Global Vision’s top pharmaceutical packaging resources
Posted on December 7th, 2009
Over the years we have done lots of research to gather information relating to emerging trends in pharmaceutical packaging, pharmaceutical labeling, document control, European regulations and so on…what we have put together here at Global Vision is a list of our top picks for great content relating to the pharmaceutical industry and in particular pharmaceutical packaging.
Here they are, in no particular order:
Pharmaceutical Medical Packaging News
Pharmaceutical Technology online
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Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News: great blog.
Posted on November 4th, 2009
I thought I would share a great blog for pharmaceutical packagers. It is the Pharmaceutical Medical Packaging News Blog.
Daphne Allen and her team of experts definitely have some interesting insights in to the pharmaceutical industry and the latest trends relating to regulations, pharmaceutical packaging and much more.
Worth checking out…keep up the great blogging!
Tags: packaging, pharmaceutical
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Pharmaceutical labels: is the FDA telling the whole truth?
Posted on October 27th, 2009
Would you believe it if we told you that many key drug facts are left off pharmaceutical labels? Some of these facts could be life threatening, as is the case of a specific osteoporosis drug. If the dosage of this drug is increased slightly it could result in death. This critical information was not included on the label. Instead it was hidden in the FDA’s reviews, which are usually hundreds of pages long and filled with medical terms – making it impossible for a patient to find.
The FDA is required to approve the drug if the drug’s ability to prevent or cure a disease outweighs its side effects. It then becomes the responsibility of the pharmaceutical manufacturer to write the label and decide what information should be included. These labels have been known to play up the benefits and leave out harmful side effects. As the FDA is still responsible for approving the final label, drug experts are asking them to make this type of critical information more accessible to the public and to doctors alike. Fact boxes is what some experts are recommending. Dr. Lisa Schwartz and Dr. Steven Woloshin say that this will help patients to make more informed decisions, after all it is their health and they have a right to know!
See what else they are saying in Therapeutics Daily.
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Belgium? A pharmaceutical distribution hub?
Posted on October 8th, 2009
I stumbled upon this interesting article in Pharmaceutical Technology Europe today. It gives an a good overview of the Belgian pharmaceutical industry and how it is thriving. Although one of the smallest countries in the EU, it boasts being one of the largest centers for pharmaceutical distribution.
Read the whole article here.
At the same time, check out the new Pharmaceutical Technology website, it has just been redesigned and includes so much good, quality information relating to drug delivery, label inspection, pharmaceutical packaging, regulatory issues and much more.
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Pharmaceutical packaging demand on the rise
Posted on October 7th, 2009
By the year 2013 expect the pharmaceutical packaging industry to reach a high of $62.3B. A large part of this is due to the increasing number of new packaging options being developed in the US these days with prefillable syringes and inhalers being the amongst the fastest growing. All of this growth combined with the varying languages and dosages leads to other concerns, such as label inspection, packaging inspection and managing and maintaining an optimum level of packaging quality control.
Both pharmaceutical companies and their printers alike are going to have to stay on their toes in terms of the latest automated proofreading technologies.
If you’re one of them, you’re going to want to check out what’s new in automated proofreading technologies at Global Vision.
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