Packaging and Pharamceutical Industries Sharing Experiences

The first ever forum on packaging automation in the pharmaceutical industry is underway at this moment in Philadelphia. This sold-out event has brought together the leading pharmaceutical manufacturers with packaging machinery manufacturers, technology suppliers, consultatnts and government to explore packaging issues surrounding drugs, medical devices, biologics and combination devices.

It is apparant that this group is not accustomed to getting together. One speaker acknowledged as much in her opening comments. Several speakers have commented that they really don't know much about packaging. The distinctions between processing and packaging aren't as clear in pharmaceuticals as they may be in other consumer products areas.

This forum may be the beginning of some great opportunities to establish ongoing dialog between the packaging and pharmaceutical industries.

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Comments Keith, thank you for the report. I am working diligently on a pharma project with serialized 2D codes using our Ultijet on-line HP based printer. We have had tremendously good results and we see this opportunity exploding for this innovative product. Not bad for a US company. Posted by: Craig Eversmann on July 17, 2008 Post a comment (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style) Type the word 'packaging' (required):