Brand Security or Beauty in Nutraceutical Packaging? You Don’t Have to Choose
By Jackie Kuehlmann, director of marketing at Inland Packaging According to PMMI (The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies), three-to-seven percent of total world trade is counterfeit, and counterfeiting is increasing by three percent per [...]
FDA: Packaging Provides ‘Meaningful Impact’ in Opioid Crisis
From blisters to dose tracking, FDA identifies packaging strategies as a key effort in fighting the epidemic while delivering pain medication to those who need it. The pharmaceutical packaging community is ready to respond. By Keren [...]
Discover the Top Five Trends Influencing Growth in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry
PACK EXPO East 2018 set to showcase the latest pharmaceutical and medical device innovations highlighted in new PMMI infographic Increased government regulations, rising consumer demand and personalized care are among the top five reasons for [...]
Reaching an ‘Inflection Point’ in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
By Jim Butschli, Editor Healthcare Packaging FDA issues guidance to advance novel treatment therapies that often require advanced manufacturing technology. Could it help lower pharma manufacturing costs? In late September, the U.S. FDA issued a final [...]
PACK EXPO Las Vegas & Healthcare Packaging EXPO Rewrite Record Book
Attendees and exhibitors come together to raise $325,000 for hurricane relief Capping off an unprecedented year of record-breaking events in the PACK EXPO Portfolio of Trade Shows, PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO [...]
Live Solutions to Attendee Serialization Challenges at Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2017
The biggest hot button topic for attendees when it comes to pharma is serialization and compliance with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). Those seeking insight into what some of the major players in [...]
Few Brand Manufacturers Employ Smart Technology in Their Packaging—Pharma Clearly Leads the Way
Covert or Smart technology, not always acknowledged by brand managers, often involves a layered methodology, according to a recent survey from PMMI Business Intelligence. Inks play a major role, with hidden ink crystals embedded in [...]
How can you transport tablets in the most gentle way possible?
By Tomas Dahl, manager, OEM Projects, Material Handling Division, Piab As you know, fragile and valuable pharmaceutical tablets are notoriously difficult to handle in processing plants. Easily cracked, the tablets have to be treated with [...]
Your Supplier Inbox is Full
By Karen Langhauser, Chief Content Director, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Appropriate to my title as Chief Content Director for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, an unimaginable amount of pharma industry content crosses my virtual desk on a daily basis (see [...]
Safety comes first!
By Johannes Rauschnabel, PhD, Chief Pharma Expert at Bosch Packaging Technology According to current market reports, drug expenses will amount to 1.5 trillion US dollars globally in 2021. Biological substances are an important driver – [...]
