02-Jan-2007 - US drug packaging manufacturer Brady has bought a Brazilian label maker in a bid to expand its operations not only in Brazil but throughout Latin America - an area considered by analysts to have a great business potential.
14-Dec-2006 - Schott has reported a 15 per cent growth rate for its pharma packaging business, three times higher than the growth of the overall pharma industry.
12-Dec-2006 - The first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that can resist gamma irradiation has been developed to track pharmaceutical products early on and throughout the supply chain.
11-Dec-2006 - Oracle has bought US firm Tolas Healthcare Packaging in a bid to bolster its pharma packaging capabilities.
04-Dec-2006 - A US research company has published a report placing clamshell style packaging as the forerunner in the burgeoning high visibility packaging industry, with blister packs also on the increase.
27-Nov-2006 - France's biggest packaging show ended on Friday, with exhibitors targeting thedemands for more convenience, portability and customisation.
23-Nov-2006 - The growing inhaler device market is driving demand for automated quality control (QC) testing equipment for these products, according to Astech Projects.
20-Nov-2006 - Packaging maker Owens-Illinois (O-I) and RFID provider Impinj say they have demonstrated 100 per cent reliability of radiofrequency identification (RFID) for pharmaceuticals in an item-level live demonstration.
08-Nov-2006 - Germany's Vetter Pharma-Fertigung has announced its plan to expand its services by adding vial filling for lyophilised - or freeze-dried - products to its portfolio.
31-Oct-2006 - Cardinal Health said it is leading the way in contract pharma packaging and attributes its success to reducing supplier base and improving supply chain efficiency to save its customers time and money.
30-Oct-2006 - The contract packaging biz is moving from an ad-hoc to a more strategically determined, long-term approach, as pharma companies begin to relax in the arms of service providers.
27-Oct-2006 - Gerresheimer has announced it will launch a new plastic syringe range in January to cater for highly-sensitive medications and also for high-volume injections.
25-Oct-2006 - Although manufacturing is the most established of the pharma outsourcing segments, many service areas are still rapidly evolving. OutsourcingPharma.com gives a brief run down of the current state of play.
23-Oct-2006 - A "faster and cheaper" blister pack machine was launched by Indian-firm Cap Tab for the first time in Europe at this year's CPhI in Paris.
19-Oct-2006 - The pharmaceutical sector will have a major influence on how the integration of RFID technology is spread across other industries, according to research firm Venture Development Corporation (VDC).
17-Oct-2006 - Equipment supplier Isopak has launched a new sourcing service to meet the manufacturing needs of its clients.
10-Oct-2006 - Dragon International Group has launched two new packaging products developed through the use of nanotechnologies that could potentially replace the currently used packaging on the market such as plastic and PVC.
10-Oct-2006 - Italian drug delivery technology developer Eurand has signed a $42m (€33m) licensing deal with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to make a new formulation of one of the British pharma giant's drugs.
09-Oct-2006 - Injection molder and contract manufacturer Tech Group is relocating its Grand Rapids plant to a new molding facility in nearby Walker, Michigan, which will be expanded to cope with the high demand for medical devices and components.
06-Oct-2006 - In a deal worth up to $19.9m (€15.6m), US drug delivery company Inyx has acquired contract pharmaceutical packaging firm Pharmapac, seeking to enhance its secondary-packaging capabilities for a wide range of dosage forms.
05-Oct-2006 - Germany-based drug packaging provider Gerresheimer has launched a new closure system for tablet containers with a moisture-absorbing system that it claims is unique in the market.
04-Oct-2006 - Indian biopharmaceutical company Wockhardt has signed a deal with Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to establish a special economic zone (SEZ) in Aurangabad, India, in order to expand its manufacturing capabilities.
02-Oct-2006 - The pharma industry's leading radio frequency identification (RFID) vendors recently gathered to share expertise and evaluate the potential of their RFID technologies in a living laboratory, in their quest to produce a market viable solution to drug counterfeiting and supply chain tracking.
28-Sep-2006 - Software firm Ross Systems and supply chain company SupplyScape have announced a partnership to provide a software solution that allows pharmaceutical manufacturers to track their product through the supply chain, meeting regulatory and trading partner obligations.
26-Sep-2006 - Automation equipment provider Contax has increased productivity and efficiency in one of AstraZeneca's packaging lines by installing a new specialist conveyor.