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FDA tackles opioid crisis with OTC Narcan approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

The overdose death rate in the US increased more than 250% from 1999 to 2019, as per a Canada-US joint white paper on substance use and harms. According to Emergent , the delay is due to manufacturing changes that will need to be made to support nonprescription packaging, and supply chain modifications.

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Meeting global demand for patient independence: SHL Medical expands production in Charleston, US

Pharmaceutical Technology

As a vertically integrated company, SHL Medical prides itself on being an end-to-end partner, offering in-house capabilities at every stage – from design, development and production to final assembly, labelling and packaging. Download the white paper ‘Charleston, USA: A life sciences hub’ here.

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Building CO2-neutral, defossilised supply chains for chemicals

European Pharmaceutical Review

10 Diagnostics and biologics also heavily utilise carbon-based materials as constituting building blocks, processing aids, single-use reactors, or packaging materials. EFPIA White Paper on Circular Economy, June 2020. Org Process Res Dev 2020, 24, 10, 1996–2003. European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations.

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Quality first: How pharma can meet injectables demand while staying compliant

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to the GlobalData report Contract Injectable Packaging Trends in the Bio/Pharma Industry , more than half (55%) of FDA drug approvals in 2021 were accounted for by injectables. During the Covid-19 pandemic, large-scale vaccine production placed unprecedented demand on the parenteral packaging industry.

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CMO Moves: Regulatory catalysts for drug manufacturing – March 2023

Pharmaceutical Technology

Based on the individual contract, these CMOs manufacture small molecules or biological active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), as well as packaging material, and are charged with other related functions. Sharp Packaging Services is producing the solid dose of the drug and packaging it.

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How smart manufacturing is optimising processes and reducing costs in the pharma supply chain

Pharmaceutical Technology

Forward-thinking suppliers, including packaging component providers, are also looking at how they can improve their processes through digital technologies. Tom Lenaerts is head of global process engineering for Datwyler, a leading supplier of parenteral packaging components such as stoppers and plungers. Free Whitepaper. By Datwyler.

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Higher throughput integrity testing: Defining a modern CCIT system for the demands of serial production

Pharmaceutical Technology

Container Closure Integrity Testing (CCIT) is used to evaluate the ability of a pharmaceutical’s primary packaging to protect the sterility of its contents. On a regular basis, pharmaceutical manufacturers are performing CCIT during commercial production to ensure that packaging processes are operating as they should.