Comments for Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News Insider

Comment on Glass Breakage Corrected by PMP Book

PMP Book — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:32:55 +0000

I am glad to hear that they recalled the medications with defective glass.

Comment on Working toward Sustainability by PMP Book

PMP Book — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:08:18 +0000

Its good to see the pharmaceutical industry concerned and providing green packaging.

Comment on December’s New To-Do List: E-Pedigree and Track and Trace by vincent hatty

vincent hatty — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:08:31 +0000

I have found that clients are reluctant to employ methods to prevent counterfeiting and diversion for several reasons, most of which are unfounded. I feel that there has been quite a lot of misinformation regarding new technologies and it is up to the new media to dispel some of the myths and promote some of the advances in this important field.

Comment on Larger the Package, Larger the Liability? by Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News Insider » Big Mistake?

Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News Insider » Big Mistake? — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:42:01 +0000

[...] In our daily newsletter today, we shared a report of a substantial payout in a court case involving contaminated propofol vials. A jury had ordered Teva Pharmaceuticals and Baxter Healthcare Corp. to pay $104 million to a 71-year-old patient and his wife after he contracted hepatitis C reportedly after being given propofol from a vial used for other patients. According to the story from Lawyers USA, “jumbo . . . vials of propofol were at risk of being reused for multiple patients.” (We covered an earlier case in “Larger the Package, Larger the Liability?” [...]

Comment on Survey: Debate over the Costs behind Sustainability by Peter Mayberry

Peter Mayberry — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:35:03 +0000

Wow! Nearly a third of respondents site “regulatory concerns” as a top-tier priority, yet nobody seems to have done anything about regulatory processes for the past three years. The Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council and the Pharmaceutical Printed Literature Association both had robust regulatory-affairs programs up until 2009-2010 but, since then, both have been virtually silent when it comes to FDA, EPA, CPSC, state governments and international entities. There could be some real big surprises lurking for packaging industry executives who figure some trade association somewhere is working on their behalf when it comes to managing regulations that are coming down the pike.

Comment on Packagers: Get to Know Your 510(k)s by mindxstudio

mindxstudio — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:06:27 +0000

Happy to learn info about draft guidance to help medical device manufacturers, it was new to me, thanks for your hard work.

Comment on Pharmacists Worry about Gray Markets by Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News Insider » Solving Shortages through Serialization

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:39:56 +0000

[...] and the “gray” market again, and the bad news is that we could have just reposted our blog on last year’s survey and been just as timely. Hospitals continue to struggle with drug [...]

Comment on Invest in UDI’s Success by Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News Insider » GS1 Standards Pick Up Support

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:23:14 +0000

[...] FDA develops it regulation for unique device identification, hospitals and their supplier GPOs have made major strides implementing the GS1 GLN for location [...]

Comment on FDA: Reduce the Opportunity for Crime by Ian J.

Ian J. — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:52:18 +0000

good to see that steps ar being taken… Heparin was a fiasco

Comment on Can Unique Device ID Support Two Standards? by Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News Insider » Did You Tune in to “Trends in Orthopedic Device Packaging” Yet?

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:12:17 +0000

[...] site on Unique Device Identification as well as a few stories we have done. Here is one on GS1 and HIBCC for UDI and another on the effort toward a harmonized standard by the The Global Harmonization Task Force [...]