The Importance of Packaging and Labeling in Pharmaceutical Product Development

Packaging and labeling is often underestimated in the planning phases of pharmaceutical product development. This leads to unnecessary increases in cycle time, costly errors, and delays in product availability, or product recalls due to noncompliance. This webinar will help you succeed in pharmaceutical product launch by exploring its importance right from the conception of a product, its realization and distribution.

Why Should You Attend:

Pharmaceutical and life sciences companies are under an extreme amount of pressure to maintain an ever-increasing amount of regulation and legislation. With this pressure, they still need to increase efficiencies, bring new products to the market faster, reduce prices, deliver innovation, ensure patient compliance, and maintain business compliance.

Occupying a critical position in the success or failure of any pharmaceutical product launch, Packaging and Labeling form a bridge between the conception of a product and its realization and distribution. Their activities are also crucial for compliance with regulatory agency requirements.

Attend this webinar to understand the packaging and labeling process in the larger product development process and gain the advantage in achieving success.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, you’ll be able to:

• Articulate Packaging and Labeling’s role in product development
• Ensure adherence to regulatory agency requirements
• Anticipate potential obstacles in marketing, medical affairs, regulatory, legal or quality assurance
• Work effectively with contract manufacturers or packagers
• Manage labeling in foreign languages
• Avoid unnecessary production costs, back orders and recalls, especially during product launches

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Regulatory Agency Requirements
• SOPs and Change Control considerations related to packaging
• Packaging and Labeling Interactions
• Creation of the Package
• Codes
• Packaging Errors
• Labeling Errors
• Supply Chain Issues
• Special Considerations (e.g. product launches, clinical vs. commercial packaging)

Who Will Benefit:

This course will be of benefit to anyone who is a stakeholder in product launches, revisions to pharmaceutical labeling and packaging, or timely delivery of product, including:

• Marketing
• Project Management
• Operations
• Regulatory Affairs
• Labeling and Packaging
• Quality Assurance
• Production Control
• Packaging Technology
• Labeling Coordination
• Package Engineers
• Packaging Operations
• Sales and Marketing
• Quality Assurance Consultants
• Research and Development