Archive for the ‘OEE’ Category
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Repercussions from the decision in Wyeth v. Levine could be felt in the packaging world, but experts say the exact impact is still unknown. Greater concern has arisen for pharma manufacturers, however, particularly from law professionals experienced in product liability and commercial ligation.
Stephanie M. Rippee, a shareholder in the law ...
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Pharmaceutical companies have moved in varying degrees to the tagged-content XML format for managing content internally, submitting documents to FDA in Structured Product Labeling (SPL) format, and meeting Europe’s Product Information Management (PIM) standard.
If package designers could access the labeling information included in these master files, many of the road bumps ...
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
The inauguration countdown continues, and so does the anticipation of what a new administration will mean to bills introduced to Congress. One bill in particular would affect packagers. The Transparency in Drug Labeling act (S. 3633) would require country-of-origin labeling of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and excipients of finished ...
Posted in Compliance Packaging, Counterfeiting, Electronic Pedigrees, FDA, Hospital, Labeling, Medication Therapy Management, OEE | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
The numbers on 2007 drug spending are coming in, and I am trying to piece a number of reports together to see if they all add up. (It feels like I am about a year late in writing this story, but really, the 2007 numbers were just released today!)
The Centers ...
Posted in Bar Coding, CMS, Compliance Packaging, Electronic Pedigrees, FDA, Medical Errors, Medication Therapy Management, OEE | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Manufacturers of bottle filling equipment seemed to be flying under the radar at PackExpo. Show publicity and conference events centered on the topics of package and product security, and the trends in “sustainable” practices.
But if they were less generally advertised, advances in bottle filling technology were prominently on display, with ...
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