Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News
July 1998 PMP News
Selected Contents
OUR VIEW:
Do You Know the Real Cost of Your Package?
Packaging buyers need to think about the ultimate cost of their packages, not just the price of the unfilled containers.
Finding the Right Code for Small Packages
Charge-coupled device technology gives product packagers flexibility to choose the code that works best for their packages.
SPOTLIGHT:
How to Get More from Your Label
by Ursula Jones
Today's labels can accommodate large amounts of information and multiple languages, prevent theft and counterfeiting, and enhance product tracking.
MEDICAL:
Flexible Packaging Materials Lose Weight
by Greg Erickson
Cost-cutting device makers are turning to packaging suppliers, who are creating space-age materials that cost less and are thinner and stronger than their predecessors.
PHARMACEUTICAL:
Machine Vision: Easier to Implement, Easier to Use
by Erik Swain
Software platforms are making vision systems more efficient and user-friendly.
PRODUCT UPDATE:
Trustworthy Leak Testers
A variety of testers help engineers ensure package integrity.
Able Overwrappers
Today's overwrappers can handle up to 70 packages per minute.
Innovative Labels
Drug and device makers can protect, promote, and monitor their products—all with one label.
A Bevy of Bottles
Bottles are taking on new looks to help drug and vitamin packagers attract consumers.
INDUSTRY WATCH:
Can Validation Be Exciting? Frankly, it can't. But the results can be
Validation may not be the most glamorous job, but it's very important to packaging engineers.
CASE HISTORY:
Film Preserves Blood Substitute
Transparent laminate prevents oxygen and moisture loss.
REGULATORY FOCUS:
FDA Clarifies Labeling Claims for Dietary Supplements
FDA proposes nine ways to distinguish between structure and function claims, which are legal, and disease claims, which are not.
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