High-tech bottle keeps tabs on tablet use
11-Mar-2004 - Canada's Information Mediary Corp (IMC) has launched a 'smart' cap for medicine bottles and vials...
Unit doses drive US packaging market
09-Mar-2004 - Pharmaceutical packaging demand in the US is forecast to rise 4.7 per cent per year...
Packaging ruling a victory for parallel traders
08-Mar-2004 - Companies involved in the parallel trade of pharmaceuticals have been boosted by a court ruling...
At the interface of man and machine
02-Mar-2004 - Human machine interface (HMI) technology is a growing sector in European industrial plants, according to...
FDA makes drug bar coding mandatory
01-Mar-2004 - The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a new rule that makes it a...
New machines make short work of leak testing
27-Feb-2004 - Italy's Bonfiglioli Pharma Machinery has launched a new machine for testing that freeze-dried vials contain...
RFID system for pharma use
23-Feb-2004 - MeadWestvaco Intelligent Systems has launched a radio frequency identification (RFID) inventory system that enables manufacturers...
FDA sees big role for RFID in drug counterfeiting war
19-Feb-2004 - The US Food and Drug Administration issued its final report on ways to combat pharmaceutical...
UK packaging firm Jaycare sold to VC group
19-Feb-2004 - UK pharmaceutical packaging firm Jaycare has been sold to venture capitalists for the second time...
Accenture to orchestrate RFID studies
19-Feb-2004 - Management consultancy firm Accenture has formed a group of industry leaders that will work together...
Lilly responds to US counterfeiting request
09-Feb-2004 - Drug major Eli Lilly has provided a detailed response to a US congressional committee request...
Land sale boosts MeadWestvaco's 4Q figures
02-Feb-2004 - US packaging giant MeadWestvaco has reported a 38 per cent increase in fourth-quarter profits, helped...
Metal detector solves blister pack problem
28-Jan-2004 - A new metal detector capable of picking up ferrous and stainless steel contamination within aluminium...
Panel seeks industry input on counterfeiting
19-Jan-2004 - A US congressional committee has asked five drug makers for advice on the measures they...
Pharma packaging set for continued growth
12-Jan-2004 - World pharmaceutical packaging demand will increase at a rate of 4.3 per cent a year...
