DCM Expands Into Clinical Trial Packaging and Physician Sample Kits

 Diamond Contract Manufacturing, LLC (DCM) has broadened their range of capabilities by  adding clinical trial kit production and physician sample kit services, including sourcing,  fulfillment, packaging and distribution. As packaging development and product launch experts  for medical device, health care and consumer products, Diamond is uniquely positioned to  provide turnkey solutions for these markets.

The expansion into clinical trial kit production and physician sample kit services is illustrated by a three-year agreement to produce ACM Medical Laboratory’s new KitKaddy™ clinical trials kit. The diagnostic specimen kits provide and organize all of the components required for a clinical trial, making it easy for physicians to pull the correct materials and maintain protocol integrity throughout the study. Once the specimens are collected, physicians simply send them in their approved packaging directly to ACM for testing. The space-saving design and size make it easy to track and control inventory. READ MORE

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GPA Holds Annual Meeting in India

The Global Packaging Alliance (GPA) held its annual meeting in Mumbai, India during the week of January 24, 2005. With members convening from all over the world, the yearly event is a much-anticipated chance to discuss strategies and goals, and also provided an opportunity for alliance members to evaluate potential partners in the world’s second-most populous nation.

The meeting opened with a full agenda dedicated to expanding GPA’s global reach. Among the many topics addressed were: packaging trends, technical developments, and benchmarking productivity measures.

Members also visited several facilities in Mumbai and New Delhi to assess which companies best complemented the GPA’s current network in terms of management philosophy, technical capabilities and markets served. India represents a unique opportunity, with a growing economy and changing consumer habits expected to spur growth of packaging products. more

 RFID: A Smart Tag Primer
 by Dennis Bacchetta

 Good things come in small  packages. This familiar cliché  usually refers to precious  stones, but today it's taken  on new meaning, in that small things are now protecting items we deem valuable. 

Analysts estimate that the retail industry loses US $50B a year to theft and up to ten times that much to counterfeiting. High-end products such as cosmetics, fragrances and pharmaceuticals are most likely to be stolen or counterfeited. Many retailers and manufacturers believe that this big problem may have a tiny solution - RFID tags. more