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How the FDA’s new nutrition labels could prod the food industry to get healthier 

STAT

A new government proposal to display nutritional labels on the front of food packaging is aimed at helping Americans make more informed choices about what they eat. An eventual side effect, research and expert commentary suggests, could be nudging the food industry to make healthier food, too.

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Gerresheimer enhances pharma packaging registration with comprehensive product database

Express Pharma

Gerresheimer, a systems and solutions provider for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, has introduced a web-based product database designed to streamline the selection and registration of primary plastic packaging for medicinal products. Production departments assess filling-line compatibility and labelling formats.

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Labelling of Dispensed Medicine

RX Note

Labelling Requirements A ll dispensed medicine should be labelled according to the requirement stated by the law. NOTE: It is advisable for labels to be printed. Consequently, a patient-centred label strategy is introduced to promote appropriate medication use and adherence. Suggestions include Use larger font sizes (e.g.

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Guidance for medicine packaging under Windsor Framework

European Pharmaceutical Review

The agreement stipulates that certain conditions must be met in the labelling and packaging of these medicinal products. After this date: Under the framework, medicines can have the same packaging and labelling across the UK. UK packaging must carry a clearly legible ‘UK only’ label to be allowed onto the UK market.

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First electronic product information (ePI) published for selected human medicines

World Pharma News

The Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA), the European Commission (EC) and EMA have published for the first time electronic product information (ePI) for selected human medicines harmonised across the European Union (EU). The product information of a medicine includes its summary of product characteristics, labelling and package leaflet.

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Labetalol batch recalled due to wrong dosage labelling

The Pharmacist

A batch of Labetalol 200mg tablets has been recalled as they are incorrectly labelled as 100mg tablets on the foil blister packaging. But the Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said that the actual tablets were 200g strength, consistent with the information on the outside of the box.

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GE HealthCare’s PET imaging agent gains Alzheimer’s label expansion

Pharmaceutical Technology

The updated label for GE HealthCare’s positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent Vizamyl (flutemetamol F 18 injection) now includes quantification of amyloid in the brain, meaning patients taking an anti-amyloid therapy can be monitored for the drug’s effectiveness. Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard.