July 2008
Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News
Selected Contents
EDITORIAL
TRACK AND TRACE
Finding Value in the Supply Chain
David Vaczek
An outsource service provider aims to help drug companies find cost efficiency in a secure supply chain.
VIEWPOINT
Nick G. Fotis
Or: Every good packaging feasibility test I needed to know, I learned in kindergarten.
PHARMABIO TRANSPORT
Proof of Design: Easing the Transport of Temperature-Sensitive Products
A solutions provider offers years’ worth of design and qualification experience to ease the pain of qualification.
INTERVIEW
A packaging technologies provider sees demand for new package designs and clinical trial support.
RFID
David Vaczek
As industry tests RFID technology for track and trace, companies await standards uniformity.
PACKAGE TESTING
Daphne Allen
FDA officially accepts physical integrity testing in lieu of microbial-challenge testing for whole packages.
DESSICANTS
David Vaczek
As desiccant solutions confront filling line costs, multilayer bottles offer custom-tailored protection.
BRAILLE
Rick Pallante
Multiple code applications benefit packagers and end-users.
NEWS
- New Braille Tools Emerge
- Progress of Compliance Designs Discussed at HCPC Event (expanded version)
- Rollprint Hits Diamond Anniversary (expanded version)
- Industry Briefs
- Industry People
