Operational Excellence

HealthPack 2017 to Address Hot-Button Medical Device Issues and Trends

Speakers from Cardinal Health, J&J and DePuy Synthes, nurses and technicians panel, and a live audience polling session highlight March 7-9, 2017 program in Denver.

November 22, 2016

Logistics/Supply Chain: Page 26

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Healthcare Supply Chain Management Meets Just-in-Time Demands

An interview with Lee Pretsel, Group Vice President at CCL Healthcare, probes the value proposition of managing today’s just-in-time supply chain with connected ERP systems that help suppliers foresee demands, plan more efficiently and hold less inventory.

November 16, 2016

Material handling

Wroclaw Hospital Safeguards Cytotoxic Drug Transport

NFC-enabled data loggers, isothermal containers help monitor and maintain temperature-sensitive drugs during transport for the Independent Clinical Hospital in Wrocław, Poland.

November 15, 2016

Operational Excellence

HDA Surveys Show Promising DSCSA-Ready Results

Pilot Study for Saleable Returns recommends two scenarios to help with compliance. Meanwhile, majority of manufacturers say distributors will start to receive serialized products before the Nov. 27, 2017 DSCSA deadline.

November 14, 2016

Operational Excellence

Bell and Howell helping pharmaceutical companies navigate DSCSA

Company hosting Southeast Traceability & Serialization Forum Nov. 17. Agenda includes updates from Excellis Health and the Healthcare Distributor Alliance.

November 11, 2016

Operational Excellence

Serialization from a personal perspective

With the U.S. serialization deadline about a year away, compliance is crucial, especially for patients whose lives may depend on the very medications requiring serialized codes.

November 8, 2016

Operational Excellence

A Personal Perspective on Serialization

With the U.S. serialization deadline only a year away, compliance is crucial, especially for patients whose lives may depend on the very medications requiring serialized codes.

November 8, 2016

Operational Excellence

RM2 launches a smart pallet, uses AT&T's LTE-M to harness IoT

RM2ELIoT, a fully integrated, zero maintenance, long-life, IoT-based track and trace solution uses AT&T’s LTE-M network to boost connections for IoT.

November 8, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

How invisible code supports internal pharma supply chain traceability

Videojet demonstrates at PACK EXPO how invisible codes can assist in anti-counterfeiting, track and trace and serialization issues.

November 7, 2016

Operational Excellence

Survey Shows Confidence Gaps Among Hazmat Transport Pros

Findings indicate concern the corporate suite is not forward-thinking related to the business impact of hazmat shipping compliance, and that supply chain partners are not keeping up with regs.

November 2, 2016

Operational Excellence

FDA Opioid Action Plan Includes Packaging, Labeling

Agency “Voice Blog” says FDA would help fund the development of assessment tools to evaluate packaging, storage, delivery, and disposal solutions designed to prevent or deter misuse and abuse of opioid analgesics.

November 1, 2016

Operational Excellence

Cargo Cover Science: Is It All About the “R”?

We typically see a high emphasis placed on the R-value in temperature-controlled shipping materials. But does a higher R-value always equate with better protection in the real world?

October 31, 2016

Material handling

Study reveals best practices for time/temperature-sensitive biologics

BioLife Solutions and Brooks Life Sciences Partner on Study of Best Practices for Shipping and Storing Time- and Temperature-Sensitive Biologic Materials.

October 26, 2016