Protective/transport packaging

Thermal pallet covers

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

June 14, 2013

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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

Operational Excellence

Sustainability = responsibility

ISTA’s ‘Responsible Packaging by Design’ process works toward standardization

May 21, 2013

Operational Excellence

Airfreight packaging must be approved by FAA

Tom Ferguson, senior technical consultant for the Council On Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles, addresses lithium battery risks related to packaging and shipping airfreight in this Q&A.

May 16, 2013

Operational Excellence

GS1 Healthcare US publishes new serialization guideline

The GS1 Healthcare US Secure Supply Chain Task Force, consisting of more than 50 members from throughout the supply chain, developed a guideline to identify and serialize pharmaceutical products using GS1 identification numbers.

May 1, 2013

Operational Excellence

FDA’s Crowley addresses Unique Device Identification

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has provided a detailed description of proposed effective dates for Unique Device Identification (UDI) requirements on its Web site.

May 1, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printing technology helps Chinese firm meet that country’s product identification requirements

Hailong Machinery Group uses thermal ink-jet technology to print high-density, high-resolution bar codes and text on primary and secondary packaging.

April 30, 2013

Operational Excellence

UHF RFID reader

Nordic ID Stix is a sleek, easy-to-use and flexible UHF RFID reader for interactive read/write applications with adjustable reading range.

April 29, 2013