Locking in Global Product Security
Global supply chains demand sealed and secure packaging that can be identified down to the item. The last report we have had from the FDA Counterfeit Drug Task Force (www.fda.gov/counterfeit/) is from...
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Practice Good Shipping
If you ship products along the cold chain, you need to consider more than just packaging. You need to look closely at the chain itself. And that includes your shipping partners.read more
View ArticleBuilding Relationships with Consumers
I’d like to give a shout out to my fellow editor Christiane Truelove, editor-in-chief of Med Ad News and R&D Directions, who reported live from the Healthcare Communication & Marketing...
View ArticleRisky Business
Any discussion of healthcare invariably brings up cost. Everyone from patients to insurance companies to doctors to hospitals (from payer to payee to practitioner) is struggling to get a handle on...
View ArticleCounterfeits Continue to Plague Patients
Reports of fake influenza treatments and other pharma crimes continue. Could the coming flu season and a weak economy make the pandemic worse? FDA reports that federal agencies have come across...
View ArticleScaling Noncompliance
Can you make following a drug regimen just as much fun for patients as taking the stairs? Volkswagon’s awards program, The Fun Theory (www.thefuntheory.com), recognizes that “fun is the easiest way to...
View ArticleBalancing Passenger and Cargo Security
I listened to an informative roundtable courtesy of American Airlines Cargo on the upcoming 100% Air Cargo Screening Mandate, which becomes law on August 1, 2010. All cargo to be shipped on passenger...
View ArticleGlobal Needs Hitting Home
A change in the climatic zones as defined by the International Committee on Harmonization has gradually made its way to U.S.-based drug manufacturers. In late 2005, ICH advised that stability...
View Article100% Labeling Accuracy: Are You Wondering, Too?
Of all of your packaging responsibilities, labeling probably gives you the most pause. And rightfully so. A search of FDA’s Web site just under “Medical & Radiation Emitting Device Recalls” using...
View ArticleRepackaging Leads to More Repackaging—and Frustration
It is difficult to watch one’s own parents grow older, and it is even harder to see them falter. Witnessing my mother divide her medications into a weekly pill organizer and then get a little...
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