Germany glassware company Gerresheimer has opened a cleanroom
production facility at its Polish subsidiary Polfa, aimed at the
production of pharmaceutical vials.
Canada's ATS Automation Tooling Systems has launched a
fully-automated inspection system for plastic containers used as
primary packaging for aseptically filled pharmaceutical products.
A pilot programme looking at how radiofrequency identification
(RFID) can be used in pharmacies to pick up counterfeit medicines
is to be developed into a commercial product, reports Phil
Taylor.
The results of a UK pilot study of radiofrequency identification
(RFID) and bar coding in pharmacies has shown clear evidence that
the system can improve patient safety, reports Phil Taylor.
A pilot project aimed at combating pharmaceutical fraud using a
combination of radiofrequency identification (RFID) tagging and bar
coding, set up by UK firm Aegate last November, has come to a close
and the results should be made...
Pharmaceutical distribution and technology company Cardinal Health
reported a slide in profits in the second quarter of the year, as
an internal investigation into the company's accounting practices
claimed additional executive...
Understaffing and heavy workloads are constant problems for
hospital pharmacies in the US, but one company believes it has a
packaging solution that could speed up dispensing.
The budget committee of Italy's Lower House of Parliament has
approved a plan by the opposition to require the national medicines
agency, the AIFA, to draw up a method of establishing 'optimal'
packaging for drugs to...
Rhodia Pharma Solutions is reducing the workforce at its Dudley
site in the UK by up to 85 jobs in a continuing shake-up of the
company's custom manufacturing and intermediates business.
Canada's Information Mediary Corp (IMC) has launched a 'smart' cap
for medicine bottles and vials that can remind patients when their
next dose is due, writes Phil Taylor.
Cardinal Health posted higher earnings in the first quarter of
fiscal 2004, on the back of increased demand in its prescription
drug wholesale business but also some impressive gains at its
pharmaceutical technologies activities....
This year's ISLAR meeting - the last ever to be held - will be
replaced in 2004 by a new Association of Laboratory Automation
conference called LabFusion.
Switzerland's Novartis has been awarded a US patent for a novel
means of extending the shelf life of pharmaceuticals. The invention
describes the use of a plastic bottle made from a polymeric
material that is impregnated with...
