If you have ever taken any kind of medication, be it prescription or over the counter (and you almost certainly have), then you’re probably familiar with blister packaging. Blister packaging is extremely common in the pharmaceutical industry, thanks to its many benefits. Intuitive Dosage One major benefit of blister packaging is that it makes…
Over the years, more and more pharmaceutical companies have moved away from in-house packaging operations and toward pharmaceutical contract packaging. There are plenty of reasons pharma companies have started making this shift. Outsourcing pharmaceutical packaging to contract packaging organizations (CPOs) is a cost-effective way for pharmaceutical companies to bring drugs to market without sacrificing packaging…
During my thirty fours years in the packaging business, I have realized packaging touches more departments than any other component purchased by our customers. Our business is providing printed folding cartons and pharmaceutical contract packaging which involves departments ranging from engineering, design, operations, regulatory and marketing. The marketing department is always engaged considering the package…
With unprecedented demand for products manufactured in the US and potential trade disruption challenges, we do offer our domestic contract packaging services as a backup. Companies may wish to plan now to ensure registrations for a US-based CMO are in place to allow a quick change should it become critical. We can help you with…
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In the May issue of Tablets and Capsules, we weigh in on the cover topic – “Packaging Sustainability.” The money quote from Scott is “We ensure that our waste paperboard is recycled into print media, packaging, and folding carton stock….Also, we have led a number of companies from 3-ply corrugated materials to single-sheet substrates as…
We hope this message finds you and your family well. We have thought about you so much during these unique times. Our associates have been working around the clock to meet unprecedented demand due to COVID-19. Please know that our associates, with creativity and agility, are navigating this new normal and collaborating more than ever…
If you will be at DCAT in March, we would like to meet with you – sustainable packaging will be on the table. We will be in the Lotte Palace Suite 5009. In addition to the arrival of our pharmaceutical friends to NYC in March, monarch butterflies will begin their annual migration. To celebrate that…
We’re back on the trail of fall shows where we hope we will run into you. If you will be at Pack Expo Las Vegas, Contract Pharma or CPhI Worldwide, will you let us know? We have plenty of new things to talk about including sustainable packaging – this seems to be a hot topic…
We are in the Lotte Palace at 455 Madison Avenue in Suite 5009 (same suite as last year). We are ready to discuss challenging packaging issues, upcoming serialization and aggregation deadlines, and more. Tank you for your continued interest and support of us. We look forward to 2019 challenges and working on them with you.