World Braille Day: the importance of accessibility in pharmaceutical packaging

By Steve Brownett-Gale, marketing lead at Origin Nearly 70% of the United Kingdom has received prescriptions for one or more medications, and according to the WHO,...

Piggyback leaflet service addresses demand for on-pack information

ESSENTRA Packaging has launched its new Piggyback leaflet service in response to 'increasing complexities' in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and personal care packaging markets. Product manufacturers...
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Packaging line upgrade brings speed and consistency gains for pharma producer

A producer in the pharmaceutical industry has recently upgraded its packaging lines with new equipment from Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS). The goal was to increase...

Surprise package

Mark Cusworth, vice president of R&D at PRISYM ID, explains how labelling can improve patient retention rates in clinical trials AS global healthcare grapples the...

Med-Tech Innovation Expo and TCT 3Sixty postponed to 2021

THE rescheduled Med-Tech Innovation Expo has been postponed to 2021. Organisers Rapid News Group said that, in light of the Covid-19 situation, the exhibition for...

Government officials to take prominent role at Med-Tech Innovation Conference

THE medical device design and manufacturing community will gather in Birmingham on 7-8 June at the NEC, with government officials set to take a...

Additional funding boosts Adents’ expansion plans

Adents, a product unit identification and traceability software provider, has secured €8.5 million in extra funding to expand its international presence and ensure rapid deployment of its software...
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New shrink wrap lines improves speed and reliability for vitamin company

A new shrink-wrapping line is said to have improved reliability and processing speed for British-based vitamin producers BR Pharmaceutical. With an existing line previously supplied...
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Product serialisation briefing document

THE increasing number of counterfeit pharmaceutical products appearing throughout the global supply chain has given rise to regulatory variations across different regions and countries....

Taking the headache out of compliance

ROTECH has introduced a new generation coding system to help pharmaceutical manufacturers comply with the  FMD (Falsified Medicines Directive), which comes into force in...