Packaging, Labeling, and Distribution Systems

Packaging and packaging line innovations are addressing the industry’s growing use of biologics.

The Italian company’s North American business has seen an increase of 47%.

The license holder should negotiate, educate, contract, and then oversee the transportation contractor, says Siegfried Schmitt, vice president, Technical at Parexel.

The 2024 Pharmapack Europe Award winners include companies involved in ground-breaking innovations in novel drug delivery solutions, reusable connected devices, and recyclable packaging.

Electronic product information for selected human medicines that have been harmonized across the European Union have been published for the first time.

Interest grows in AI, digitalization, robotics, and sustainability.

The new customized system is designed for fully automated and integrated labeling, orientation, and palletization, and it is expected to streamline the current manual processes, according to the press release.

The draft guidance document discusses the development of labeling for proposed biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars for submission under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act.

Third-party contract packaging service providers can help save time and money.

Shifts in pharmaceutical packaging have spurred tremendous growth in the pre-filled syringe fill/finish industry.

Pharmapack Europe experts expect smaller and medium European packaging companies to grow or be acquired.

Pharma companies set goals and adopt more sustainable alternatives.

Both demand for and investment in fill/finish capacity continue to rise.

Product safety and security are paramount when it comes to container closures.

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

Connect in Pharma will host an awards ceremony to showcase innovations in sustainable pharmaceutical packaging.

Yourway intends to construct a new manufacturing facility in the Dublin Airport Logistics Park.

Demand spurs innovations in syringes and syringe fill/finish operations.

The final guidance addresses safety aspects of container and carton labeling design.

Catalent will invest $350 million into integrated biologics drug substance and drug product manufacturing at Bloomington, Indiana facility.

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

Catalent has announced the completion of a $30 million project at its facility in Limoges, France focused on biopharmaceutical development and drug product manufacturing.

A consensus-based approach to GDP lies at the heart of a new industry-wide program seeking to rationalize, standardize, and harmonize the adherence to pharma transportation norms and regulatory guidelines.

Hoffman Neopac has signed a partnership with Saperatec to begin recycling aluminum laminate composites upon its opening in mid-2023.

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.