A recent article at Healthcare Packaging claims that findings in the 2016 PMMI Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices: Trends and Opportunities in Packaging Operations survey indicate that the entire healthcare industry will be impacted by serialization implementation and compliance deadlines. Serialization and aggregation are expected to drive a transition for all drug makers. The survey points out the biggest barriers to …
Some Pharmaceutical Companies Lowering Prices Amidst Criticism
A recent article at Bloomberg revealed that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi, and Roche Holdings AG had announced they would reduce prices on specific drugs following political and public criticism and battling over medication prices in the U.S. over the past two years. Some weighing in on the issue include Real Endpoints CEO, Roger Longman, who says that drug makers are “waking …
Pharma Packaging – Cannabis Packaging Efforts Draw Interest
Nancy Warner, CEO at Assurpack LLC with more than 30 years of packaging experience and expertise in child resistant packaging, recently began a packaging firm dedicated to providing cannabis-infused product manufacturers with packaging solutions. Having worked in the pharmaceutical industry after attending Michigan State, where she earned a B.S. degree in Package Engineering, Warner became interested in packaging solutions for …
What Are Major Factors Driving Growth In Pharmaceutical Packaging?
The newest AMR report, “Pharmaceutical Packaging Market by Product Type: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2014-2022” reveals that despite the difficult challenge in predicting the future of pharmaceutical packaging on a global scale, the market is expected to increase to nearly $105,000 million by 2022. In 2015, the pharmaceutical packaging market was valued at $68,749 million according to the …
Pharma Coders – If ACA Goes Away, How Will It Impact Pharmacies?
Under the Affordable Care Act, referred to by some as “Obamacare,” some 20 million people who could not afford health insurance prior to the law going into effect could now afford to go to the doctor and get the medications they needed for treatment of illness or medical conditions. Now, with our new president’s efforts to repeal the ACA, how …