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Packaging Solutions for Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices: Insights and Considerations

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A container closure system consists of all the packaging components that contain and protect a pharmaceutical product. Container Closure Systems. A container closure system protects the product from environmental conditions, safeguarding a product’s purity, strength, safety and efficacy.

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Stevanato Group, DWK Life Sciences Sign Packaging Platform Agreement

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Non-exclusive deal intends to popularize RTU containment solutions within pharma industry.

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Streamlining development with containment in early drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

It may seem counterintuitive to spend time and money on planning for containment and delivery systems for a drug in the earliest stages of discovery when the chances of that molecule making it to market are still quite low. But waiting too long to assess containment and delivery carries its own risks. Testing compatibility.

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WHO Declares Omicron Variant of Concern + Seizure Drug Recalled Over Faulty Seal – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. 39

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The team also talked about Sagent Pharmaceutical’s voluntary recall of several lots of its injectable seizure medication levetiracetam due to potential loss of sterility because of a container closure issue on the vials it comes packaged in. Subscribe to the Xtalks Life Science Podcast to never miss a new episode.

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Seizure Drug from Sagent Pharmaceuticals Recalled Over Faulty Seal

XTalks

is recalling four lots of its injectable seizure medication levetiracetam over concerns of container closure integrity on vials of the drug product. Administration of a product that is not sterile may cause serious systemic infections that could pose to be life-threatening. Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Bomb scare sparks evacuation of plant making AZ COVID-19 vaccine

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A plant in Wales manufacturing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was evacuated on the advice of the authorities today after it was sent a suspicious package. Wockhardt UK in Wrexham this morning received a suspicious package. There are no reports of any injuries and as yet no word whether the package was dangerous.

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Health Canada consults on proposed guidelines for the use of electronic media in prescription drug labelling

Pharma in Brief

The intent of the draft guidance document is to describe Health Canada’s expectations for manufacturers who distribute prescription drug information through an electronic means, such as a website or mobile app, that is directly linked to a product’s packaging or label. Consultation on the draft guidance document is open until May 7, 2021.

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