Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authenticationArticles report on the issues and trends involved in battling counterfeiting and diversion, reporting on technologies such as RFID, bar coding, holography, DNA, nanotechnology, taggants, etc.Medical device packaging takes center stage in New YorkJohnson & Johnson exec addresses the growing sophistication of counterfeiters; operating room nurses evaluate medical device packaging.... Medical devices | June 12, 2009 Anti-counterfeiting/ anti-fraud technologies• RxTrackNSecure offerings include integrated micro-printing, holography, color-shifting inks, varnishes, taggants, frangible materials that leave behind a signature code of the package, and digital watermarks • can provide random serialization, RSS with lot code and expiration date Cortegra... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | June 3, 2009 Security software• AuthentiTrack offers end-to-end security that encompasses serialization, track and trace, and authentication technologies and services • serializes all levels of the packaging hierarchy from the pallet down to the unit level • automatically aggregates and disaggregates serial numbers while... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | May 21, 2009 Pharmaceutical packaging: How much progress?When Editor Jim Butschli and I started Healthcare Packaging five years ago, we agreed that two of the major issues facing the healthcare packaging community were poor packaging line efficiencies and little innovation in structure or functionality of package design.... Pharmaceuticals and biologics | May 19, 2009 Machine vision inspection system• IMprints™ CodeMatch enables pharmaceutical companies to begin building an e-Pedigree-compliant packaging line system • this addition to the IMprints Track & Trace Solutions suite provides a range of inspection tools for validation and verification of label information •... Inspection, verification and vision systems | May 19, 2009 'Counterfeit Drugs: Coming to a Pharmacy Near You'The World Health Organization estimates that counterfeit drugs account for about 10% of the global drug supply, with the percentage much higher in developing countries.... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | May 15, 2009 Cold chain sensors• monitor temperatures of perishable pharmaceuticals, blood and biotech devices • from thermochromic inks to electronic sensors that can be read through cell phones and GPS systems, sensor maintain product quality, patient safety, and may be incorporated with RFID for... Distribution, package testing, cold chain | April 29, 2009 Packaging material structure provides item-level e-Pedigree alternativeA packaging material “fingerprint” provides an anti-counterfeiting alternative to other well-known technologies.... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | April 15, 2009 Bauer’s pharmaceutical handbook lends ‘Hall of Fame’ packaging perspectiveProfessionals and students will benefit from an informative research tool now available for the healthcare packaging community.... Pharmaceuticals and biologics | April 10, 2009 Track-and-trace system• Imprints™ is a scalable production-floor suite of hardware and software that protects brands from the effects of product recalls, counterfeiting, and diversion • software generates unique codes printed on packaging and maintains data through the supply chain • helps... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | March 29, 2009 Podcast: Product Verification Project is underway for EU pharmaceutical industryThe European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) is developing a pan-European strategy to fight counterfeiters.... Podcasts | March 29, 2009 Video: Track-and-trace serialization concept for bundled pharma bottlesFROM PACK EXPO 2008: Omega demonstrates proof-of-concept track-and-trace system for shrink bundled bottles integrating Fanuc robot, Cognex vision system and Videojet coding/tracking system.... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | March 28, 2009 Video: Authentication down to tablet or capsuleContract packager Tjoapack installs a tablet line with coding, scanning, and software capabilities that deliver traceability from pallet all the way back to the unit dose.... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | March 28, 2009 Podcast: Serialization matters: What packagers need to knowFROM PACK EXPO 2008: Systech Intl. director of business development Bruce A. Harder provides an overview on what constitutes a complete serialization solution and advises packagers on how to equip their new packaging lines with serialization in mind.... Podcasts | March 27, 2009 McKesson, Burgopak team up on compliance packaging in the U.S.McKesson RxPak , a div. of McKesson Corp., and Burgopak Ltd., announced they will bring Burgopak's pharmaceutical compliance packaging to the U.S. The packaging employs a patented design that presents the product in a sliding tray or blister pack... Patient Compliance | February 3, 2009 Cost pressures cloud healthcare packaging's futureMounting financial pressures top a list of issues driving the pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device sectors. In an exclusive interview, Freedonia senior healthcare consultant Bill Martineau discusses where packaging fits into these issues. Even before the recent global financial... Misc. Archive | December 18, 2008 Packaging vaccines for pandemic flu or bioterrorist attack: Are we ready?A Congressional blue-ribbon panel believes, "Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years," according to a Dec. 2 CNN report. Biological weapons are more readily available than nuclear... Pharmaceuticals and biologics | December 15, 2008 Podcast: Serialization matters: What pharmaceutical packagers need to knowIn this exclusive podcast from Pack Expo 2008, Anne Marie Mohan, senior editor of Packaging World, speaks with Bruce A. Harder, Systech International's director of business development. Harder provides an overview on what constitutes a complete serialization solution and... Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | December 15, 2008 Pack Expo podcast: Sorbents factor into life science packagingFrom prefilled syringes to biologics to in-vitro diagnostics, sorbents factor into pharmaceutical and medical device packaging applications. Hear an exclusive Pack Expo International 2008 podcast between Healthcare Packaging editor Jim Butschli and Adrian Possumato, Multisorb Technologies' global director, Healthcare... Desiccants/sorbents | December 15, 2008 DPT, Med-Health Pharma shed light on authentication solutionsA pervasive air of secrecy makes trends in brand protection tough to track. But the following two pharmaceutical-based authentication efforts by DPT Laboratories and Med-Health Pharma shed light on some of the solutions being explored to combat counterfeiters, diverters,... 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