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Use of paper tube-pouch could reduce plastic in pharma packaging
According to the developers of a new paper tube-pouch, its design could reduce plastic use by up to 65 percent in pharma packaging.
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Fact sheet: TOC monitoring efficiency quiz
Take our 10-question quiz to find out how efficient your Total Organic Carbon (TOC) monitoring programme is for your applications.
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Integration of Movilitas.Cloud and NiceLabel simplifies serialised label printing for highly regulated industries
Centralised cloud-based solution delivers serialised label management that improves label quality assurance, minimises operational costs and manages product serialisation.
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First fully recyclable tubes with high-density polyethylene caps developed
Polyethylene-based tubes with high-density polyethylene flip-top caps that are fully recyclable have been developed for use in pharma.
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Manufacturing, Packaging & Logistics In-Depth Focus 2020
In this in-depth focus explore the implications of Trump's 'Buy American’ order for drug manufacturers, how researchers step-up metformin production from lab to industry scale and a discussion on how advanced planning could enable pharmaceutical production to be scaled up.
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The FDA requires changes to NSAID labelling
The FDA is requiring that the prescribing information for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) include warnings about potential foetal kidney problems if taken by women over 20 weeks pregnant.
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European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 5 2020
In this issue you can find articles discussing the supply chain implications of Trump's 'Buy American' order, guidance on how to identify and justify starting materials for regulatory approval by both the EMA and FDA, as well as some of the latest developments in oral biologic drug delivery techniques. Also…
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Safety warnings for opioid medicines in UK to be added to labels
Warnings about addiction will be added to the patient information leaflets of opioids, the MHRA has announced.
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Global anti-counterfeit packaging market to grow to $17.47 billion
Growth in the anti-counterfeit technologies market will be particularly large in the pharma industry due to increasing awareness around health and safety, says report.
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The future of label management is with intelligent automation
Kiran Chinnalla and Julian Backhouse explain why automation for labelling in pharma can help the industry to remain compliant in the face of regulatory changes.
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Alter Pharma Group adopts Movilitas.Cloud to ensure safer goods and EU FMD compliance
Movilitas has announced that Alter Pharma Group has adopted its Movilitas.Cloud software to meet requirements throughout the product path and changes in packaging under the EU FMD regulation.
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Transforming pathology with RFID could save the NHS millions
This article explores how implementing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology could help NHS pathology services cope with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sterile medical packaging: the need of the hour amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Reeti Banerjee explains why the use of sterile packaging for medicines will see a growth in the near future, mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Beyond compliance: why embracing the FMD can transform medicine supply chain thinking
Relying on manual processes for managing serialised medicines at an individual pack level is a labour intensive and time-consuming process that can disrupt normal operations. In this article, Sébastien Sliski outlines how digitally enabled inventory processes, such as aggregation and consolidation, can help pharmaceutical wholesalers and hospital pharmacies meet their…
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A glimpse at how Novartis’ manufacturing and supply organisation responded to COVID-19
The rapid evolution of the COVID-19 situation has created significant barriers to normal operations, from locking down borders to the imposition of restrictions on trade and export – not to mention a surge in demand for many common medicines. Each of these events in isolation can affect production and supply,…
