Driven by increasingly complex supply chains, a lack of enforcement capacity, the expansion of ecommerce and more sophisticated counterfeiters and counterfeiting methods, the FDA estimates that approximately 10% of all pharmaceuticals currently sold globally are illicit.

The medicine or device may be a home-run product, but if consumers aren’t using the product correctly, it has little chance of success. And if the consumers cannot even open the package to get to the product inside, it has zero chance.

Packaging in the healthcare market is a growing industry with many challenges to overcome and exciting opportunities to be had.

Product packaging is just as important for gaining and retaining customers as the product itself

Constantia TEOS originally designed for syringes containing Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
 

Read the full interview with Bob Williams as continued from the May machinery & equipment article on tamper evident packaging.

Adhesives, tapes and seals offer more than just a strong bond. Sometimes adhesives offer clear visibility or the convenience of resealability.