29 January 2009
When and how should additional pharmacogentic information be added to drug labels? This question is becoming increasingly urgent for pharmaceutical companies with the discovery of a growing number of predictive biomarkers for existing drugs.
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17 December 2008
Keeping track of the accuracy of packaging components in the pharmaceutical industry can be very challenging.
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01 June 2008
By:Thomas J. Hurley, Stanislav E. Solovyov
Drug products subjected to degradation because of environmental stresses can be salvaged if proper packaging and protection is provided by sorbents.
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01 November 2007
By:Andreas Graf
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are under increasing pressure to shorten time-to-market, produce treatments with unpredictable product lifetimes, provide greater flexibility and, at the same time, comply with ever more stringent quality, validation, stability and traceability constraints. While this is encouraging for the contract manufacturing sector, it creates the need for even greater manufacturing flexibility.
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01 November 2006
By:John Gill
A European Commission directive requires suppliers to incorporate information on medicines in formats suitable for blind and partially sighted people, although the associated standard has not been introduced yet. This article looks at some of the issues that will need to be addressed when the standard is adopted.
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01 October 2006
By:Chris Wyres
It will remain to be seen whether pharmaceutical companies will commit lock, stock and barrel to being green.
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01 April 2006
By:Andrew Jackson
The right choice [of coding and marking technology] depends upon the company's top priorities regarding legibility, cost, speed, ease of use, cleanliness and security.
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01 November 2005
By:Charlie Plain-Jones
Although there is no global regulation or industry standard on labelling requirements, some organizations are beginning to lay down their own standards.
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01 November 2005
By:Andrew Jackson
Virtual labels eliminate the need for troublesome transfer ribbons or inkjet fluids, which are inherent with traditional labelling technologies.
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