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Continuing Sustainability Efforts, Neopac Moves Toward Mono-Material Barrier Tubes Designed for Recyclability

05 Aug 2020
Yukta Arora
Neopac’s goal is to create tubes that simplify recycling–a crucial aspect of next-level sustainability practices. The EU has announced elevated targets for plastic packaging recyclability, aiming for 50% by 2025 and 55% by 2030. Other geographic areas have introduced similar targets, challenging packaging manufacturers to utilize innovative materials and embrace leaner production and logistics initiatives. Meeting these targets will require increased cooperation between all actors involved in the life cycles of plastics.
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Marchesini Group, consolidated turnover of 441 million Euro. Three new companies acquired in the mechanical and automation supply chain

30 Jul 2020
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Pianoro (Bologna) – Marchesini Group closed 2019 with a consolidated turnover of 441 million Euro, a repeat of the excellent performance in 2018. During the current year, the Marchesini Group has continued its production activities as steadily as possible, despite the sharp slowdown in the Italian and international economy caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Notably, between February and June more than 50 virtual tests were carried out, which made it possible to respect the machine delivery times and maintain a stable economic outlook for the company.
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Covid-19
sanitation measures
serological tests
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How patient preferences are changing the design of drug delivery devices

26 Jul 2020
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The following insights detail which preferences are driving the evolution of drug delivery device design. Adding ease to applications From using implants for contraception, to getting insulin injections at the dinner table, to using a wearable device to administer chemotherapy in the comfort of home, applications for drug delivery are largely being driven by patient preferences.

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A New Circular Solution: Polycarbin and Westfall Technik are Collaborating to Bring Circular Materials to the Biomedical Industry

23 Jul 2020
Yukta Arora

“Our goal is to set ourselves apart in the Sustainability arena by leveraging our integrated technology solution to deliver products with high levels of recycled content and drive the circular economy. We have achieved up to 100% recycled content inclusion levels for our customers in the Consumer Products Goods and Food & Beverage areas, and with this partnership will be the first company to introduce recycled content in the life science and biomedical space,” says Allison Lin, VP of Sustainability at Westfall-Technik.

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Jones Healthcare Group Invests in New High-Performance Uhlmann Blister Packaging Line

17 Jul 2020
Yukta Arora

Jones Healthcare Group, a market leader in advanced packaging and medication dispensing solutions, today announces a significant investment in its packaging services offering including a new, fully integrated two-lane Uhlmann blister packaging line. The highly automated equipment will enhance the firm’s capacity to manage demand surges and unique blister combinations, as more complex pharmaceutical dosage forms and regimes evolve clinically and commercially.

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BIC Uses Plastic Packaging Materials to Produce PPE

15 Jul 2020
Yukta Arora
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in parts of the U.S., states are still struggling to secure the volume of PPE necessary to keep up with the spread of the virus. To help arm frontline workers, BIC North America will be producing 2,000 medical-grade face shields per day at its factory in Milford, Conn. The face shields, approved by the FDA as Level 1 medical devices, are all made with materials typically used in packaging (the plastic) or would otherwise be scrap from materials used in the lighters.
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International regulators align positions on phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trials

14 Jul 2020
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Medicines regulatory authorities from around the world have published a report today highlighting the outcomes of the second workshop on COVID-19 vaccine development that was convened under the umbrella of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA). The report describes the regulatory positions agreed by the meeting participants on two key topics: Data needed from laboratory, animal and human studies to allow initiation of phase 3 clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine; and Considerations for study design for phase 3 clinical trials. Phase 3 is the last phase of
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Covid-19
underlying medical condition

EMA finalises opinion on presence of nitrosamines in medicines

14 Jul 2020
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EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has issued an opinion requiring companies to take measures to limit the presence of nitrosamines in human medicines as far as possible and to ensure levels of these impurities do not exceed set limits. The measures will ensure that nitrosamines are either not present or are present below levels identified to protect public health. Companies will be required to have appropriate control strategies to prevent or limit the presence of these impurities and, where necessary, improve their manufacturing processes. Companies will also have to evaluate the risk
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European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare
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Stevanato Group: Robotic Human-like Inspection Unit with AI-based Machine Learning

13 Jul 2020
Yukta Arora

Italy-based Stevanato Group, a producer of glass primary packaging and provider of integrated capabilities for drug delivery systems, is launching a modular, robotic inspection system that incorporates artificial intelligence with accrued machine learning capabilities at its Interphex Virtual Exhibition (July 15-17). The company’s Vision Robot Unit (VRU) is a reliable, autonomous module capable of automatically inspecting both cosmetic and particle properties without human intervention.

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