Large Review Finds CBD Products Don’t Relieve Chronic Pain After All
AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog
APRIL 3, 2024
Evidence does not support the use of cannabidiol (CBD) products as a treatment for chronic pain, a new review found.
Dispensing Pharmacy Packaging Machines: COVID-19 Impact
Pharma Mirror
OCTOBER 22, 2022
Benefits for pharmacies that invest in a high-throughput unit dose packing machine include improved productivity and management of bar-coded medicine stock. There are a number of elements to think about before settling on a certain packaging machine that would work best in your establishment.
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Pharma packaging solutions, design and companies
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 25, 2024
Explore the critical aspects of pharma packaging solutions, design, and companies. What to look for to ensure product safety and compliance.
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Reducing interactions between drug packaging and product with film-coated sealing solutions
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Leading parenteral packaging company Datwyler has extended its range of coating options with UltraShield™, a high-performance film-coated solution for safely storing innovative drugs.
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Commercial Drug Sourcing for Clinical Trials
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Sponsors can face a number of challenges when trying to obtain these critical supplies for their studies, including addressing product lead times, availability, expiry limitations, safety and cost, among others.
Mikart Extends Production and Packaging Capabilities
Pharmaceutical Commerce
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
CDMO purchases branded sachet-packaging machine for commercial manufacturing.
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Advancing parenteral packaging production for the future of pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 2, 2023
Datwyler is a leading provider of parenteral packaging components and is helping the industry put quality first through the invention of the FirstLine® manufacturing standard. The discovery of large quantities of nitrosamines in many drugs has led to a high number of product recalls, and new regulatory guidelines have quickly followed.
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Development and Manufacturing of Primary Packaging and Medical Devices
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 26, 2023
Packaging plays a critical part in the pharmaceuticals and medical devices industries and is developed with its own set of security standards for the safety of consumers. The role of primary packaging has extended beyond the primary objectives of sterility, physical and chemical protection, and security.
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Develop and execute a winning drug launch strategy with an experienced contract packager
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 14, 2023
Navigating the complexities of pharma and biotech packaging services can be difficult. With the growing number of complex therapies that require specialized packaging and handling requirements, selecting the right contract packaging organization (CPO) involves evaluating what services and additional benefits they can bring to your business.
Beverage & Food IPOs in 2025: Companies Taking the Public Leap
XTalks
MARCH 26, 2025
After a strong showing in 2024, leading packaged foods company BBB Foods saw their stocks rise from $17.50 In 2025, new initial public offerings (IPOs) are emerging across packaged foods, alternative proteins and tech-enabled food solutions, signaling that scientific investment is becoming a key competitive differentiator.
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Why the Next Generation of Drugs Can’t Depend on Legacy Drug Packaging
Pharma Mirror
DECEMBER 12, 2021
By Christopher Weikart, Chief Scientist at SiO2 Materials Science Why is an incredibly innovative and forward-thinking industry like pharmaceuticals being held back by the products that haven’t changed in over a century?
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Pharmapack Europe 2021 Award Winners Announced
Pharma Mirror
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Paris, Pharmapack Europe (#PharmapackEU) announce the winners of the 2021 Pharmapack Awards and, due to the exceptional quality of this year’s entries, seven winners have been chosen across both the ‘Exhibitor Innovation’ and ‘Health Product’ awards. The Exhibitor Innovation awards recognise four winners plus one highly commended product.
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Edible Food Packaging: A Sustainable Solution to Plastic Waste
XTalks
MARCH 19, 2024
In recent years, the food industry has faced growing scrutiny over its environmental impact, particularly concerning the use of plastic packaging. This scrutiny has sparked significant interest and investment in alternative packaging solutions, with edible food packaging emerging as a particularly innovative and sustainable option.
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Japanese drugmakers make greener packaging pledge
pharmaphorum
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Four Japanese drugmakers – Astellas, Eisai, Daiichi Sankyo, and Takeda – have joined forces in a partnership intended to reduce the environmental impact of pharmaceutical packaging. The post Japanese drugmakers make greener packaging pledge appeared first on.
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Prefilled syringes and vaccines: Optimising parenteral packaging for the next pandemic
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Manufacturers are actively looking at ways they can improve drug delivery through well-designed parenteral packaging systems, and the choice to deploy prefilled syringes for more and more injectable drug products is a key part of this push. Prefilled syringes offer a number of advantages over the more traditional glass vial.
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Is Fiber Based Packaging the Next Trend in Sustainable Food Packaging?
XTalks
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak is partnering with synchrotron radiation laboratory MAX IV to launch the next generation of food packaging: fiber based packaging. Using renewable materials and increasing the use of fiber-based material within packages will be vital.
