Material handling

Pharmaceutical Trends Enhance Label Significance

The value of color labels as a communications tool provides benefits in patient adherence, serialization, regulatory and marketing.

January 29, 2016

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Operational Excellence

E-commerce Trends Emerging in Pharmaceutical Packaging

In this Q&A, Gavin Ashe, Managing Partner at Kite Packaging, talks packaging trends and innovation for 2016, saying industry too often focuses on the cheapest solution, not the best one.

January 21, 2016

Material handling

Pharmapack Europe to Unveil 2016 Trends

Serialization, combination products, emerging markets, outsourcing, TVF and adherence identified as the key themes in drug delivery and packaging.

January 20, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

PCI sees ‘tremendous activity’ in pharmaceutical serialization

Contract packager PCI's serialization investment expected to deliver strong ROI and help its global pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical customers.

January 14, 2016

Protective/transport packaging

Internet shopping boosting protective packaging demand

Yet gains will moderate and offshoring of durable goods manufacturing presents a challenge to local packaging providers, says Freedonia report.

January 7, 2016

Operational Excellence

Survey reveals importance of distribution and logistics partnerships

UPS Pain in the (Supply) Chain’s 2015 survey results show progress in product security and adapting to regulatory changes.

January 4, 2016

Operational Excellence

The Complexity of Modern Medicine In a Third World Country

Ebola vaccine clinical trail pushes cold chain, logistics and packaging limits.

December 21, 2015

Material handling

Thailand’s GPO Implements PAS-X MES system

First implementation of its kind in the Thai pharmaceutical industry interfaces to ERP, LIMS, and eQMS for efficiency and compliance.

December 14, 2015

Material handling

Fisher Dishes on Global Clinical Trials Markets

Technology is advancing so fast that unless you have full-time people keeping track of it, a company's capabilities can become quickly obsolete and they will fall behind their competitors.

December 10, 2015

Material handling

Refrigerated Transportation: A Critical Link in ‘Cold Chain’ Logistics

The localization of perishable commodities, growing population, coupled with rise in freight transportation due to economic development fuels the market for refrigerated transportation.

December 2, 2015

Operational Excellence

Covectra: Serialization System

A new anti-counterfeit, track-and-race system ensures product integrity.

December 1, 2015

Operational Excellence

Trucking: The barometer of the U.S. economy?

American Trucking Assn. and SelectUSA point to a link between over-the-road transportation and the national economy.

November 25, 2015

Operational Excellence

Sanofi study reveals perceptions of counterfeit medicines

Most Americans associate counterfeiting with consumer goods rather than meds. Sanofi introduces three levels of package protection to battle counterfeits.

November 24, 2015