March 2004
Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News
Selected Contents
EDITORIAL
Rule, Report May Bring on a Philosophy Change
Cover Story
The
Evolution of Parenteral Drug Packaging
Jenevieve Blair Polin
Newer
configurations and materials expand the options for packaging parenteral
products.
Sidebar: Revised Draft Aseptic Processing Guidance Debuts
Clinical Trials
Daphne Allen
Clinical supply management firms have geared up with a host of services to meet the demands of mega global trials.
Sidebar: Patient-Friendly
Packaging
Sidebar: BlisTech
Closes
Sterilization
Sterilization Vendors Expand ServicesJohn Conroy
Cost-conscious manufacturers look for bundled services, other shortcuts.
Bar Coding Supplement
Kassandra Kania
As industry awaits FDA’s final bar coding rule, PMP News takes a look at what pharmaceutical companies have done—and what they still need to do—to bar code their products down to the unit-dose level.
Sidebar:
Fundamentals
of ANSI/ISO Bar Code Print Quality Verification
Sidebar: Guidelines
for Creating a Good Bar Code
Evaluating Pharmaceutical Container Closure Systems
David E. Albert, NAMSA (Northwood, OH)
The use of qualitative and quantitative methods can help packaging professionals determine the presence of extractables and leachables.
Show Coverage
Four colocated events bring together the latest technologies, materials, and services under one roof.
News & Events
- Drug Delivery and OTC Partnerships
- ICMAD and FDA Give a Crash Course in Drug Facts Labeling
- USP Chapter 381 Gets Facelift
- New Technology Applies Risk Assessment to Blister Packaging
- Industry Briefs
- Industry
People
Regulatory Focus
Security Technologies Database UnveiledThe Product Surety Working Groups Initiative issues its final report.
Web
Sightings
Web sites of interest to the
packaging industry
Product Update
Flexible
and Efficient cartoners & wrappers
High-speed
machines provide secondary packaging for a wide range of products.
Innovative
drug delivery & parenteral packaging
Packaging
facilitates the precise administration of drugs.
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Brand Matters
Dressing for Tradeby Kristina Rosette
Associate, Covington & Burling
What you can (and can’t) protect in pharmaceutical package design.
Case History
A specialty resin replaces polycarbonate in a device designed with complex snaps and undercuts.
Interview
RFID interest is growing by leaps and bounds—but how will it help pharmaceutical packagers?
