Packaging COP Resources

These resources are just one of the many benefits of being a Packaging COP Member.
Join the Packaging COP and ask questions in the community discussions and gain solutions to real-world problems. Also, share your experience and expertise by responding to inquiries.

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General Documents

• ISPE Concept Paper: Controlled Temperature Chamber Mapping ( 656 KB)
  The ISPE Concept Paper on Controlled Temperature Chamber describes good practices for the mapping of controlled temperature chambers, warehouses, and refrigerated storage areas used in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries.  Other relevant information may also be found in:
  • • Guide to Control and Monitoring of Storage and Transportation Temperature Conditions for Medicinal Products and Active Substances, Irish Medicines Board (IMB)
    • European Medicines Agency (EMA), EU Draft Guide
    • European Commission (EC), Commissioning Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use, revision for public consultation, Article 84 of Directive 2001/83/EC
• Not Your Ordinary Labels: Advanced Labeling Tips for Pharma ( 52 KB)
  Labels are often one of the last things a pharmaceutical company thinks about when developing a new drug. Pharmaceutical companies can utilize various advanced technologies to help them save money, meet strict quality, regulatory, and inventory management requirements, and improve overall production logistics.
• What is JETT ( 36 KB) ?
  Mel Bahr, JETT Core Team Member, gives an overview of the group and its activities.
• EFPIA approach to counterfeiting and T&T
  An article by Jean-Marc Bobée reports the current status of counterfeiting in the world, presents three key principles of a technological anti-counterfeiting strategy, and describes the different coding systems used in the EU, detailing the concept proposed by the EFPIA.
• Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals PMMI Tech Brief May 2008

Knowledge Briefs

ISPE has developed concise, summary documents called Knowledge Briefs to help address the industry's need for current, relevant, and useful content.

• Packaging Equipment: Blow/Fill/Seal (B/F/S) Technology
  Released June 2012
  By Andrew W. Goll
• Knowledge Brief: Packaging Equipment: Thermoformers
  Released March 2010
  By Randolph Leinhauser
• Knowledge Brief: Packaging Material Selection: Things to Consider
  Released October 2009
  By David Williams
• Knowledge Brief: Packaging Equipment - Slat Fillers
  Released January 2009
  By James Hills
  

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