An up to date blog on the latest trends, news and developments within the pharmaceutical packaging industry.
Origin continues to closely monitor the coronavirus (COVID-19) to ensure the safety of our employees and to support our customers and our communities. We are freshly inspired by our purpose to ‘bring healing home’ and improve consumer outcomes. We have taken steps to ensure the safety of our employees and the stability and agility of…
Origin Pharma Packaging has launched a piece of packaging dedicated to the medicinal cannabis industry The newly designed child-resistant jar is created to support the ‘flower# product which is often prescribed in certain European countries as ‘buds’. These products/ medicines have to be packaged up safely as they will be entering a domestic environment where…
Smart Packaging links the physical world with the digital world: Smart packaging forms a perfect “digital bridge function” between manufacturers, retailers, consumers and social media channels. What is still often used to protect, and label goods today will increasingly receive new functions in the future thanks to digital technologies. Packaging becomes more individual, personal and communicative….
Medicinal cannabis is currently a huge talking point within health circles and in the media, yet, it remains on the fringes of big pharma. There are few subjects that stir up greater debate than medicinal cannabis. Is it safe? Should it be legal? Has its effectiveness been proven? What conditions is it useful for? Is…
Origin Pharma Packaging named in Pharmafield’s 2019 Power List within the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Origin Pharma Packaging has been highlighted as a ‘changemaker’ and is recognised for their work in child-resistant packaging. A very proud achievement for the team, as we have dedicated a lot of time and investment to this specific area of…
As with most industries right now, pharmaceutical companies are at a crossroads with providing what customers want while still adhering to regulations and standards. Changes are emerging under the surface to account for this discrepancy, and we’re going to consider the top 5 trends facing the pharmaceutical supply chain as a result right now. #1…
Origin Pharma Packaging have been shortlisted for ‘Use of Tech in a Traditional Business‘ at the Hull & Humber Tech Awards 2019. The Perennial Encryption technology we have developed is for clinical trials (improving adherence and generating accurate results) and tracking drug products across the globe at any point of the supply chain (reducing counterfeit…
Global pharmaceutical solutions provider, Origin, has announced it’s opening a second UK facility in Alderley Park, the world-class science campus in the North of England. Origin has invested heavily in its New Product Development and Innovation department at its HQ in Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire over the past 24 months and the new facility…
We often here talk about digital technology having the capacity to transform and modernise the life science industry. But on a practical level what does this actually mean and moreover when will this market shift begin to come to fruition? The following insight is Origin’s perspective on the likely changes which will be imparted across…
Following its fast-paced development in recent years, AI is transforming the future of industries. For pharma, in particular, AI is becoming an integral element of drug discoveries, device and packaging design, treatment plans and the pharmaceutical supply chain. Enabling the industry to operate with increased accuracy and efficiency, AI has the potential to be the…