The BTS seamlessly transfers blisters from a Pharmaworks blister machine and collates them to feed a Serpa cartoner.

Winning entry suggests replacing the plastic and aluminum often used in medication packaging with paperboard.

The growing need from pharmaceutical customers for a complete packaging solution was the impetus for this partnership.

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Activ-Blister active packaging solutions deliver enhanced product stability and expedited speed-to-market for oral solid dose drugs in the EU.

Amcor’s new AmSky blister packaging uses HDPE throughout for curbside recycling.

Astellas uses biomass-based plastics made from plant-derived materials in blister packages as the primary packaging for pharmaceutical products.

Blister Packaging for Certain Immediate Release Opioid Analgesics for Treatment of Acute Pain – Docket No. FDA-2019-N-1845 as it relates to opioid packaging, and recently passed Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients (SUPPORT) Act, passed in late 2018.

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.