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Leading commercial packaging companies in contract marketing
Pharmaceutical Technology
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Packaging plays a vital role in maintaining the quality, safety, user-friendliness and marketability of drugs and other pharmaceutical products. Finding the best commercial packaging suppliers in contract marketing. Pharmaceutical packaging formats and materials. Pharmaceutical packaging formats and materials.
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Leading clinical packaging companies in contract marketing
Pharmaceutical Technology
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Clinical packaging and labelling follow stringently controlled procedures and high-standard quality control measures to assure the safety and functionality of investigational medicinal products, during their storage, distribution, and use. Finding the best clinical trial packaging services providers.
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Strategies and innovations for reducing drug product loss in sterile filling
Pharmaceutical Technology
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Sterile filling is a critical step in pharmaceutical primary packaging. However, during this process, some drug product loss is inevitable.
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What is Edible Food Packaging? + Chocolate Shortage Looms Ahead of Easter – Xtalks Food Podcast Ep. 152
XTalks
MARCH 28, 2024
In recent years, the food industry has faced growing scrutiny over its environmental impact, particularly concerning the use of plastic packaging. This scrutiny has sparked significant interest and investment in alternative packaging solutions, with edible food packaging emerging as a particularly innovative and sustainable option.
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Packaging Solutions for Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices: Insights and Considerations
XTalks
MAY 13, 2022
A container closure system consists of all the packaging components that contain and protect a pharmaceutical product. A container closure system protects the product from environmental conditions, safeguarding a product’s purity, strength, safety and efficacy. Container Closure Systems. extractables and leachables).
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PCI Pharma Services Invests Over $365 Million in EU, US Facilities to Drive Clinical and Commercial Supply of Advanced Drug Delivery and Drug Device Combination Products
XTalks
JANUARY 29, 2025
Highlights include expansion of biotech operations in Philadelphia, acquisition of a new pharma-device facility near Dublin, Ireland, and a new Center of Excellence for advanced drug delivery and drug-device combination product assembly in Rockford, Illinois. Operations at the first phase of the plant are scheduled to begin in Q3 2025.
Single-Arm Trials Using Real-World Evidence for Rare Disease Product Development
Camargo
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Often, to gain clinical trial design insights, a sponsor reviews the physician package inserts from approved New Drug Applications (NDAs) and Biologics License Applications (BLAs) with similar indications or in the same therapeutic area. Natural history data becomes critical for product development when there is no concurrent control.
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Ortho-Phthalates Retain FDA Approval for Food Packaging Despite Petitions
XTalks
JULY 27, 2023
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stood by its decision, denying a petition asking it to reevaluate the use of eight ortho-phthalates in food-contacting packaging materials. Related: Is Fiber Based Packaging the Next Trend in Sustainable Food Packaging?
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Chobani Has Left Plastic Packaging Behind and is Introducing Paper-Based Cups
XTalks
AUGUST 31, 2021
Chobani has been exploring and discovering new ways to package its products in a more sustainable and eco-friendly way. It contains a thin plastic lining that maintains the product quality and prevents leakage. Chobani is committed to showing the rest of the world more sustainable packaging as time goes on.
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Overcoming regulatory issues with investigational medicinal product labelling
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 19, 2023
Meeting strict client timelines is essential for clinical trials, but complications can arise when dealing with investigational medicinal products (IMPs) across several countries. Upcoming biotechs need to get moving and they don’t have time to wait for a packaging slot for eight months.
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Sharp completes new gene therapy packaging and distribution capacity in The Netherlands
BioPharma Reporter
JANUARY 26, 2022
Contract packaging and clinical supply services company Sharp has completed the construction of new purpose-built production suites to facilitate the packaging, storage and distribution of gene therapies at its facility in Heerenveen, The Netherlands.
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Merck expands Singapore hub to support Keytruda, Gardasil
Bio Pharma Dive
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The company opened a packaging facility for its two top-selling products and began work on a plant that will produce next-generation inhalers.
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Indian pharma sees immense importance in US FDA guidance on aluminum content and labelling in parenteral nutrition
AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog
JANUARY 12, 2023
Indian pharma sees immense value in US FDA’s insistence for aluminum content and labelling recommendations for the Small Volume Parenterals Drug Products and Pharmacy Bulk Packages. Pharma companies in the country have increasingly made a shift to nutritional based prescription and over the counter products.
