Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News

December 1998 PMP News
Selected Contents

OUR VIEW:
The New FDA: What You Need to Know
The new law has implications for labeling.

SPOTLIGHT:
Manufacturers Rely Increasingly on Contract Packagers
Drug and device manufacturers count on contract packagers to handle increased production, special requirements, and clinical trials packaging.

PHARMACEUTICAL:
How to Buy Packaging Machinery
by Erik Swain

Buying decisions require continuous communication—even with staff not directly involved.

PRODUCT UPDATE:
Trouble-Free Tube Fillers
Tube fillers offer quick changeover, accurate fills, and high-speed operation.

Fast and Versatile Blister Machinery
Blister equipment can form, fill, seal, carton, and deblister—all at top speed.

Creative, Colorful Cartons
Two important qualities for cartons are a sound structure and an eye-catching graphic design.

Safe but Accessible Closures
More than a door through which products pass, closures keep both pharmaceuticals and users safe.

CASE HISTORY:
Shaker Protects Supplement Flavor, Freshness

A packaging firm designed and fills a spiral-wound paper container that preserves a calorie supplement.

REGULATORY FOCUS:
Robot Safety Standards to Improve

ANSI proposal includes more-precise information about safeguards and risk reduction.