Contract Packaging, Logistics, and Distribution

Automation of pharmaceutical packaging saves costs and time, say contract packagers.

Tjoapack has doubled its packaging capacity with the completion of its Netherlands facility expansion.

Thermo Fisher Scientific's solution for cell and gene therapies involves a combination of cold chain logistics, serialization compliance, and distribution

Global supply chain experts examine implications of the DSCSA as well as topical considerations around the EU's FMD in this serialization video series ft. manufacturing, packaging, software, and regulatory experts.

Global supply chain experts examine implications of the DSCSA as well as topical considerations around the EU's FMD in this serialization video series ft. manufacturing, packaging, software, and regulatory experts.

Global supply chain experts examine implications of the DSCSA as well as topical considerations around the EU's FMD in this serialization video series ft. manufacturing, packaging, software, and regulatory experts.

Global supply chain experts examine implications of the DSCSA as well as topical considerations around the EU's FMD in this serialization video series ft. manufacturing, packaging, software, and regulatory experts.

For some manufacturers, the goal was to be fully compliant with the DSCSA, including both serialization and aggregation, from day one.

Manufacturers should consider the benefits and risks of contract packaging for stability studies.

Packaging materials, kit design, and cold-chain handling should be optimized for each study.

Freezers, shipping containers, and tracking systems aid distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

Conversations with CMOs/CDMOs about capabilities and how they work to reduce complexities in the supply chain should focus on cost efficiency, temperature excursions, and sustainability.

Manufacturers and the US government are investing heavily in traditional and non-traditional forms and materials to ensure supplies of containers and delivery devices for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.

Previous investments set a foundation for later efficiency improvements.

More sustainable and functional packaging protects temperature-sensitive drugs.

Vein-to-vein programs are focusing on data access and traceability.

Contract packaging and clinical supply service company Sharp invested $21 million to expand its packaging capacity and capabilities in Pennsylvania.

PCI Pharma Services expanded capacity of its commercial packaging site in Illinois.

The company is investing approximately $14 million to expand biologics packaging capabilities and capacity at its biologics manufacturing facility in Bloomington, IN.

The company will complete an expansion of its secondary packaging capabilities at its Ravensburg, Germany site by 2020.

The contract development and manufacturing organization released its first serialized products to Europe from its facilities in Lisbon, Portugal and Stockholm, Sweden.

PCI Pharma Services and CSP Technologies will partner on protective packaging solutions for clinical trials and stability testing.

Increased use of single-use systems has led to a need to redefine safe, stable and integral systems for shipping biopharmaceuticals around the world. This article provides qualification data under international ASTM D4169 norms.

In adding a Vanrx Pharmasystems aseptic filling isolator, FUJIFILM adds fill/finish for gene therapies and viral vaccines.

Biopharm industry veteran Ralf Otto named to lead development and manufacturing at Rentschler Biopharma.

The company has officially opened a local brand office in South Korean to support its existing business in the region.

Andrea Zobel, senior director of product management, clinical trial supply, and logistics at PAREXEL International, examines key issues and questions that sponsors and contract partners must address.

BioPharm International speaks with a CMO to find out how it is coping with capacity challenges, regulatory authority scrutiny, supply chain reliability, and new requests from clients to incorporate continuous manufacturing into processing lines.

The ready-to-fill packaging solutions for vials are based on Ompi EZ-fill packaging design.

Vetter expanded visual inspection facilities and controlled-temperature storage at its Ravensburg Vetter West facility in Germany.