The Challenge of Change - Managing Excipients Control
Colorcon
13-Jan-2005 - Applied DNA Sciences, a specialist in the use of DNA as a security and anti-counterfeiting technology, is to work with the US Department of Energy to develop an improved process for identifying its marker technology that should bring down implementation costs.
11-Jan-2005 - US printing and packaging company John Henry has been acquired by private equity firm Bear Stearns Merchant Banking.
10-Jan-2005 - A new report suggests that recent safety concerns over certain blockbuster drugs, notably Merck's Vioxx (rofecoxib) and Pfizer's Celebrex (celecoxib), has placed the COX-2 inhibitor drug class under intense scrutiny and places the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under intense pressure to act.
07-Jan-2005 - The need for an effective HIV drug became apparent as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track designation to the first in a new class of HIV drugs called Maturation Inhibitors.
05-Jan-2005 - World demand for packaging machinery is projected to rise over 4 per cent per year (including price increases) through 2008 to over $31 billion, with developing nations expected to register the strongest market gains, according to a recently published report by Freedonia.
04-Jan-2005 - Franklin Miller has launched a shredding system designed for the efficient destruction of pharmaceutical materials, making it easier for drug companies, distributors or wholesalers sitting on a pile of expired medicines to dispose of them safely.
04-Jan-2005 - US company NanoInk, which has pioneered the dip pen nanolithography process which can provde nanoscale printing, is reportedly working with the manufacturer of a blockbuster drug to trial the encoding of unit doses of the product for brand protection.
03-Jan-2005 - ForHealth Technologies has started production of its flagship robotic intravenous drug compounding device through contract manufacturer Delphi Medical Systems.
21-Dec-2004 - Tekni-Films, part of the Tekni-Plex group, has introduced a new blister package modeling system to support pharmaceutical manufacturers in the development of packaging for oral solid dosage forms.
20-Dec-2004 - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals has announced the submission of a global registration dossier for its investigational antibiotic Tygacil (tigecycline), a new class of treatment for intra-abdominal and skin infections.
20-Dec-2004 - NJM/CLI has launched a second product in its range of cottoner systems for the pharmaceutical and nutraceuticals packaging industries.
16-Dec-2004 - Researchers at the University of Derby in the UK are appealing for industrial partners to join their research programme into tackling problems associated with misleading medicine labels, difficult drug names and package designs.
08-Dec-2004 - German packaging machinery company Groninger & Co has bought a new computer-aided design software package that it says will enable it to meet the demands of its customers more closely.
07-Dec-2004 - US packaging giant MeadWestvaco has made progress in its collaboration with Cypak, a Swedish company specialising in the development of 'smart' packaging.
30-Nov-2004 - In the US, New Jersey Packaging has acquired Altwood Roll Label, which supplies flexible packaging, inserts and labels to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector.
29-Nov-2004 - Flint Ink North America has announced a price increase for packaging ink products ranging from 5 to 7 per cent depending on ink type. The increase, effective 1 December 2004, comes in response to the rising costs of transportation, energy, and raw materials that are integral to printing inks.
29-Nov-2004 - The UK Packaging and Industrial Films Association (PIFA) is warning buyers of plastic film products to expect further price increases as producers and converters are forced to look for recovery of exceptional rising raw material costs. The news comes against a background of unprecedented instability in world oil supply and pricing.
23-Nov-2004 - Avery Dennison, one of the world's largest suppliers of pressure sensitive adhesive labels, is expecting to be fined by the European Commission for what it describes as 'instances of improper conduct' by workers in its European operations.
23-Nov-2004 - As the pharmaceutical industry gears up to use radiofrequency identification for supply chain management, medical suppliers in Germany have already adopted the technology to track blood products and no plan to use it safeguard quality.
19-Nov-2004 - The top two pharmaceutical companies have signaled their commitment to the adoption of radiofrequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) technologies in the battle against counterfeit drugs.
19-Nov-2004 - A new system that offers both pressure loss measurement and packaging seal strength has been launched.
18-Nov-2004 - Sherwood Technology has formed a collaboration with Domino - the largest international producer of CO2 laser-marking systems - to expand the distribution of its recently-launched DataLase coding system.
18-Nov-2004 - The pharmaceutical industry is doing little to help people with impaired or partial sight get information from drug labels, according to a new study which found a font change could alleviate the issue.
15-Nov-2004 - Plastics are featuring more often in the packaging of healthcare products, including pharmaceuticals, and this will drive a 28 per cent increase in the volume of plastic resins used between now and 2009 in North America.
10-Nov-2004 - Active-Pak Automation claims that companies installing its dessicant sachet dispensing systems can achieve cost savings of up to 40 per cent compared to systems based on canisters, offsetting the capital costs of installing the machinery.