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Packaging in South Africa: a Hall of Fame perspective
Just welcomed into the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame at PACK EXPO International 2018, former World Packaging Organisation President Keith Pearson shines light on Africa’s packaging market.
November 1, 2018
Keith Pearson with his “Class of 2018” award during his induction into the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame Monday, Oct. 15 during PACK EXPO International. He was one of five inductees honored as part of the Hall of Fame’s 45th class.
Package Design
Vision 2025 has packaging insights for all
Imagine being a Consumer Packaged Goods company eyeing an automation upgrade but having to postpone it because your internal workforce is not sufficiently prepared.
September 5, 2017
Pat Reynolds, VP Editor
Package Design
Holograms Play Growing Role in Track and Trace Packaging
The technology can incorporate various data forms and product tracking information, as well as link on-pack product identification with supply chain management, market enforcement and forensic support services.
January 12, 2017
Holoptica has developed a new secure document verification and authentication product called DocVAULT that uses a new holographic feature called COMPASS.
Primary Packaging
Medical device packaging standards expanding globally
Standards aim to help manufacturers engineer devices to ensure safety and establish traceability ‘from womb to tomb.’ India and emerging markets may develop their own country-specific standards.
September 26, 2016
Vimal Kumar, Contributing Editor
Package Design
Medical devices and packaging demand simultaneous development
Sometimes the packaging of medical devices may be more challenging than the development of the device itself, reveals Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi in this exclusive Q&A with Vimal Kumar, Healthcare Packaging’s Life Sciences from India Columnist.
June 14, 2016
Vimal Kumar, Contributing Editor
Package Design
Temperature-Controlled Packaging Demands Out-of-the-Box Thinking
Highly engineered and innovatively designed temperature-controlled packaging is necessary to gain the greatest cost benefit without compromising patient safety.
May 10, 2016
Temperature-controlled packaging is necessary for many products, including the human serum samples shown here.
Controls & Machine Components
The Internet of Things to Transform Healthcare Packaging
IoT-enabled packaging can track shipments and missed medications, improving supply chain workflow and the quality of life.
April 11, 2016
Vimal Kumar.
Package Design
Rapid Growth Projected in India’s Healthcare Market
Foreign Direct Investment in the medical device sector, gains in medical equipment and diagnostics expected to drive 15% annual growth through 2015.
February 9, 2016
Vimal Kumar, Contributing Editor
Package Design
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
This photo shows Pelican BioThermal's Credo production line.
Package Design
Insights on Teva’s acquisition of Allergan Generics
As acquisitions of specialty and generic pharmaceutical companies continue to escalate, Frost & Sullivan analysts weigh in on Teva’s purchase of Allergan Generics.
August 4, 2015
This image depicts generic medicine tablets.
Package Design
The dangers of inattention
Outsourcing production to external supply chain partners is a relatively young practice. Partners both sides of service contracts must PAY ATTENTION or face potentially grave risks.
July 29, 2015
Bob Sperber, Editor, Contract Packaging
Package Design
FDA’s growing global focus faces language barriers
As FDA becomes more globally focused, drug complaints and adverse event reporting pose “cultural” challenges, as do inspections.
September 12, 2014
As FDA becomes more globally focused, drug complaints and adverse effect reporting pose “cultural” challenges, as do inspections.
Package Design
USP to roll out information chapters on Good Distribution Practices
Five new general chapter standards related to GDP to become official next year, when three new chapters will be proposed.
September 9, 2014
Desmond Hunt, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Liaison, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP)
Package Design
Cans bring nourishment to Guatemala's children
On countless forays north on I-90 out of Chicago, I’ve peered out the window at the Hormel plant in Beloit, WI, and chuckled at the giant storage tank masquerading as the world’s biggest can of chili beans. Now I have another can to think about when I drive by that plant: Spammy.
August 4, 2014
Pw 70050 Patphoto 7
Package Design
Counterfeit Report says Alibaba U.S. IPO ‘has some shady baggage’
Report asks if U.S. investors will fund the global proliferation of counterfeit goods?
July 16, 2014
Report asks if U.S. investors will fund the global proliferation of counterfeit goods?
Package Design
Retail, packaging trends provide opportunities in India
Major industries exist to create wealth; this is the general understanding.
April 28, 2014
Pw 62411 Sandeep Goyal
Package Design
Public trust part of the life sciences supply chain mix
Complexities in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biologics supply chain surpass any other industry, except nuclear power. Million-dollar pallets, toxic oncology meds, longer shipping channels—even the public trust, are part of the mix.
April 3, 2014
Healthcare Packaging Publisher Jim Chrzan near the Vietnam memorial in Washington, DC.
Package Design
A Washington perspective on healthcare packaging
Visits to PDA, USP, RAPS, and CPSC reveal what works "Inside the Beltway."
April 1, 2014
President Richard M. Johnson of The Parenteral Drug Assn.
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