A Double Dose of Safety: Needle-Trap Offers New First-Opening Indication Feature

12 Jan 2023
Aditya Panwar

A secure supply chain and integrity of drug packaging are important aspects for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Regulations such as the EU Falsified Medicines Directive contribute to supply chain security but address only secondary packaging. By contrast, primary containers like prefilled syringes require more specific solutions for tamper evidence and first-opening indication. Due to its integrated plastic trap, the Needle-Trap needle protection label poses special challenges to a first-opening indication feature.

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Bartelt Packaging Now the North American Master Distributor for FLtècnics Headquartered in Spain

11 Jan 2023
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This change in distributorship allows Bartelt to expand and streamline the HFFS product lines both Bartelt and FLtècnics, and strategically aligns them to more effectively provide the best solution for a variety of customer applications. Bartelt is a leading manufacturer of pouching, cartoning, shrink wrapping, case and tray packing systems for numerous markets, including food and confectionary, beverage, pharmaceutical, and others. 

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A Double Dose of Safety: Needle-Trap Offers New First-Opening Indication Feature

09 Jan 2023
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Needle-Trap, the successful and unique label with integrated needle protection from Schreiner MediPharm, the specialist in innovative pharmalabels, has now been complemented by a completely new feature: A special security seal reliably indicates that the prefilled syringe has been opened before and helps protect its integrity up until final use. The novel combination of needle and product protection will be showcased for the first time from February 1 - 2, 2023 at Booth D46 at Pharmapack in Paris.

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Sepha introduces new 3D leak detection technology for blister packs

08 Jan 2023
Grania Jain

Aimed at pharmaceutical manufacturers, the new technology incorporates a 3D sensor to provide volumetric measurement in order to assess the integrity of a range of pharmaceutical solid dose and flexible barrier packaging.

The first application of the new technology will be released with Sepha’s latest model of non-destructive blister leak testers, the VisionScan 3D. This machine will use the 3D technology in combination with differential pressure and vacuum to detect leaks in individual blister pockets as low as 5μm.

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SACMI donates a new high-tech electrosurgical unit to the Gastroenterology department

06 Jan 2023
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New unit to be delivered to the department in the spring. Thanks to digitalization, the goal is to provide surgeons with even greater operating precision and quality. President of SACMI, Paolo Mongardi: «We’re an Imola-based company, and part of our mission involves supporting local excellence»

 

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New DPI device for the Generic Drug Market

02 Jan 2023
Aditya Panwar

MERXIN MRX003 capsule dry powder inhaler is used for pulmonary delivery and in particular for the treatment of chronic, obstructive pulmonary diseas- es (COPD) and asthma. The API is aerosolized and distributed with the respiratory system to find its way deep into the lungs of the patient. The cor- rect interplay of inhaler and formulation plays a decisive role in the success of the treatment.The first product target for MRX003 was a generic version of an API. Because of the nature of the generic market, it was of essential to achieve the shortest possible time to launch.

SAF-LOK

02 Jan 2023
Komal Sharma

The Saf-Lok Closures were designed in accordance with pharmaceutical industry regulations to prevent potential hazards to children. Child Resistant Closures (CRC closures) are mandated by law in many applications in order to protect children from inadvertently opening pharmaceuticals, vitamins containing iron and hazardous substances such as household products containing hydrocarbons.

How Saf-Lok CRC Closures works:
when pressing down, the natural polypropylene outercap engages the indentations of the metal inner cap.

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Datwyler adds steam sterilization option for ready-to-use components for Injectable drugs

31 Dec 2022
Aditya Panwar

Datwyler, a leading provider of high-quality, system-critical elastomer components, announces the launch of Steam Sterilization for Ready-to-Use components. This service is applicable to non-coated and coated solutions like OmniFlex® stoppers for vials and NeoFlex™ plungers for prefilled syringes and cartridges. As part of the company’s Quality First approach to designing and producing these packaging components, Datwyler will deliver RTU components in robust packaging guaranteeing a shelf life of 2 years after steam sterilization.

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Western Health Advantage Provides No-cost Safe Dispensing Devices From Gatekeeper Innovation To Battle Prescription Medication Misuse

30 Dec 2022
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Western Health Advantage (WHA) is offering Gatekeeper Innovation Inc.'s Rx Locking Cap as a covered benefit to members to prevent misuse or abuse of prescription medications at home. This milestone is a major move for Gatekeeper's mission to secure and reduce diversion of prescription medications that can lead to substance abuse, poisoning, and deaths.

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Strip Packaging

Difference between Blister Packaging and Strip Packaging

29 Dec 2022
Komal Sharma
Strip Packaging

Blister packaging and strip packaging are two popular forms of the primary packaging system.

However, it is difficult to differentiate between blister packaging and strip packaging. Besides, the difference between a strip pack and a blister pack you may find out from here.

Blister packaging

Strip packaging

Unit-dose packaging in which a semi-rigid blister/ cavity previously formed is filled with product and lidded with a heat-sealable backing material 

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