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Patient Compliance

Articles examine package design, child-resistance, senior-friendly, and tamper-evident features, as well as the materials and machinery used to develop packages that assist patient adherance to prescribed medicine regimens.

HCPC awards packs for patient compliance, innovation

Starter pack for Forest Pharmaceuticals, Walmart's adherence package, and innovative Slider Pack earn honors from the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council....

Novartis pack named Compliance Package of the Year

The Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council honors Tasigna physician sample starter kit at RxAdherence 2012....

New unit-dose spray device for cancer patients

Single unit-dose device disperses a fine mist under the tongue for breakthrough cancer pain....

Pharmapack awards announced in Paris

Packaging that protects against sharps, and a child-resistant slider pack earn honors at Pharmapack Europe 2012....

Packaging and cough-and-cold meds for children

With cold and flu season here again, it's time to pay attention to packaging to protect children....

Sunkist's pouch tops Healthcare Packaging's top 10 in 2011

Package innovation, trends, regulations, and track-and-trace issues pique reader interest....

Mobile apps pack promise for healthcare products and packaging

As we turn our calendars to 2012, watch for a proliferation of mHealth technologies in healthcare products and packaging....

Author of new eBook forecasts consumer revolution in health care

Genome sequencing, smartphone apps, wearable sensors, and social media will provide continuous patient health updates. Will packaging play a role?...

Looking for a silver lining in World Diabetes Day news?

Diabetic epidemic continues to strike fast-growing economies, but treatments and products will require packaging....

Packaging may contribute to 'significant' improvement in patient adherence

HCPC-Europe, NVC Netherlands position paper calls on industry and governmental organizations to facilitate the use of intelligent packaging to improve patient adherence to medications....

Unit-dose line additions

Maalox Plus launched in slider pack in Italy

Sanofi's heartburn treatment becomes latest pharmaceutical product to use this slider packaging with integrated leaflet design....

Duke think-tank evaluates the state of medication adherence

Recommendations aim to help ensure that Americans get the most benefit from advances in pharmacology....

New dosing feature for Pedia Care and Little Remedies acetaminophen brands

For single-concentration brands of children’s products, new packaging helps to protect infants and children under age two....

Flavored glucose in stick packs provides tasty relief to diabetics

New stick packages make it convenient and ‘cool’ for children to prevent low blood sugar....

Oral medication dosing syringe

Demographic developments and packaging

As grandparents play a larger role in raising children, child-resistant/senior-friendly packaging will gain importance....

Unit-dose compliance pack

AccuDial spins children’s liquid medication dosing into the 21st Century

AccuDial’s inner and outer labels provide parents and caregivers information to precisely dose their child based on weight, not age....

Study reports 'modest improvement' in medication adherence

Dispensing data from 3.1 million individuals filling prescriptions at nationwide Walmart pharmacies shows positive adherence results from using calendar blister packaging....

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