There are a wide range of solutions that can be used to increase the shelf life of capsules, tablets, pills and other pharma products. Among these are PVC, PCTFE, PVDC and thermoform blisters for less sensitive products or Alu-Alu cold form blisters for APIs that are more sensitive.

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.

A fall 2016 report by Research and Markets states the cold form blister packaging market should hit U.S. $8.63 billion by 2024. Growing demand from the pharmaceutical industry and a high requirement of cold forming packs due to favorable product features are driving the growth.

The recently introduced Bill HR 1245 IH, the ‘‘Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act’’ attempts to open the door to lower cost drugs via Canadian pharmacies.

The opportunity in the global sterile medical packaging market is projected to reach U.S. $38.3 billion by 2024.

Constantia Flexibles, a leading manufacturer of flexible packaging products and labels for the food, pet food, pharmaceuticals and beverage industries, has hired Dr. Ibon Odriozola as head of innovation, laminates for the company’s pharma division. 

Klöckner Pentaplast will present the latest range of pharmaceutical packaging solutions and services at Pharmapack 2017 on February 1-2, 2017, in Paris, France. 

MonoSol Rx LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company, and MonoSol LLC, the Kuraray Company’s water-soluble film division, announce an agreement through which MonoSol LLC will receive a perpetual license to MonoSol Rx’s intellectual property. 

Klöckner Pentaplast has once again earned the Sindusfarma Quality Award for preferred/best blister packaging solution provider.