Pharmaceutical
News and analysis on how the packaging industry is tackling challenges in the pharmaceuticals supply chain – from consumer safety and drug delivery to traceability, sustainability and more.
Aylward Enterprises targets product accuracy and compliance with tablet counter
Solid dose packaging company Aylward Enterprises aims to provide ‘100% count verification and reject-on-the-fly performance’ for pharmaceutical,
Winners of the Sustainability Awards 2025 announced!
After much anticipation, the winners of the Sustainability Awards 2025 – the “Nobel prize” for sustainable packaging innovations – have been announced!
Smurfit Westrock opens ‘world first’ facility for pharmaceutical packaging and clinical trials
Smurfit Westrock has officially opened its Horizon packaging facility, said to be the ‘world’s first’ designed exclusively for pharmaceutical
Shawpak caters to medical devices with ‘low-power’ thermoforming machines
Shawpak presents a new range of low-power, low-waste linear thermoforming machines to produce large, multi-component packs with
West Pharmaceutical Services reveals pre-fillable syringe platform
West Pharmaceutical Services (West) has unveiled its West Synchrony Prefillable Syringe (PFS) System at CPHI Worldwide in Frankfurt, Germany, offering
Sustainability Awards Finalist Interview: Ambipar’s bio-stimulating packaging for turning waste into trees
In the lead up to this year’s Sustainable Packaging Summit, taking place in Utrecht on 10th-12th November, we
Smurfit Westrock creates cardboard medical device solution for Dermalux
Smurfit Westrock has developed a corrugated cardboard solution for medical device company Dermalux, designed to protect products during transit and
Mondi provides salt producer with solid board packaging for direct food contact
Mondi has announced it will be supplying salt producer Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke with solid board packaging for its products including table,
Separable autoinjector from Ypsomed targets recyclability and CO2 reduction
Ypsomed has unveiled a pre-filled autoinjector designed for automated disassembly, streamlined recycling, and an 87% reduction in material-related
Amcor launches new APET-based thermoformed trays and rollstock
Amcor has announced the launch of AmSecure thermoformed trays and rollstock, a new part of its HealthCare portfolio. AmSecure is
Closed-loop system recycles used medical plastics into new device packaging
Coveris and SABIC report that they are recycling Zuyderland Medical Centre’s medical plastic waste into new contact-sensitive packaging,
Olympus introduces DuPont’s renewable feedstocks to medical device packaging
DuPont is helping Olympus Corporation implement renewable feedstocks into its single-use medical device packaging in a mass balance approach,