Packaging & Labelling

Pfizer has voluntarily recalled 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 and 14 lots of Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets in the US due to possibility of inexact tablet counts or out of sequence tablets. The products...

Biogen Idec and Elan have announced the FDA approval of a product label change for TYSABRI that will help enable individual benefit risk assessment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The new label identifies anti-JCV...

Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging, has installed a new Vijuk MV-2011 Large Format Folder at its Hicksville, Long Island facility in New York. The folder will produce patient-information leaflets for the healthcare market. The MV-11...

Systech International, a provider of packaging execution systems for the pharmaceutical industry, has entered into an agreement with Zetes. The agreement enables Zetes to sell, install and support Systech's serialization solution throughout Europe.Systech Europe...

Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging is set to take over Cortegra Group from Menasha.Cortegra Group is a US based producer of pharmaceutical leaflets and labels and provides packaging and labeling services to the healthcare and related industries. ...

Healthnostics is set to launch fill-and-seal machine MicroFill-2160 which is designed to produce 2,160 medical pads per minute.MicroFill-2160 has a small footprint, requiring less floor space, fewer operators and less energy consumption than competitor machines, claims Healthnostics. ...

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is set to commence a review of the labelling and packaging regulatory framework for prescription medicines, over the counter medicines and complementary medicines. The TGA Transparency Review Report comprises recommendations relating...