Articles in this Issue

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  Track and Trace: Summary of the MediLedger DSCSA Pilot Project Report to the FDA

  April 02, 2020
  In February of 2019, the FDA requested proposals for pilot projects to demonstrate an electronic interoperable system for the confidential track and trace of pharmaceuticals throughout the supply ... read more
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  Packaging: Packaging and distribution of cannabis products

  May 07, 2020
  Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical compound derived from the cannabis plant. Now that CBD is legal in many states and is informally available through the internet, products that contain CBD are in high ... read more
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  Packaging: Sustainability in Pharmaceutical Packaging

  May 07, 2020
  Sustainability has been a hot topic in the packaging industry and, if models are to be believed, will continue to be so in the future. The global market for sustainable packaging (also known as green ... read more
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  Pneumatic Conveying: Contained Vacuum Transfer of Highly Potent Powders

  May 07, 2020
  Pharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly developing new medicines that use highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPIs) and face a growing need for containment solutions that enable ... read more
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  Eye on Excipients: Formulations to Facilitate Direct-Compression Tableting

  May 07, 2020
  Although traditional batch processing has long been the norm in the pharmaceutical industry, drug product manufacturers have begun to shift toward continuous manufacturing as a more sustainable, ... read more
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  When to Automate Bottle-Filling and Packaging Operations

  May 07, 2020
  Solid dosage manufacturers and contract packagers typically consider automating manual operations when significant, immediate problems are causing line downtime or when they can no longer tolerate an ... read more