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The size of clinical trials continues to expand, observers say, creating a ripple effect in pharmaceutical packaging.

Clinical trial logistics and packaging

Vaccine administration is shifting from multidose vials to prefilled syringes for a host of important safety and economic considerations

A growing preference for ready-to-administer vaccines: new guidelines, evidence, and trends

Besides the ongoing debate over serialization, drug labels are playing a greater role in anti-counterfeiting, preventing medication errors and improving patient adherence

Drug labels acquire more functionality to improve health outcomes

Avive package changes pharmacy-dispensing practices; MWV also places with second runner-up

MeadWestvaco wins Healthcare Compliance Package of the Year award

As improved medication adherence gains more focus in healthcare, the advantages of compliance packaging are becoming clearer

Compliance prompting packaging: 'The light bulbs are coming on'

Supplier of injectable-drug dispensing system sees new opportunities

Can pharmacy automation change the drug-compounding market dynamics?

Microneedles and 'active' patches extend the reach of transdermal applications

Transdermal drug delivery looks for new frontiers

Patent-pending technology provides an 'e-fingerprint' to go with barcode data; data can be retrieved from a cloud-based repository

Product serialization vendor, Systech, combines barcoding with authentication

The looming California e-pedigree standards do not specify how to generate product codes, but random codes are easy to produce and essential for supply chain security

When serializing packages for e-pedigree, go random

Elaborate testing is necessary to ensure the stability and functionality of today's drug-delivery systems

Manufacturing & Packaging