Packaging, Labeling, and Distribution Systems

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

Amgen’s greenfield facility near Columbus, Ohio to assemble and package vials and syringes is expected to be operational by 2024.

The added capabilities include clinical-scale sachet and blister packaging for clinical trial pharmaceuticals and a relationship with a European Union Qualified Person for its CTS offerings.

Container and equipment innovations expand applications.

Material properties play a role in container closure integrity under frozen or cryogenic storage temperatures.

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

CalAmp's new sensor for cold-chain applications provides visibility for shipping vaccines.

Under an expanded agreement with J&J, Catalent Biologics will increase manufacturing capacity at its Anagni, Italy, site to accommodate the large-scale commercial supply of Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Manufacturing of the vaccine will take place at Baxter’s fill/finish sterile manufacturing facilities located in Bloomington, IN.

The study found that more than 90% of packages and cases scanned at three companies met all of the labeling requirements, with three years remaining until the final DSCSA deadline in 2023.

Acorda’s Chelsea, MA facility will serve as a global center of excellence in the Catalent network for spray-dried dispersion and dry powder encapsulation and packaging.

Packaging and transporting large quantities of COVID-19 vaccines pose challenges for the cold chain.

Due to a packaging error, the company is voluntarily recalling one lot of sildenafil 100 mg tablets for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and one lot of trazodone 100mg tablets for the treatment of major depressive disorder.

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

Through the acquisition, PTI will gain access to LDA’s lead product, the SIMS 1915+, a helium leak test system that combines its helium leak detection technology with its SIMS software for data collection and analysis.

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate can be distributed using widely available vaccine delivery and storage infrastructure.

Complex manufacturing processes pose challenges for final product inspection needed to ensure product integrity at commercial launch.

Experts fear confusion over allocation processes, cold-chain requirements, and IT systems needed to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to market.

The companies have signed a partnership agreement to provide extractables and leachables testing at the SG US Technology Excellence Center in Boston, MA.

Müller + Müller will become part of DWK upon closing in September 2020 and will continue to function under the same name and management.

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.

Corning will use BARDA funding to expand US manufacturing capacity for pharmaceutical tubing and vials made from Valor glass.

SiO2 Materials Science has received $143 million from the US government to accelerate capacity scale-up of its advanced primary packaging platform.

The VIA Capsule from Cytiva is a liquid nitrogen-free cryogenic shipment system designed to transport cell therapies.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased demand for direct-to-patient shipments, challenging cold-chain specialists to become more agile and to strengthen their global distribution networks.

More sustainable and functional packaging protects temperature-sensitive drugs.

The company announced it will be unveiling a new name, Jones Healthcare Group, and a new corporate logo as it celebrates 100 years in the health and wellness markets.

The new technical service center at the Memphis International Airport will service inbound and outbound traffic for the company’s CSafe RKN and CSafe RAP active container systems.

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