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Six steps to pharmaceutical packaging sustainability

Through proactive planning, regulations need not be a hindrance to environmentally friendly pharmaceutical packaging practices.

June 10, 2009

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P&G's tray-and-hood package win DuPont honors

A two-part, easy-separation "box" for P&G's Alldays FemCare Liners in Europe earned honors in the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, where sustainability weighed heavily in the competition.

June 3, 2009

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Bauer's pharmaceutical handbook lends 'Hall of Fame' packaging perspective

Professionals and students will benefit from an informative research tool now available for the healthcare packaging community.

April 10, 2009

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Four pharmaceutical plants earn EPA's Energy Star

During Interphex 2009, held March 17 - 19 in New York, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized the first four pharmaceutical facilities to earn the agency's Energy Star, given to companies that perform in the top 25% of energy use nationwide.

March 29, 2009

Greener Package Web site goes live

Greener Package, a Web-based initiative of Summit Publishing created to foster the exchange of knowledge surrounding sustainable packaging, is now live.

March 29, 2009

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Packages strive to balance functionality, shelf appeal, and sustainability

What are the package trends for cosmeceutical, nutraceutical, and beauty products? In this Q&A, Nica Lewis, head consultant for Beauty Innovation with market research firm Mintel provides her perspective.

February 15, 2009

Eastman launches Tritan medical-grade polymers at MD&M West

At a February 11 trade press breakfast, Eastman Chemical Co. announced that it is launching medical grades of its Tritan copolyester. Scott Hanson, the company's global industry leader, noted that Tritan was introduced in late 2007 to consumer markets for use in reusable sports water bottles, infant care, and houseware products. Now Tritan is being aimed at applications such as IV system components, and respiratory and blood therapy devices, offering a balance of design, molding, and end-product properties for medical devices. Eastman plans to sell Tritan resin to both injection-molders and directly to medical device manufacturers that have in-house injection-molding capabilities.

February 11, 2009

E-pedigree, OEE, sustainability presentations highlight open house

Centralized serialization room servicing packaging lines and rework stations is equipped with easily deployable serialization and track-and-trace software.

February 5, 2009

Six steps to implementing reusable packaging

Generally, a company should consider switching to reusable transport packaging when it would be less expensive than one-time or limited-use transport packaging. The following six steps can help you to determine if reusable transport packaging can add profit to your bottom line. Reprinted with permission from "Reusables 101," from the StopWaste Business Waste Prevention Partnership and the Reusable Packaging Assn. , these tips are part of author Anne Marie Mohan's (shown here) story, "Reusable transport packaging comes of age," in the December print issue of Healthcare Packaging magazine.

November 26, 2008

Summit Publishing announces GreenerPackage.com

Throughout the packaging value chain, from materials suppliers to the retailers who sell products to consumers, companies are increasingly focused on making packaging more sustainable. In January 2009, Summit, the publishers of Healthcare Packaging and Packaging World magazines, will launch GreenerPackage.com, a sustainable packaging Web resource to help professionals ascend the sustainable learning curve more rapidly.

October 24, 2008

Schreiner MediPharm Global opens U.S. facility

Surrounded by Rockland County, NY government officials and business leaders, Roland Schreiner, president of Schreiner MediPharm Global, cut the ribbon for the U.S. facility opening September 12, 2008. On the left is Gene Dul, U.S. president. The pharmaceutical label printer's expansion in the U.S. "is to serve our customers better by being closer," said Schreiner, who pointed out that Rockland County officials, with the help of an Empire State tax-incentive package, were eager to aid the startup of the plant, projected to hire as many as 80 people. The company said that several German employees have relocated to the U.S., with local talent brought in by an executive recruiter.

September 15, 2008

Roche goes green, saves greenbacks

A change to more readily recyclable fiberboard for its Boniva (ibrandronate sodium) prescription-only osteoporosis wallet pack is yielding economic and environmental benefits for Nutley, NJ-based Roche, a division of Swiss pharmaceutical giant, the Roche Group (F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd.). Roche's reintroduction of Boniva in the fiberboard wallet packs reduces costs, while machinery modifications increase OEE to 84%.

September 9, 2008

Lilly's views on automation

Among the speakers at the May 20 Packaging Automation Forum-held in Schaumburg, IL, and produced by Packaging World and Automation World magazines-was automation consultant Mark Hughes of Eli Lilly and Co. In this story, Hughes shares some of the insights from the Forum.

August 18, 2008

Sustainability issues challenge package designers

Package design for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products is becoming more complex and challenging for companies striving to reach a balance between becoming more sustainable while adhering to regulations and patient safety initiatives. "Furthermore, each change to packaging materials requires new validation trials, which are time-consuming and costly." That's according to the "Pharmaceutical/Nutraceuticals Packaging Machinery, Industry Segment Market Research Study," a Packaging Intelligence Brief issued by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute.

August 5, 2008

Johnson & Johnson Webinar rescheduled to July 31

A Webinar case study: Environmental Sustainability and Designing for the Environment, was rescheduled to July 31, 2008. The presentation, by Al Iannuzzi, senior director in the WorldWide Environmental Affairs Group, Johnson & Johnson, will be a one-hour live event from 12 – 1 p.m. EDT. It is part of The Center for Business Intelligence's Interactive Webinar Series.

July 15, 2008

Compliance, sustainability help packs win IOPP, HCPC awards

Two pharmaceuticals and one medical device package were among those to win the Institute of Packaging Professionals' (www.iopp.org) 2007 AmeriStar Awards. In the Pharmaceutical and Drug category, Mylan Pharmaceuticals chose MeadWestvaco Health & Beauty Packaging's (us.meadwestvaco.com/Products/MWV004270) Shellpak to answer Wal-Mart's challenge to its generic prescription drug producers to provide cost-effective, patient-adherence packaging.

June 15, 2008

Injectable pharmaceutical processing and packaging evolves

Through the years, there has been little change in the appearance of packaging materials and components in delivery systems for injectable drugs. The material science and manufacturing technologies that go into the creation of these systems, on the other hand, have undergone significant advancement. In this article, guest author Fran DeGrazio of West reports on the drivers behind the manufacturing systems for injectable drugs, and what can be expected in the future.

June 15, 2008

Ipack-Ima to focus on world hunger

Noting that some 850 million people around the world are starving, Ipack-Ima CEO Guido Corbella told journalists at an April 25 press briefing during interpack in Dusseldorf, Germany, that an international summit on the subject of world hunger would be part of Ipack-Ima 2009. Supported by the United Nations and the Italian Ministry for Agricultural, Environmental and Food Policies, the proposed summit is aimed at identifying contributions that food production and packaging systems can make in a global effort to address the problem of world hunger.

April 28, 2008

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