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A quick guide to transferring a commercial drug product to a new fill-finish CDMO
Pharmaceutical Technology
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Between 2012 and 2021, outsourcing propensity for FDA NDA injectables approvals averaged 40%, according to GlobalData’s Contract Injectable Packaging Trends…
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Top 10 Most Innovative Food Companies of 2025, According to Fast Company
XTalks
APRIL 10, 2025
Fast Company also flagged four foodtech trends to likely define 2025: personalized nutrition powered by data, AIenabled product development, alternativeprotein scaleup and robotics in processing. While in Europe, TraceOne and Citeo launched an automated recyclabilityscoring integration for packaging with seven French brands in pilot.
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Blow-fill-seal technology: Realizing a new frontier in sterile packaging
Outsourcing Pharma
JULY 12, 2024
Blow-fill-seal (BFS) technology has long been a cornerstone of pharmaceutical manufacturing, relied on for packaging sterile liquid medications, including but not limited to ophthalmic and respiratory drug products.
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Are Best Before Dates on Food Packaging to Blame for Food Waste?
XTalks
OCTOBER 7, 2022
As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit is being scrutinized: best before dates on food packaging. Confusion around date codes on food packaging is often cited as a contributor to food waste across the US and globally. So, will this trend emerge in the US?
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Federal rules don't require period product ingredients on packaging labels, so states are stepping in
Medical Xpress
MAY 11, 2023
Tens of millions of Americans use menstrual products, and while manufacturers contend they are safe, most disclose little about the chemicals they contain. Now, amid calls for more disclosure and research into the health effects of these products, some states require more transparency.
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The Paleo Diet Launches a Paleo Certification Program for Food Packaging
XTalks
MAY 5, 2022
The Paleo certification program is based on the organization’s principle of encouraging the avoidance of dairy products, genetically modified organisms (GMO’s), grains, highly processed foods and legumes, among other foods. Related: Will An Upcycled Certification Mark on Packaged Foods Resonate With Consumers?
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RWE’s Impact on Product Lifecycle for Biopharma Startups
Pharma Mirror
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
It has transformed from a “nice-to-have” into a “must-have” part of the evidence package, helping to contextualize clinical research and improve treatment understanding. In addition to utilizing RWE in clinical research, there is a growing trend toward implementing RWE early in the product development lifecycle.
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Choosing the Right Contract Packaging Partner for Blister Packaging: Key Factors to Consider
Pharma Packaging Solutions
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
In the complex world of pharmaceutical packaging, selecting the right blister packaging supplier is a critical decision that can significantly impact product presentation, protection, and compliance. Material Selection Central to the blister packaging process is the selection of appropriate materials.
EU pharma calls for speedy shift to digital package inserts
pharmaphorum
JANUARY 9, 2025
Pharma groups have called for EU adoption of electronic product information (ePI) to take place within four years in a new position paper.
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Medical Device Packaging Regulations
Pharma Packaging Solutions
OCTOBER 29, 2024
As a premier provider of medical device packaging solutions, we recognize the prime importance of adhering to global regulations while creating packaging solutions that protect both products and patients. Essential Packaging Requirements Examining the arena of packaging requirements reveals many considerations.
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The Role of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in Generic Drug Manufacturing: Ensuring Quality and Safety
Drug Patent Watch
JANUARY 22, 2025
I'm talking about Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), a set of guidelines that govern the production, testing, and packaging of generic drugs. GMP is more than just a regulatory requirement; it's a mindset that prioritizes patient safety and product quality above all else. Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Higher throughput integrity testing: Defining a modern CCIT system for the demands of serial production
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Container Closure Integrity Testing (CCIT) is used to evaluate the ability of a pharmaceutical’s primary packaging to protect the sterility of its contents. On a regular basis, pharmaceutical manufacturers are performing CCIT during commercial production to ensure that packaging processes are operating as they should.
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Embracing digitalization in the pharmaceutical supply chain
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 25, 2022
Digital technologies will be utilized throughout drug development, production, packaging and delivery for increased process efficiency and improved product quality. One of Datwyler’s key end goals is to co-create new digital health products and processes with customers by embracing datafication and digitalization.
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Topical products: Aiming for quality, simplicity, and cost-efficiency in their development, scale-up, and manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 6, 2023
Formulating products that have the proper composition, viscosity, texture, and stability, and can also be shown to be safe and effective, is both a science and an art. Without proper precautions, knowledge gaps can occur and important details may be overlooked when a product is transferred from one site to another. Simplicity matters.
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Meeting global demand for patient independence: SHL Medical expands production in Charleston, US
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
As a vertically integrated company, SHL Medical prides itself on being an end-to-end partner, offering in-house capabilities at every stage – from design, development and production to final assembly, labelling and packaging. The company’s most prominent products are its autoinjectors, which are seeing growing global demand.
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