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Industry Insight
Randice Altschul, PMPS’s Industry Advisor, comments on the articles within this edition.
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High-Quality Air in Manufacturing Processes
Air Purity
Maintaining high-quality air during manufacturing can often be a burden for companies, but introducing oil-free compressors can alleviate this, as highlighted by Richard Hilton at Gardner Denver.
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Spotlight
Aiding Pharma in Airfreight
Ludo Claes at Krautz-TEMAX explains how a thermally engineered blanket can be used to ease constraints encountered with temperaturesensitive pharmaceuticals in an airfreight cold chain.
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Orally Disintegrating Tablet Challenges
Dissolvable Development
Dr Carolina Diaz Quijano at Omya International demonstrates how functionalised calcium carbonate improves compatibility and disintegration time in orally dispersible tablets.
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CMO Research in Slovakia
Optimising Outsourcing
Markus Saal at Saneca Pharma explains how outsourcing to Slovakia may be a way to drive business for contract partners in Central and Eastern European countries, given its profitable market.
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Event Preview
FlyPharma Europe Touches Down in June
The FlyPharma Conference Europe returns again this year, taking place on 5-6 June in Brussels, Belgium.
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Smart Packaging
Context is King
Tom Lawrie-Fussey at Cambridge Design Partnership explores the potential of smart packaging, suggesting it has many benefits including its use in clinical trials and drug efficacy.
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Temperature-Sensitive Product Logistics
Cold Conditions
Shipping temperature-sensitive products is challenging, and passive packaging systems could alleviate these pressures around cold chain requirements, as illustrated by Softbox Systems’ Clive Bryant and Richard Wood.
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Thermal Protection Solutions
Protective Packaging
Kevin Valentine at TP3 Global and Cool Logistics India advises on factors to consider when selecting thermal protection covers to ensure seamless distribution of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals.
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Traceability and Serialisation Challenges
Supply Network
Pasi Kemppainen at Santen Pharmaceutical outlines the three pillars of integration and interoperability that businesses should consider to optimise serialisation and traceability.
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Improving Security and Performance
Digital Double-Win
Dr Evren Ozkaya at Supply Chain Wizard comments on the risks that can come with digital supply chains and the best ways to manage production efficiency in this area.
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End of the Line
The Deal Structure
PMPS Industry Advisor Randice Altschul outlines some of the licensing challenges that companies may encounter when producing a therapeutic and how best to approach them.
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Q&A: The Falsified Medicines Directive
Controlled Conduct
As the introduction of the new Falsified Medicines Directive approaches, Accord Healthcare’s Sandra Lee tells PMPS why serialisation is important and how the industry can prepare for the changes.
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Open Serialisation Communication Standard
Fight Against Counterfeit
Drugs Given the need for stricter regulations to combat counterfeit drug sales, Gaurav Mohite at ACG Inspection Systems introduces a new product serialisation method that aims to combat the issue.
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Serialisation and Late-Stage Customisation
Time is Short
Atlantic Zeiser’s Stefan Rowinski explores the benefits of late-stage customisation ahead of the introduction of new serialisation and labelling standards being enforced in the EU.
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Preventing Counterfeiting Through Regulations
Seamless Serialisation
Mark Davison at rfxcel claims that a number of factors should be considered when implementing serialisation technology, which should be done before regulators remove the right to trade.
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Q&A: The Future of Serialisation
Supplying Success
In light of the upcoming EU serialisation regulations, Erik Haeffler at Recipharm, Carlos Machado at SEA Vision, and Dexter Tjoa at Tjoapack lend their expertise through a roundtable discussion on how it can best be applied.
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Counterfeiting Challenges
Traceable and Transparent
The pharma industry’s ongoing battle with counterfeiting could be remedied through transparent supply chains to stop drug theft. Julie Hurley at Unisys discusses how this approach could ensure patient safety.
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