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Amazon will acquire PillPack, an online pharmacy that offers pre-sorted doses of medications and home delivery.

Amazon to Acquire Online Pharmacy

Fagron Sterile Services is voluntarily recalling two lots of Neostigmine Methylsulfate 5mL syringes due to mislabeling.

Neostigmine Methylsulfate 5mL Recalled

Jennifer Markarian is manufacturing reporter for Pharmaceutical Technology.

Automated robotic arms manipulate nested trays and containers inside closed aseptic filling systems.

Robotics Solve Aseptic Filling Challenges

Bowe Systec has developed a modular stand-alone solution specifically designed to meet serialization requirements and that combines all the necessary functions in a single system. The new serialization solution will make its debut at Achema 2018. 

Bowe Systec Launches New Serialization Module for the Pharma Industry

Rommelag will showcase its single-use, flexible packaging system at Achema 2018.

Rommelag to Showcase Flex Packing System at Achema 2018

Rommelag will showcase its blow-fill-seal technology that collectively offers container production, aseptic filling, and container closure.

Rommelag Showcases Blow-Fill-Seal Technology at Achema 2018

The updated version of Schubert-Pharma’s Flowmodul unit for packing units into flowpacks features cleanability.  

Schubert-Pharma Exhibits Flow-Wrapping Equipment at Achema 2018

Hapa addresses the topics of four-color printing on blister packages, serialization, and digitalization at Achema 2018.

BlisterJet CMYK for Printing on Blister Packages

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

Innovations in fill/finish equipment and in solid-dosage moisture-control packaging technologies were on display at INTERPHEX 2018.  

Maximizing Quality in Pharmaceutical Packaging

Herma’s new label removal unit reduces the time for discharging misprinted labels by more than half.

Packaging and Distribution