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Alternatives to PVC for IV bags
Jan 20, 2016
Some companies are turning to plasticizer-free, biologically inert materials to replace the use of PVC.By Jenevieve Blair Polin, Contributing EditorThe impetus driving demand for IV bags made of materials other than polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is...
Injection safety devices tested
Injection safety devices tested
Jan 14, 2016
Drug-delivery technology provider Nemera has developed Safe’n’Sound, an open platform of add-on passive safety devices. The company will be in Booth #556 at Pharmapack Europe February 10-11 to present the platform and potential uses along with the...
Making drug-delivery devices smart and economical
Making drug-delivery devices smart and economical
Jan 14, 2016
The Internet of Things is expected to influence healthcare in numerous ways, and according to a recent article in Forbes, it offers significant market opportunities.For such connectedness to be ubiquitous enough for great change in healthcare...
Medication management solution wins MDEA silver award
Jan 05, 2016
Strict regulations and standards guide the preparation of medication at hospitals, but unfortunately, these are not always followed. In the operating room, where procedures and decisions often happen rapidly, noncompliance is especially common and...
Accelerating drug delivery
Dec 17, 2015
With a groundswell of innovation under way in noninvasive drug-delivery solutions, a new era in patient convenience and improved therapy seems to beckon. For instance, companies developing new technologies and drug formulations for needleless...
Hospira recalls multiple lots of Ketorolac Tromethamine injection
Dec 16, 2015
Particulate reported by a customer has prompted Hospira Inc. to voluntarily recall ketorolac tromethamine injection USP in the United States and Singapore, FDA is reporting on its Web site. The recalled lots were distributed from February 2013 to...
Patching in large volume doses
Patching in large volume doses
Dec 11, 2015
Patch injectors promise a level of patient comfort and convenience in the parenteral delivery of high-dose biologics.Patch injectors are among new technologies in development for enabling self administration of large molecule and viscous biologics...
West Pharma expands Arizona manufacturing facility
Dec 10, 2015
The Scottsdale, AZ facility of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. expanded to meet increased customer demand for the SmartDose Electronic Wearable Injector. “Expanding our manufacturing capabilities in Scottsdale – and continuing scaling up...
Imagine the possibilities when medtech and pharma converge
Dec 10, 2015
“The best and the brightest in the medtech industry are asking why there are still boundaries between drug and medical device development,” observes Anthony Kalaijakis, strategic marketing manager, medical, for Molex, LLC. He sees a different...
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