For over a decade, Avery Dennison has attended Pharmapack in Paris at the end of January. It is a unique show of global importance that is dedicated specifically to pharmaceutical packaging. Innovative packaging is essential to ensuring the safety and efficacy of life-saving pharmaceutical products and is a key priority for Avery Dennison as a company. It was a pleasure to meet with some of our pharma specialized customers and partners that are helping us deliver innovation to the sector which includes our new solutions such as Tamper evident Semi Clear paper and our AD Procerta label testing service specifically for the pharmaceutical sector.
Innovation in Injectable Devices
One of the event's highlights was a joint presentation we conducted with Becton Dickinson, a world-leading medical device manufacturer on "transforming Pharma fill/finish process with RFID-enabled prefillable syringes". In this session, we explored how RFID can provide end-to-end traceability and authentication from the manufacturer to the patient. RFID tags are ideal for the pharmaceutical industry because they can be read remotely, withstand very cold temperatures, and are small enough to be used in applications like syringes, where space is limited.
Injection devices are another major trend shaping the pharmaceutical packaging sector for several reasons. While oral drug administration is a simple and convenient method of medication delivery, injections are more efficient and effective.
This trend has led to a new generation of medicines delivered via innovative injectable devices. These include lifestyle disease drugs for diabetes or obesity, where injection pens are commonly used for easy at-home administration by patients. For healthcare professionals, prefilled syringes are rapidly becoming the preferred choice for patients.
We're witnessing significant innovation in this area, including RFID/NFC-connected pens that enhance patient safety and therapy adherence, and wearable devices that monitor glucose levels and automatically inject patients when needed.
