffs, and quality agreements among five vital tips for temperature-sensitive product packaging and distribution.

June 6, 2013

Operational Excellence

Ideas to the rescue

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright once described an idea as "salvation by imagination."

June 5, 2013

Material handling

Pharmaceutical serialization: Should you wait?

Exclusive Healthcare Packaging survey reveals half have yet to begin serialization projects, and more than 25% don’t plan to spend money on serialization this year!

June 3, 2013