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The imperative of fridge-free vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

A requisite cold chain has been designed and implemented to be uninterrupted from factory to patient. 17 Unfortunately, many of the lyophilised parenteral pharmaceuticals currently referred to as “stable” or “stabilised” after freeze-drying are only stable long-term if stored carefully refrigerated and thus fail this criterion.

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Can holograms help in the frontline fight against pharmaceutical counterfeiting?

European Pharmaceutical Review

The number of unauthorised and unregulated online outlets selling counterfeit pharmaceutical products is continuously growing, with many selling counterfeit medications via the internet typically posing as legitimate vendors. Covert-hologram seals are also atracting interest within the pharmaceutical packaging sector.