Hallie Forcinio is packing editor for Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmaceutical Technology Europe, editorhal@sbcglobal.net.

Hallie Forcinio

Articles

Packaging manufacturers and suppliers exhibited their latest innovations at the 2002 Interphex trade show.

Packaging Advances Showcased

Brand and product security technologies offer pharmaceutical manufacturers anticounterfeiting solutions.

Technology Advances Anticounterfeiting Options

As the use of child-resistant packaging increases, efforts are underway to harmonize global standards and regulations.

Expanding the Use of Child-Resistant Packaging

When FDA reviewed PDA's Technical Report No. 34 about isolator systems, significant differences of opinion between the organizations came to light.

PDA Task Force Issues Guidelines to Aid Isolator Users

A limited number of container sizes, dispensing lanes, computerized tracking, and polyethylene mailing bags are just a few of the new elements of packaging launched at one company's automated pharmacy facility.

What Does Pharmacy Automation Mean for Packaging?

NIR quality control technology, relatively new to the pharmaceutical industry, could revolutionize processing and packaging.