Packaging, Labeling, and Distribution Systems

USP is developing and revising distribution standards in response to changes in the global supply chain.

The authors discuss how to develop a cost-effective thermally protective packaging system.

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Patient Counseling Info for Labeling

A Q&A with SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems and West Pharmaceutical Services

The European Commission (EC) is seeking to introduce a black symbol to identify medicines that are subject to additional monitoring.

New US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) standards provide a universal approach to organizing labels for prescription containers dispensed by US pharmacists in an effort to improve patient understanding.

A systematic approach facilitates formulation component selection.

Formulations for pulmonary inhalation comprise spherical, porous particles that are 1–3 microns in diameter.

On August 12, 2003, Johnson & Johnson began recalling certain batches of its anemia drug, Eprex (epoetin alfa, sold as Procrit in the US), in most countries outside of the United States.