Delta Industrial Services to display at Pharmapack

Delta Industrial Services, a leader in web converting and packaging innovation, will be showcasing some of their recent developments in pharmaceutical manufacturing and pouching. More>>

The Marketing Machine Helps International Pharma Client with Ambitious Literacy Drug Packaging Rebrand

Ghana, South Africa-based Danadams Pharmaceuticals Looks to Full-Service Agency for Intuitive Design, Color Ideas

Full-service advertising and branding firm The Marketing Machine recently finished an ambitious, innovative rebranding project for Danadams Pharmaceuticals Industry Limited to help overcome literacy and distribution challenges with patients in Ghana, South Africa. The firm utilized its award-winning design services team to redesign all of Danadams branding and packaging using intuitive visual icons and color elements to indicate the type of drugs and dosages and better display information more clearly and legibly. Danadams Pharmaceuticals is currently the only manufacturer of anti-retroviral drugs in West Africa. It also manufactures and sells anti-malarials, antibiotics, analgesics and other opportunistic infection drugs for the West African market. More>>

More safety in drug packaging

In Germany like in the rest of the world, child safety in drug packaging is an issue that has not been properly solved yet. Today, Faubel, the custom label supplier based in Melsungen, provides a safe and economical solution consisting of an innovative safety label which can be affixed to the back of a tablet blister pack like an ordinary sticker.     More>>

AMRI Announces Preferred Provider Agreement with BioPontis Alliance LLC

AMRI, a global contract services organization, announced today that it has entered into a preferred provider agreement with BioPontis Alliance LLC. The agreement is aimed at supporting BioPontis’ mission to bridge the gap between early-stage research and technologies being discovered and developed in academia and other research entities. AMRI will provide its services in small molecule discovery, development, and manufacturing in BioPontis’ drug discovery research programs. The agreement also supports the need for proof-of-concept data that is required in the current pharmaceutical company licensing environment. The goal of BioPontis Alliance is to identify promising early stage product opportunities and utilize a preferred network of CROs and leading research companies to apply appropriate expertise to develop these opportunities enough to attract pharmaceutical company licensing partners.   More>>

Firstan Ltd are first to achieve the new Pharmaceutical PS9000:2011 quality standard

Firstan Ltd, the UK’s leading independently owned Pharmaceutical and Food Carton producer have become the first UK Packaging company to achieve the new Pharmaceutical PS9000:2011 quality standard for its Healthcare Division. This standard was published in September 2011 in consultation with industry suppliers, pharmaceutical companies and other stakeholder organisations. Firstan have held the Pharmaceutical accreditation for almost 20 years.   More>>

Record sales of new de-blistering and leak testing equipment at packaging machinery manufacturer, Sepha Ltd

The packaging machinery manufacturer, Sepha Ltd, has reported record sales of its recently extended range of non-destructive leak testing equipment for the world's pharmaceutical packaging industry. With demand up across all major markets, the company says the increase will fund future R&D and enable it to bring forward future innovations aimed at reducing costs and driving quality for pharmaceutical manufacturers and contract packers. More>>

Kallik’s new approach to asset management delivers long term artwork automisation

Marketing and compliance departments can now have greater control over their assets –from logos and images to labelling copy – and a roadmap to automated artwork generation, thanks to Kallik’s online Asset Repository. It is the most cost-effective way to lay the foundation for future automisation of the artwork and labelling generation. The practice of centralising the content in a web-based asset library and reusing those assets across all marketing and trade communications is saving businesses thousands, if not millions, of pounds. More>>

APTAR PHARMA’S PRESERVATIVE-FREE MULTIDOSE DISPENSER OSD CHOSEN FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR AN EYE CARE PRODUCT

Aptar Pharma’s innovative and patented preservative-free multidose Ophthalmic Squeeze Dispenser (OSD) has found its first application for the treatment of dry eye with the launch of VISMED® MULTI. Aptar Pharma has worked closely with the Swiss-German based Eye Care specialist TRB Chemedica for improving patient safety, achieving dosing accuracy and maintaining product stability on the ophthalmic spray device. More>>