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Industry Insight
Editor Graham Hughes highlights the importance of manufacturing and packaging to the pharma industry, before considering a selection of articles from this edition of PMPS.
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Metal Contamination
Making a Material Difference
While plastic packaging has the edge over glass in terms of its resistance to breakage, light weight and durability, trace amounts of contaminants can drastically affect a product's quality, say Rodolfo Merola and Robert Scott at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Protein Aggregation
Under Stress
How does protein aggregation in glass vials compare to that of plastic cyclic olefin polymer containers? Lloyd Waxman, Vinod Vilivalam and Dennis Liu from West Pharmaceutical Services investigate the best packaging for therapeutic proteins.
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Serialisation Security
Keeping Track
With falsifi ed medicines proving a constant threat to patient safety, Ian Parsonage at Packaging Coordinators believes that implementing a global approach, alongside the use of innovative overt and covert technology, is the best way to combat counterfeiting.
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Environmental Waste
Total Recall
Farzad Henareh from Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS talks us through the most efficient way of handling a product recall. He explains that greener methods of disposal are key to protecting the public, the environment and, ultimately, your company brand.
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Rotational Cleaning
Line of Attack
The most effective way of preventing resistant strains of bacteria developing in your cleanroom is to use two or more disinfectants in rotation, thereby maximising the kill spectrum, advises Rebecca Smith at Connect 2 Cleanrooms.
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Polyolefin Resins
Plastic Power
Alessandro Guidicini and Alexander Woerz at LyondellBasell consider the cornerstones of service you should expect from a new plastic resin provider, which includes evaluating the right material and grade required for your healthcare packaging needs.
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Thermoplastic Elastomers
The Pressure is Off
Replacing traditional vulcanised rubber materials with thermoplastic elastomers could result in higher productivity and lower system costs, advises John Voyce from Polyone GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers.
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Child Resistant Packaging
Defence Mechanisms
One of the biggest risks to children in the home is unintentional pharmaceutical poisoning. Marek Miszczak and Christina Desirée Holder at Gerresheimer champion the development of child-resistant packaging, while stressing that senior citizenfriendly designs must also be considered.
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Printing Trends
Packing a Punch
Four contemporary design trends are pushing the limits of what packaging manufacturers can deliver, but a balance between creativity and technology must be struck. Domenick Pasqualone from LPS Industries reports.
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Nutraceutical Manufacturing
On Top Form
Detailed design is crucial to creating a successful nutraceutical product in tablet form, but overcoming strict regulations, patient demands and manufacturing complications is no easy task, reveal Rob Blanchard and Trevor Higgins of I Holland.
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Thermal Fluid Maintenance
Liquid Assets
The hidden transfer of energy to the production process is often overlooked. However, Global Heat Transfer’s Clive Jones warns that an awareness of the correct methods of thermal fluid maintenance can prevent costly breakdowns and delays.
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Supply Chain Relationships
Linking Up
Graham Dewhurst, Director General of the Manufacturing Technologies Association, advocates better collaboration, communication and trust between pharma companies and their outsourcing partners to achieve a stronger supply chain.
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Overall Equipment Effectiveness
Steps to Success
Overall equipment effectiveness is an established method for production improvement. Roland Pichler at Bosch Packaging Technology describes how it can work for pharma.
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API Manufacturing: India
Capacity for Growth
Pradeep Kasirajan at Beroe predicts that by improving utilisation rates in Indian active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facilities, standard operating costs will decrease. But will this result in a price drop?
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Manufacturing Challenges
Take Control
Growth within pharma manufacturing is predicted to be slow over the next five years. To boost this progress, Alan Johnston at Siemens Industry suggests three primary operational drivers which are currently influencing the sector.
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Robotic Solutions
A Helping Hand
Recent studies suggest that the long-awaited move towards robotic technology is starting to take place. Chris Sumner at FANUC outlines the many potential benefits implementation could have for the pharma industry.
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The End of the Line
Star Product
A good developer will understand the way in which product packaging is handled and perceived. Richard Harrop explains how to achieve a five-star service.
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News and Press Releases |
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Pharmaceutical Packaging and Labelling Summit in Zurich; ACG presentation
At next week’s Pharmaceutical Packaging and Labelling Summit in Zurich (18-19 June), Dr. Eugen Hertel from ACG will be speaking on: Challenges for Global Pharma companies to Implement Anti-Counterfeit Strategy for Russian Track & Trace Regulation. This presentation will include details around ‘the fight against counterfeit medicine - there have been and still are worldwide initiatives to make the supply chain and the safety of medicines secure. After large markets such as the USA and Europe passed their laws and regulations for the pharmaceutical manufacturing companies and established the IT infrastructure, Russia is now next on the move.
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White Papers |
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Syringe siliconization
Gerresheimer AG
Ready-to-fill, i.e. sterile, prefillable glass syringes, are washed, siliconized, sterilized and packaged by the primary packaging manufacturer. They can then be filled by the pharmaceutical companies without any further processing. These days the majority of prefillable syringes are made of glass and the trend looks set to continue. The siliconization of the syringe barrel is an extremely important aspect of the production of sterile, prefillable glass syringes because the functional interaction of the glass barrel siliconization and the plunger stopper siliconization is crucial to the efficiency of the entire system. Both inadequate and excessive siliconization can cause problems in this connection. The use of modern technology can achieve an extremely uniform distribution of silicone oil in glass syringes with reduced quantities of silicone oil. Another option for minimizing the amount of free silicone oil in a syringe is the thermal fixation of the silicone oil on the glass surface in a process called baked-on siliconization. Plastic-based silicone oil-free or low-silicone oil prefillable syringe systems are a relatively new development. Silicone oil-free lubricant coatings for syringes are also currently in the development phase.
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Industry Events |
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SAPHEX 2019
23-24 October 2019, GALLAGHER CONVENTION CENTRE, 10 RICHARDS DRIVE, HALFWAY HOUSE, MIDRAND, 1685, SOUTH AFRICA
SAPHEX 2019 will be held on the 23rd-24th October at the Gallagher Convention
Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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