19-Apr-2010 - The EFPIA has hailed its 2-D data matrix anti-counterfeiting pilot scheme as a success and hopes to convince governments and supply chain actors of benefits of the approach.
15-Apr-2010 - Becton Dickinson (BD) says its new Hungarian plant will be operational this year and producing more than 500m pre-fillable glass syringes by 2015.
14-Apr-2010 - “Good business development” in the pharma and “slow spending” in the cyclical cosmetics and life sciences sectors dominated Gerreshimer’s performance in the first quarter of 2010.
08-Apr-2010 - Amcor Flexibles has expanded its drug packaging capacity with the installation of a new blown-film production line at its facility in Mundelein, Illinois, US.
07-Apr-2010 - German glassmaker Gerresheimer has set up a new sales office in Russia and says growth in country’s drug packaging market is strategically important.
07-Apr-2010 - US biotechnology company Genentech presents new $400m pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution facility in Hillsboro, Oregon and says construction is nearly complete.
31-Mar-2010 - The Klockner Pentaplast Group has invested $37m (€27m) to expand PVC production capacity and add shrink-label film capabilities at its facilities in Thailand and the US.
31-Mar-2010 - The market for “nano-enabled” pharmaceutical packaging is growing 16.5 per cent a year and will be worth $8.1bn (€6bn) by 2014 according to new research by iRAP.
25-Mar-2010 - The UK budget was “a missed opportunity” to encourage manufacturing, according to UK Chemical Industries Association (CIA), but was free from unexpected tax increases.
23-Mar-2010 - Industrial glass maker Schott ended a “rather difficult” fiscal 2009 with a loss but says rise in drug packaging sales will help drive double-digit earnings growth in current financial year.
22-Mar-2010 - The shipping requirements of drugs means the TSA’s new law poses unique problems to the pharma industry, according to DHL, but experience of tight regulations should help companies achieve compliance.
22-Mar-2010 - Amcor has dismissed claims that it should pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over allegations it took part in a packaging price fixing cartel.
18-Mar-2010 - The Botswanan government is seeking to initiate local pharma manufacturing, which would lower drug prices, by entering into public-private partnerships (PPP), according to a report by F&S.
11-Mar-2010 - US devices specialist MedPro Safety Products and Helvoet Pharma have teamed up to develop the former’s range of prefilled safety syringes (PFSS).
11-Mar-2010 - Stason Pharmaceuticals’ subsidiary Standard Chem and Pharm will act as primary distributor for the Unitract 1ml safety syringe in China, Japan and Taiwan under a five-year new deal with US delivery device maker Unilife.
09-Mar-2010 - Mettler-Toledo CI-Vision has developed a new 360 degree bottle inspection system to spot packaging and labelling defects.
08-Mar-2010 - Payne Security has acquired BP Secure Solutions, adding the UK firm's roster of adhesive security labelling technologies to its drug industry offering.
04-Mar-2010 - Fujifilm has introduced an anti-counterfeiting label, called ForgeGuard, which it claims is the first product with full colour images and text that can be checked using a viewing device.
24-Feb-2010 - The aging population is driving manufacturers to develop packaging that is easier to open, while still remaining child-resistant, but this can increase costs and affect sustainability, according to a director.
23-Feb-2010 - Helvoet Pharma is to build a €14m ($19m) rubber parenteral packaging component facility in India to meet rising demand for products made to international quality standards.
22-Feb-2010 - West Pharmaceutical Services reported strong fourth quarter results, underpinned by demand for H1N1 components, but still posted a dip in operating income for its 2009 financial year.
15-Feb-2010 - Companies are failing to protect their products with tamper evidence but the EU falsified medicine directive, plus the ease of implementation, will drive adoption, according to a director at Schreiner ProSecure.
11-Feb-2010 - Using intelligent compliance packaging in clinical trials can result in “huge cost savings” and this will ensure demand even during a period of cost-cutting, according to a sales manager at Stora Enso.
11-Feb-2010 - Gerresheimer expects pharmaceutical packaging sales to grow but says performance of “cyclical” cosmetics and life science businesses is more difficult to predict.
03-Feb-2010 - Biofem Pharmaceuticals and NAFDAC have launched an anti-counterfeiting pilot project in Nigeria, using a mobile authentication service (MAS) to validate if a medicine is genuine.