Keystone Folding Box Co. has launched Ecoslide-OTC, a child-resistant paperboard pack for over-the-counter medication packaged in blisters, which features a push-button locking mechanism.

In 1970, Richard Nixon signed into law the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The act was written in response to a growing number of child poisonings from unintentional ingestion of drugs and other products. The Act was successful, but a lot has changed in the last 47 years.

Lately I cannot get through a work day without hearing something about the importance of packaging’s functionality and ease of use. 

CHILD-GUARD protects children in one of the fastest growing markets in the U.S.

New packaging is now in use for nasal medications sold in retail pharmacies across the United States

Awarded by DuPont and the Flexible Packaging Association, Medi-CRREO child resistant pouch presents a new packaging option to regulated manufacturers

Historically effective child-resistant packaging takes an important step forward